Synonyms of paychecks

paychecks

noun

plural of paycheck

as in salaries

the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services

almost half of her paycheck goes to child care and transportation expenses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• salaries
• wages
• payments
• stipends
• pays
• emoluments
• pay envelopes
• hires
• packets
• earnings
• profits
• minimum wages
• nominal wages
• compensations
• overtimes
• reimbursements
• living wages
• repayments
• returns
• remittances
• reparations
• takings
• restitutions
• remunerations
• take-home pays
• recompenses
• double times
• recoupments
• time and a halfs
• yields
• redresses
• requitals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of paychecks

My dad was handling payroll for a small organization at the time and had to walk to the UPS on Chestnut Street to overnight some paychecks. — Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

As a result, unlike their civilian counterparts, some troops can see their paychecks change many times a year, depending on many factors — something that also increases the likelihood of errors. — Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

As a result, unlike their civilian counterparts, some troops can see their paychecks change many times a year depending on many factors — something that also increases the likelihood of errors. — Jack Brook, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Inflation has been eating away at Americans’ paychecks this year. — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026

More than a half-million Floridians in default on federal student loans are at risk of having up to 15% of their post-tax paychecks garnished if the Department of Education decides to resume collections. — Jessica Lipscomb, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026

The Federal Open Market Committee typically raises rates to help tame inflation, which rose faster than paychecks over the year in July and has remained above the Fed’s 2% target for five years. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

The Treasury Department previously proposed regulations that would allow employees to fund their dependent children's accounts with pretax dollars straight from their paychecks. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Each subsequent generation has seen a new outflow of Italians from the neighborhood as children trade in their family apartments and businesses for bigger houses and paychecks elsewhere. — Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026