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Recent Examples of take-home pay
Workers United members have staged rallies over the last week calling for improved staffing in stores and higher take-home pay as negotiations for a new contract with Starbucks have stalled.
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Tiered pay structures with upside tied to company performance create intrinsic motivation—employees see a direct link between their impact, the firm’s top line and their own take-home pay.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Inflation, as measured in the consumer price index, is up 25.3 percent since the end of the pandemic recession in June 2020 while wages are up 24 percent, meaning that take-home pay has not caught up to prices over that five-year period.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
What no tax on tips or overtime mean for workers
The deduction method means workers won't see an immediate boost in take-home pay, but the deduction could mean better news after filing taxes.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 July 2025
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Tiered pay structures with upside tied to company performance create intrinsic motivation—employees see a direct link between their impact, the firm’s top line and their own take-home pay.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Inflation, as measured in the consumer price index, is up 25.3 percent since the end of the pandemic recession in June 2020 while wages are up 24 percent, meaning that take-home pay has not caught up to prices over that five-year period.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
What no tax on tips or overtime mean for workers
The deduction method means workers won't see an immediate boost in take-home pay, but the deduction could mean better news after filing taxes.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for take-home pay
Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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The mayor would go on to sign the city’s $15 minimum wage ordinance, as well as new residential tenant protections fashioned by the city council.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
24 Oct. 2025
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That theme was also behind his successful push to increase the minimum wage for most tourism workers to $25 an hour, which will be phased in over four years.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Granor Farm has a staff of more than 30, with over 20 full-time employees who earn a living wage and health benefits.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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In addition to cost of living wage increases, the guild is also seeking to preserve layoff protections and add new guardrails to the contract that prevent work from being outsourced to third-party companies and/or non-union labor.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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That $6-plus million would be paid out into 2029 and subject to offset from the salary at Woodward’s next job.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The floor for a quarterback extension, therefore, has risen over the past decade from around 10% of the salary cap to around 15%.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Budget Director Nik Kovac said the mayor supports free legal aid for those facing eviction and increasing hours to libraries, but aired concerns about the long-term impact raising city employee wages could have on future budgets.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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As childcare costs jump and wage gains stay muted, more families have to make hard choices.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 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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Granted, the median annual pay of about $35,000 isn’t the dream salary for most Gen Z workers.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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In 2024, Rolling Stone found that actors in the vertical space reported that the genre’s growth also allegedly came with grueling hours, poor pay, racial disparity in leading roles, and a lack of regulation.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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