Thesaurus results for TAKE-HOME PAY

take-home pay

noun

as in minimum wage

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Recent Examples on the Web At worst, the tax policy might even put a downward pressure on service sector wages by allowing employers to keep their workers’ baseline pay low because the tax cut could instead raise the workers’ take-home pay. —

Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 13 Aug. 2024 Contractors have found that unexpected administrative fees and other deductions on their pay slips have significantly reduced their take-home pay. —

Jules Herd, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 Under Trump, everyone would receive a tax cut, but the lowest earners — those making under $19,600 — would just see a $320 difference in take-home pay, while under Harris, that same income group would have another $2,355 after taxes. —

Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024 That’s because if workers’ take-home pay increases because of a tax cut, employers wouldn’t need to provide tipped workers a higher base-line wage. —

Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take-home pay

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