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Recent Examples of take-home pay
Indeed, those workers could see a modest bump in take-home pay if their tip income is no longer taxed.
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Here are some key areas to consider: Bonuses and profit sharing—Ask about annual performance bonuses, signing bonuses or profit-sharing plans that can significantly increase your take-home pay.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
If your wages remain similar to 2024, these adjustments could make your take-home pay slightly higher.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
However, their take-home pay would increase if federal income tax was removed.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Here are some key areas to consider: Bonuses and profit sharing—Ask about annual performance bonuses, signing bonuses or profit-sharing plans that can significantly increase your take-home pay.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
If your wages remain similar to 2024, these adjustments could make your take-home pay slightly higher.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
However, their take-home pay would increase if federal income tax was removed.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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The country’s current $208 monthly minimum wage — a $4 increase from last year — doesn’t sound like much to Americans.—
Rob Davis,
ProPublica,
25 Apr. 2025
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Government regulates products and services, compensation (minimum wage, etc.), revenue (taxes), locations and access, and utilities (natural gas).—
William Dunkelberg,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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This may mean that services shift to prioritize work participation and skill-building in jobs that pay a living wage, ultimately growing economic resiliency so people no longer need public benefits in the future.—
Caroline Whistler,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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So far, no brand has guaranteed its factory workers a living wage, according to the Clean Clothes Campaign, a Dutch advocacy group.—
Rob Davis,
ProPublica,
25 Apr. 2025
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The good news for the Kings is that his next contract comes at a time when the salary cap rises from $95.5 million to $113.5 million over the next three seasons.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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But Morris’ fortunes had seemingly improved by 2019, when he was hired as CSUN’s director of equity and compliance with a $150,000 salary, according to school records reviewed by The Times.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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By contrast, tariffs would differentiate American industrialization from the British experience, shielding domestic labor from subsistence wages and securing workers opportunities for social-economic mobility.—
Made by History,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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That provides clues on whether businesses are looking to hire and potential wage inflation.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2025
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Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2021
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The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.—
Jacques Kelly,
baltimoresun.com,
9 Aug. 2021
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These changes could improve staff retention, especially if salaries achieve pay parity with kindergarten teachers.—
Dr. Alissa Chen,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2025
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Some states have introduced strict labor laws around things like pay transparency, mandatory benefits, retirement programs, and worker classification.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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