Thesaurus results for PAY ENVELOPE

pay envelope

noun

Definition of pay envelope

as in salary

the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services with this recession going on, workers shouldn't be expecting fatter pay envelopes

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Recent Examples of pay envelope Immigrant workmen gave up a pay envelope, schoolchildren put in pennies — upward of 150,000 people in all, each name and each donation noted by Pulitzer’s New York World, and almost each one under a dollar. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021 Frustrated by the limits of collective bargaining, Reuther came to complain that bargaining, once so promising, had come to focus on just another nickel in the pay envelope. — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019

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No one expects Moreno to spend like the Dodgers do (and even Walter’s fellow owners want a salary cap in an attempt to stop the Dodgers).

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
That adds up to just $15,080 a year, based on a standard 40-hour workweek—less than a third of the average American’s salary of around $60,000 yearly.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 July 2026

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The new fees would cover enforcement of the city’s new hospitality wage, which took effect July 1, along with the city’s traffic control worker wage, which took effect in 2023, and a compliance system usage fee for city contracts.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
That's $30,000 above the median wages for all jobs — quite a leap for a program that takes less than two years to complete and costs about $42,000 at PIA.

— Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 July 2026

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At a time of elevated mortgage rates and near-record high home prices, many feel locked out of homeownership or struggle with monthly rent payments.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Participants will learn how to download and set up the app, create an account, add a payment method safely, use Uber Simple Mode, and request rides through Uber’s Call to Ride service without using the app.

— Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

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