How to Use take-home pay in a Sentence

take-home pay

noun

• About half of her take-home pay covers her share of the rent.
  — al, 18 Dec. 2020
• That habit, first of all, gave people a raise in take-home pay.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 June 2023
• This means a big cut in take-home pay for the people who can least afford it.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• Here's how to handle it More: Getting more take-home pay?
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2018
• While such a move would increase workers' take-home pay now, there's a catch.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
• Monthly rents in many areas can eat up half or more of their take-home pay.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
• Even if take-home pay goes up, not everyone will get a tax cut.
  — Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 1 Feb. 2018
• The total amount was equivalent to about five days’ take-home pay.
  — Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023
• When housed, rent swallowed up most of her monthly take-home pay.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 28 Jan. 2021
• That was half of her take-home pay, from her job as a caregiver to seniors.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
• There was a time when standard advice was not to spend more than 25% of your take-home pay for shelter.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• And almost 40 percent of their take-home pay goes for childcare.
  — William Thornton, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• Next, the analysis aimed to show whether teachers could afford to live on their take-home pay.
  — USA Today, 5 June 2019
• Yet drivers said that once the festival started, their take-home pay dipped to about half of what they were used to.
  — William Earl, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
• Uber drivers get all their compensation in the form of take-home pay.
  — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 8 May 2021
• Salaries are taxable and expense payments are not, so take-home pay drops even more.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2022
• For many Americans, the most noticeable effect of the tax law so far is a jump in their take-home pay.
  — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• This new law is making a big difference in the lives and take-home pay of Americans.
  — Naperville Sun, 1 June 2018
• Dave Ramsey tells you to keep all your housing costs, taxes and all, to 25 percent of your take-home pay.
  — Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 17 July 2023
• Many families, but not all, would see more money in their take-home pay.
  — Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• Our kids now face monthly rent payments that can be more than 50 percent of their take-home pay.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
• First, there’s a good chance your take-home pay is now a little higher since this new law lowers tax rates.
  — Nathan Bachrach, Cincinnati.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• No matter how things get sliced, many workers will see their take-home pay drop as a result.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2019
• In most states, plaintiffs can seize up to a quarter of a worker’s take-home pay or clean out their bank account.
  — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 5 Oct. 2020
• Housing alone can easily eat up half of your take-home pay.
  — Kelsey Sheehy, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022
• Lawson stayed, but the reduction in his monthly take-home pay has stung.
  — Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• Workers were expected to start seeing the effects of tax changes in their take-home pay this month.
  — Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2018
• Inflation has fallen every month for the last six months, while take-home pay has gone up.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
• For workers, a blanket exemption would mean more take-home pay.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
• In summer, a monthly electricity bill can easily exceed the average person’s take-home pay.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024