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

Because 401k contributions are taken out of paychecks by employers before income taxes are applied, taxable incomes will be lower annually, according to Fidelity Investments. — Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Unfortunately for Pharoah and Lowe, there are some exclusions including for game shows, so the pair are likely to keep traveling to Europe for their paychecks. — Peter White, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Bush, 44, recalls some of their first shows taking place in college town bars and frat houses, often for paychecks of just a few hundred dollars. — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

Outgoing Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO Nat Ford will keep drawing his CEO-level paychecks for another month even as JTA deals with a financial crisis that will force up to 194 layoffs and cuts in transit services. — David Bauerlein, Florida Times-Union, 22 Sep. 2026

Bigger paychecks sought While the economy may be showing signs of acceleration, stubborn inflation has eroded Americans’ take-home pay. — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

The air traffic controller workforce was further stressed by having to work without paychecks during a 43-day government shutdown from October 1 to November 12, 2025. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026

Consumer spending, which accounts for about two-thirds of the US economy, has trended lower in recent months as the boost from bigger tax returns faded and higher energy costs took a bite out of people’s paychecks. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026

That pace was enough to surpass workers’ paychecks, which on average grew behind the rate of prices over the last two months, according to other Labor Department data. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026