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Recent Examples of take-home pay
If your wages remain similar to 2024, these adjustments could make your take-home pay slightly higher.
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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
Though not enough to solve every financial challenge for a child care business, this is a significant increase in compensation (since their take-home pay increased by 4%) or the ability to invest in quality or growth.
—Gary Romano, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
As a result, taxpayers may notice changes in their take-home pay as the new brackets come into effect.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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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
Though not enough to solve every financial challenge for a child care business, this is a significant increase in compensation (since their take-home pay increased by 4%) or the ability to invest in quality or growth.
—Gary Romano, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
As a result, taxpayers may notice changes in their take-home pay as the new brackets come into effect.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 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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The lawsuit identifies additional alleged labor violations, including failure to provide accurate wage statements, failure to pay all wages upon separation, and failure to pay minimum wages for work performed off the clock.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 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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What is considered a living wage in Missouri in 2025?—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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The salary cap is projected to be $154.6 million next season with the luxury tax projected as $187.9 million, the first apron projected at $195.9 million and the second apron projected at $207.8 million.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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With a salary cap rising to $95.5 million for 2025-26, the Ducks enter the offseason with what CapWages estimates will be more than $39 million of cap space available for usage.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 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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If even one employee lives in California, Illinois, or Oregon, the company could suddenly be responsible for following all three states' retirement plan mandates, wage laws, and reporting requirements, according to HR Daily Advisor.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
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 2 May. 2025.
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