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Recent Examples of take-home pay
In a separate news release sent Wednesday morning, the White House defended the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as raising overall wages and take-home pay.
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Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
Cook described living off pinto beans and cornbread to make her money stretch, her take-home pay of $882 as a single mom barely covering her car note and rent.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Linda Jensen, founder of Heart Financial Group & Increase Business Profits, notes that provisions like eliminating federal income taxes on tips and overtime could increase take-home pay for younger workers, allowing more flexibility to contribute to Roth IRAs, HSAs, or other long-term vehicles.
—Alejandra Rojas, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
That’s because if workers’ take-home pay increases because of a tax cut, employers wouldn’t need to provide tipped workers a higher base-line wage.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 21 May 2025
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Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
Cook described living off pinto beans and cornbread to make her money stretch, her take-home pay of $882 as a single mom barely covering her car note and rent.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Linda Jensen, founder of Heart Financial Group & Increase Business Profits, notes that provisions like eliminating federal income taxes on tips and overtime could increase take-home pay for younger workers, allowing more flexibility to contribute to Roth IRAs, HSAs, or other long-term vehicles.
—Alejandra Rojas, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
That’s because if workers’ take-home pay increases because of a tax cut, employers wouldn’t need to provide tipped workers a higher base-line wage.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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One of the two bills, Introduction 1135, would over time require third-party companies like Instacart to pay grocery delivery workers a minimum wage of $21.44.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Some states index their minimum wage annually to the CPI.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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SmartAsset used the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s living wage calculator to estimate the annual cost of essentials in each state.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
14 June 2025
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How much did living wages increase from 2025? Living wages for single people, couples and families increased across the board compared to February 2024, according to MIT living wage calculator data.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Sacramento Bee,
19 Feb. 2025
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To wit: If Anthony finishes first or second in Rookie of the Year voting, his salary from 2031-2033 goes up by $1 million each year, and the option increases by $2 million.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Brandon-Gordon, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operating Officer, is coming in with a base salary of $2.8 million, a target bonus of $1.2 million and a one-time restricted stock award valued at $60 million.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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But, if wages don’t rise to match those jumps, consumer spending could fall and slow the economy.—
Raul Elizalde,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The bill would require taxpayers with incomes over $400,000 to pay Social Security taxes on all wage, self-employment, and investment income above that threshold.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 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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Johnson, aldermen, the city treasurer and other government leaders should donate their pay raises back to the city and create a fund to help our struggling senior citizens.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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There will be regular and travel pay available for those selected for the show.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 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 19 Aug. 2025.
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