Thesaurus results for MINIMUM WAGE

minimum wage

noun

as in wage

an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.

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Recent Examples of minimum wage Over the years, the union has submitted dozens of local and statewide ballot initiatives, including ones to cap the pay of hospital executives, regulate dialysis clinics, and raise the minimum wage of healthcare workers. —

Kff Health News, Oc Register, 10 June 2026 The general minimum wage in Mexico is roughly $18 a day. —

Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 June 2026 The city’s recent approval of a higher minimum wage for tourism workers only adds to the financial challenges, Green said. —

Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026 Under this law, a creditor generally can't take more than 25% of your disposable earnings, or the amount by which your weekly disposable earnings exceed 30 times the federal minimum wage — whichever is smaller. —

Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for minimum wage

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Despite some wage growth, incomes haven’t kept pace with persistent inflation.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
In a statement last week, the SVP said that voting for the population cap would still allow 40,000 people to move to Switzerland each year, but lawmaker Piero Marchesi said population growth had caused problems for public services, wages, the price of rent, education and the labor market.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 June 2026