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Recent Examples of take-home pay
Disposable pay generally means your take-home pay after mandatory deductions.
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
In sum, while many workers would welcome extra take-home pay, the broader impacts of these tax proposals are complex.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
With most of the executive compensation in the form of stock and options, the actual take-home pay can vary, depending largely on the company’s share price.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Women also, on average, earn less than men, which makes any reduction in take-home pay due to garnishment especially punishing.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
In sum, while many workers would welcome extra take-home pay, the broader impacts of these tax proposals are complex.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
With most of the executive compensation in the form of stock and options, the actual take-home pay can vary, depending largely on the company’s share price.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Women also, on average, earn less than men, which makes any reduction in take-home pay due to garnishment especially punishing.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for take-home pay
Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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The hourly minimum wage in Los Angeles is $17.28, 78 cents higher than the state’s.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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By contrast, Los Angeles is focusing on what won’t help the housing crisis: last week, the Los Angeles City Council approved a new ordinance that increases the minimum wage for airport and hotel workers to $30 by 2028.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
30 May 2025
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Carbon emissions, circularity, diversity, living wages, ethical sourcing—social and environmental topics like these are shaping society and the future of business.—
Sarah Jefferson,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Park City ski patrol union says that a living wage in Park City is $27 per hour, far higher than the newly won $23 starting wage of a ski patroller.—
David Goodman,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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The two have grown close in the months since Fried signed an eight-year, $218 million deal with the Yankees, which slightly bested Rodón’s $27 million average annual salary.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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Americans earning a regular salary may have trouble living comfortably in all 50 states.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
7 June 2025
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Without needing to file a lawsuit or step foot in a courtroom, the Department of Education and the Department of Treasury can seize wages, offset a portion of federal benefits (including Social Security), and intercept federal tax refunds.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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These fast-track measures can be used only if proponents agree to pay higher wages to construction workers or set aside a portion of the project for low-income housing on land considered the least environmentally sensitive.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 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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After a four-week run in Nigerian movie theaters, the film went to regional pay TV giant’s DStv Box Office store before landing on its premium movie channels.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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In addition to Ekblad, center Sam Bennett is also a pending free agent and will be due a hefty pay raise from his current deal that is paying him an average of $4.425 million per season.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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