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Recent Examples of take-home pay
As a result, taxpayers may notice changes in their take-home pay as the new brackets come into effect.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
But her take-home pay would have been less, depending on her publishing deal — perhaps ranging from about $795,000 to $1.4 million, Billboard said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
This incremental approach is particularly effective when timed with salary increases, as the additional funds can be directed to savings without reducing your take-home pay.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Initially, the news was met with excitement by Lopez and several in the service industry where tips can make a good portion of take-home pay.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
But her take-home pay would have been less, depending on her publishing deal — perhaps ranging from about $795,000 to $1.4 million, Billboard said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
This incremental approach is particularly effective when timed with salary increases, as the additional funds can be directed to savings without reducing your take-home pay.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Initially, the news was met with excitement by Lopez and several in the service industry where tips can make a good portion of take-home pay.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
Noun
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So, in that context, increasing the minimum wage has to be seen as a good thing.—
Roger Trapp,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The canvassers were paid workers, making $25 an hour, three times more than Wisconsin’s minimum wage.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What is considered a living wage in Missouri in 2025?—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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Here’s how the numbers break down: What is considered a living wage in California in 2025?—
Kendrick Marshall,
Sacramento Bee,
19 Feb. 2025
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The remote Queensland town of Julia Creek, population 500, is offering about double the salary a family physician would earn in the state’s capital, Brisbane.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Not to mention the fact that the average salary in the U.S. sits below that figure, at around $66,622, according to the latest data from the Social Security Administration.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rising wages have enabled people to keep spending, which has kept the overall economy humming along.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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By the 2000s, the middle class these restaurants had been custom-built to serve was shrinking as wages stagnated and neighborhoods grew more segregated by income.—
Meghan McCarron Phil Donohue,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 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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Tucker was the wife of a Pullman porter and became an early advocate for the union that pushed for better pay, better working conditions and a grievance process.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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That entity would evaluate whether the payments align with a fair market value and ensure the money is not a pay-to-play deal.—
Stacy St. Clair,
ProPublica,
4 Apr. 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 Apr. 2025.
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