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the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
signed a contract for a new job with a salary of $60,000 per year
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Recent Examples of salary
An analysis of teacher salaries across all 50 states and the District of Columbia from the association, which is the largest teachers union in the nation, showed an average teacher salary of $72,030 in 2023-24.
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Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Alongside that earnings floor is a cost ceiling: the NFL’s (hard) salary cap.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
At an average salary of $37,000 a year, that works out to about $7,000 in cost savings per salesperson annually.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
The minimum salary for happiness in West Virginia is $89,460 with a cost of living rate being 14.8% lower than the national average.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Alongside that earnings floor is a cost ceiling: the NFL’s (hard) salary cap.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
At an average salary of $37,000 a year, that works out to about $7,000 in cost savings per salesperson annually.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
The minimum salary for happiness in West Virginia is $89,460 with a cost of living rate being 14.8% lower than the national average.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salary
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday estimated that a shutdown could furlough roughly 750,000 federal workers each day, depriving them of about $400 million in wages daily.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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In some departments, such as in-room dining, wages have been cut nearly in half.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Most military operations and veteran benefits remain funded during shutdowns, but servicemembers’ pay will be paused until a spending bill is passed, according to NBC News.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of federal government employees are being furloughed or working without pay during the ongoing government shutdown.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Requirements differ between states, with some requiring a one-week waiting period before someone qualifies for payments, the OPM said.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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For the second half of the payment, once Mandel Group pays its annual taxes on the site, the city will give Mandel Group a rebate check back on 75% of the developer's taxes each year.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Salary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salary. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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