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Recent Examples of take-home pay
There, a household making the median income would have to spend 95% of its take-home pay to afford a median home, which falls around $1 million.
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Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 28 Nov. 2025
And lower taxes next year under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will increase take-home pay for Americans, boosting overall affordability, Bessent said.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
The union is seeking better hours, higher take-home pay and a resolution to alleged unjust and unfair labor practices.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
For millions of low-wage workers, these local adjustments provide a modest but meaningful boost to take-home pay—often making the difference between meeting basic needs and falling short.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 28 Nov. 2025
And lower taxes next year under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will increase take-home pay for Americans, boosting overall affordability, Bessent said.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
The union is seeking better hours, higher take-home pay and a resolution to alleged unjust and unfair labor practices.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
For millions of low-wage workers, these local adjustments provide a modest but meaningful boost to take-home pay—often making the difference between meeting basic needs and falling short.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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The opening of Buc-ee's will also bring more than 200 full-time jobs to Goodyear, which will pay above minimum wage and offer benefits.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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That’s almost five times the minimum wage.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Everybody deserves to make a living wage and be taken care of, and the PAs are absolutely not an exception to that.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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The living wage in Mecklenburg County for a single, childless adult is currently $55,307, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Full salary, nine-to-five job, the perfect spermatozoid to make Diego.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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If owners lock out players in pursuit of a salary cap or other salary restrictions, the 2027 season would be at risk, and the face of sport could disappear along with some or all of the season schedule.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Federal law only protects workers from being fired for having their wages garnished for one debt.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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Denver officials are encouraging businesses and workers to contact Denver Labor with questions about the minimum wage and to report wage theft and other violations of worker protections.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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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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Aside from competitive pay, the job’s perks include fully remote work.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
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The pension pay has now been added to that legal demand.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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