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Recent Examples of take-home pay
Workers United members have staged rallies over the last week calling for improved staffing in stores and higher take-home pay as negotiations for a new contract with Starbucks have stalled.
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Tiered pay structures with upside tied to company performance create intrinsic motivation—employees see a direct link between their impact, the firm’s top line and their own take-home pay.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Inflation, as measured in the consumer price index, is up 25.3 percent since the end of the pandemic recession in June 2020 while wages are up 24 percent, meaning that take-home pay has not caught up to prices over that five-year period.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
What no tax on tips or overtime mean for workers
The deduction method means workers won't see an immediate boost in take-home pay, but the deduction could mean better news after filing taxes.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 July 2025
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Tiered pay structures with upside tied to company performance create intrinsic motivation—employees see a direct link between their impact, the firm’s top line and their own take-home pay.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Inflation, as measured in the consumer price index, is up 25.3 percent since the end of the pandemic recession in June 2020 while wages are up 24 percent, meaning that take-home pay has not caught up to prices over that five-year period.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
What no tax on tips or overtime mean for workers
The deduction method means workers won't see an immediate boost in take-home pay, but the deduction could mean better news after filing taxes.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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For 40 minutes, the man squared off against the machine, discussing issues like the minimum wage, electric vehicles and education policy.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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After the nine-month limit, or once the program ends, employers would be required to pay participants at least the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is higher.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Granor Farm has a staff of more than 30, with over 20 full-time employees who earn a living wage and health benefits.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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In addition to cost of living wage increases, the guild is also seeking to preserve layoff protections and add new guardrails to the contract that prevent work from being outsourced to third-party companies and/or non-union labor.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Per the outlet, the complaint claimed VVV did not pay Miss USA 2024 winner Alma Cooper her full $100,000 salary.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Entry-level North Little Rock police officers earn an annual salary of approximately $52,950.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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Farrell adds that for mothers of color, the wage gap is even wider, as Black women earn just 64 cents on the dollar and Latina women earn 54 cents (compared to white men).—
Sarah Bregel,
Parents,
28 Oct. 2025
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My salary would be Rs 45,000 a month, three times the average wage for a qualified individual in regular employment in India.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 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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Tesla could lose Musk if his pay isn’t approved.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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Most controllers are continuing to work mandatory overtime six days a week during the shutdown without pay, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said Monday.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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