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Recent Examples of take-home pay
Those inflated costs fall squarely on the shoulders of small businesses and working families through higher premiums and lower take-home pay.
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Bianca Blomquist, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Beginning in 2026, though, withholding tables will reflect changes so that taxpayers receive many tax cuts through higher take-home pay going forward.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Neither is necessarily a bad thing, but a large refund can also mean less take-home pay during the year and is the equivalent of making an interest-free loan to the government.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
If earnings stay the same from 2025 to 2026, wider brackets could mean a bit higher take-home pay.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
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Bianca Blomquist, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Beginning in 2026, though, withholding tables will reflect changes so that taxpayers receive many tax cuts through higher take-home pay going forward.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Neither is necessarily a bad thing, but a large refund can also mean less take-home pay during the year and is the equivalent of making an interest-free loan to the government.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
If earnings stay the same from 2025 to 2026, wider brackets could mean a bit higher take-home pay.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for take-home pay
Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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For two decades, Democrats have campaigned among Latinos on the promise of comprehensive immigration reform and an economic policy that would level the playing field, including raising the federal minimum wage, providing universal pre-K education and promoting affordable housing.—
Gary M. Segura,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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Creditors can take no more than 25% of your disposable earnings for most consumer debts, or the amount by which your weekly disposable earnings exceed 30 times the federal minimum wage, whichever is less.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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If one parent is working, the calculator found $55 an hour is needed for a living wage.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Based on those costs, MIT estimates the living wage for a family of four in the Austin metro area is $112,866 a year, or $49,322 for an individual.—
Data Reporter,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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He was given a raise in salary after starting all 18 games (including playoffs) last year.—
Mike Kaye
March 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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Days later, Twin Rivers Unified School District educators reached a tentative agreement to end its 12-day strike over similar disputes involving salary and benefits.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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The company used the MIT living wage calculator to determine cost of living by region for single adults and families of four.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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Companies competed for scarce workers with healthcare coverage when wages were frozen.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 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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This time, however, travelers are already facing long lines and delays due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, which has left thousands of TSA workers without pay.—
De'Anthony Taylor,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2026
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The donation comes as the Department of Homeland Security shutdown continues with no end in sight, leaving more than 64,000 airport security workers working without pay.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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