Synonyms of wages

wages

noun

plural of wage

as in salary

the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services

the wage you earn is more than enough to support us comfortably

Synonyms & Similar Words

• salary
• payment
• pay
• paycheck
• stipend
• earnings
• emolument
• pay envelope
• compensation
• profit
• overtime
• hire
• minimum wage
• living wage
• reimbursement
• packet
• repayment
• nominal wages
• double time
• reparation
• restitution
• remuneration
• redress
• remittance
• recompense
• return
• take-home pay
• takings
• recoupment
• time and a half
• yield
• requital

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wages

The neighborhood lost a major employer in 1992 when General Motors closed its plant at the eastern end of Blythe Street, where some 2,600 employees made union wages producing Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

At prevailing wages, this uncompensated labor is worth $430 billion a year. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

The report notes a Tarrant County pilot program that infused American Rescue Plan funding into private childcare centers to raise wages for childcare workers to $18 an hour. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026

Yousuf immigrated from Bangladesh and sent his wages back to support his large family, including two young daughters, aged 3 and 12, and his wife, mother and father, the restaurant’s co-owner told the Daily News. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

The bigger picture puts another consequence of the merger being the loss of wages in the billions and the region losing $547 million in tax revenue. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

Losses are commonplace in a market where revenue growth has not kept pace with rising transfer fees and wages. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

These adjustments reflect differences in market wages employers pay for similar jobs across geographic labor markets. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026

The union noted the home care clinicians are similarly looking for competitive wages to help recruit and retain experienced clinicians, reasonable caseloads and clear and transparent productivity standards. — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2026