take-home pay
noun
: income remaining from salary or wages after deductions (as for income-tax withholding)
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Child care for Gray’s youngest son is $22,000 a year – nearly 20% of her family’s take-home pay and their second-largest monthly expense after rent.
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
At the time of the podcast’s recording, the couple was allocating 14% of their take-home pay toward retirement and other post-tax investments.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
That would be a quarter of Patterson’s take-home pay, almost twice what consumer finance experts recommend.
—Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2024
Recognize that for these workers, the gap between their take-home pay and affordable food can be burdensome.
—Hank Cardello, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
At the time of the podcast’s recording, the couple was allocating 14% of their take-home pay toward retirement and other post-tax investments.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
That would be a quarter of Patterson’s take-home pay, almost twice what consumer finance experts recommend.
—Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2024
Recognize that for these workers, the gap between their take-home pay and affordable food can be burdensome.
—Hank Cardello, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take-home%20pay. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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