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payroll

[pay-rohl] / ˈpeɪˌroʊl /




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At least one of the programs uses the number of employees and monthly payroll to determine how much money an applicant receives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Social Security is funded mainly by a 12.4% payroll tax, split evenly between workers and employers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Right now, people don’t pay Social Security payroll taxes on any taxable income above $184,500 a year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

“In fact, as defendant Nuño then knew, The Nuño Estate had neither 20 or more employees nor over $163,386 in average monthly payroll, “ the complaint read in part.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The most marked manifestation of the trend was an enhanced standard of living for Rad Lab scientists placed on the government payroll as consultants.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

For the October report, analysts forecast nonfarm payrolls to grow by 65,000, up from 29,000 in September, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2%.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Outside of the election, U.S. data prints include the ISM services index for October, the ADP’s report of private payrolls for October and the balance of trade for September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

This suggests that if the jobs report doesn’t show a spike in unemployment or an unexpected drop in payrolls, the market’s view of the Fed’s policy path is unlikely to change much.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Instead, the worst thing has happened: A couple of crafty, thrifty, well-run teams with low payrolls but dynamo management knocked out the spenders to reach the big show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

These men have become the masters of the Nation; on their payrolls are to be found three-fourths of all the working inhabitants of the land, men, women, and children.

From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Francis A. Adams


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