take-home pay

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Recent Examples on the Web Even if your income was below average in 2024, paying fewer taxes can still increase your net after-tax take-home pay. David Rae, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 What Rainwater proposes: Eliminate the state income tax and gasoline excise tax, among others, in order to increase Hoosiers' take-home pay. Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024 There were also significant differences in take-home pay, with employees in Bulgaria on €60,000 taking home the most net pay at €51,239 and those in Iceland the least, with just €30,525. Roger Trapp, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 At worst, the tax policy might even put a downward pressure on service sector wages by allowing employers to keep their workers’ baseline pay low because the tax cut could instead raise the workers’ take-home pay. Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take-home pay 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
Noun
  • The state currently mandates a base pay of $6.75 per hour for these workers, with the employer required to cover the gap if tips don't meet the general minimum wage of $15 per hour.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Bank of America, Costco and Home Depot, for example, all raised their minimum wages to $15 or more since the pandemic.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Xiong is pro-choice, supports living wages, worker’s organization rights and tax cuts for working families as well as investments in public transportation, roads and infrastructure.
    Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Due to the high cost of child care, that estimated living wage spikes to $33.36 an hour for one adult with one child in Alabama.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Lillard, though, compromised the Bucks’ defense while hurting the team’s ability to add depth because of his $54 million salary.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Noninterest expense increased to $13.7 million from $11.5 million, primarily due to higher salaries and employee benefits.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Jon Holden, local president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union, said negotiators will attempt to push Boeing more on issues including a 40% wage increase and the reinstatement of a pension plan, according to the Seattle Times.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The poverty rate has been declining locally and statewide over the years as wages have increased, particularly for low-income workers, but saw an uptick in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
    Arika Herron, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
  • 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
Noun
  • Over half of consumers (53%) are using pay over time options to make the cost of a purchase more affordable.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The proposal included pay raises of 30% over four years, and angered union leaders because the company announced it to the striking workers through the media and set a short ratification deadline.
    David Koenig and Manuel Valdes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024

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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

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