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Recent Examples of take-home pay
As a perk, the six players who were tapped for the ASG mini-Derby were awarded an additional $10,000, bumping their take-home pay 40% from the standard $25,000 rate.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 July 2025
Estimates from the White House's Council of Economic Advisers suggest that eligible workers could see their take-home pay rise by an average of $1,675 per year.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Of course, if President Donald Trump is able to end taxes on tips, workers would likely end up with less take-home pay in the new system.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Also, the typical family with two children would see their after-tax take-home pay rise by $7,600 to $10,900, in part because wages would be higher.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 July 2025
Estimates from the White House's Council of Economic Advisers suggest that eligible workers could see their take-home pay rise by an average of $1,675 per year.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Of course, if President Donald Trump is able to end taxes on tips, workers would likely end up with less take-home pay in the new system.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Also, the typical family with two children would see their after-tax take-home pay rise by $7,600 to $10,900, in part because wages would be higher.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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The process has allowed Missourians to raise the minimum wage, legalize both recreational and medical marijuana and expand Medicaid in recent years.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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However, many states and localities have adopted higher minimum wage rates, some reaching as high as $18 per hour, such as in the District of Columbia.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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What is considered a living wage in Ada County in 2025? To meet basic needs in Ada County, an individual must make at least $25.67 per hour or $53,394 per year before taxes, according to MIT’s calculator.—
Kate Linderman,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Aug. 2025
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Bar advocates, who represent about 80% of indigent clients charged with crimes in the Bay State, have been on strike since May and have continued their work stoppage as their demands for a living wage remain unsatisfied.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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This provision prohibits salary-cap circumvention, meaning arrangements by teams to compensate players outside of their employment contracts.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Workers injured on the job can receive regular payments based on their salary, plus coverage of medical bills to treat their injuries.—
TOM KERTSCHER,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Not only in terms of performance and Bundesliga survival, but also in the worth (and desirability) of some of these individual players, whose success could help Bremen — a traditional club, but with a modest wage spend — move up the food chain.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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The contract with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 350 runs through April 20, 2028 and calls for a 3% increase in wages for the first year and additional increases of 2% to 3% in following years, depending on the increases to employee health/dental premiums.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 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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Engineers in the sector continue to command $100 million pay packages.—
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Auto-pay and paperless billing discount included.—
Kara McGinley,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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