fair wage
noun
: a wage that is reasonable for the type of work done
The workers claim that they are not being paid fair wages.
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Garbage is piling up in Philadelphia ahead of the Fourth of July amid a city workers strike for fair wages.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 July 2025
The idea of standing up for fair wages and better benefits resonated with me, even if my primary financial goal was affording concert tickets.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The new pontiff chose to name himself after Pope Leo XIII who led the church during the industrial revolution and issued a landmark teaching document which supported workers’ rights to a fair wage and to form trade unions.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
Flashbacks trace Mora’s rise from reformist coffee planter to national leader, modernizing his family’s plantation with fair wages and new methods.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 June 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 July 2025
The idea of standing up for fair wages and better benefits resonated with me, even if my primary financial goal was affording concert tickets.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The new pontiff chose to name himself after Pope Leo XIII who led the church during the industrial revolution and issued a landmark teaching document which supported workers’ rights to a fair wage and to form trade unions.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
Flashbacks trace Mora’s rise from reformist coffee planter to national leader, modernizing his family’s plantation with fair wages and new methods.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for fair wage
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“Fair wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20wage. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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