salary

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Last March, Cincinnati Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase received an extension that included $109.8 million in guarantees and gave him an average annual salary of $40.3 million, according to Overthecap.com.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

In 2020, funerals cost nearly half of the country's average annual salary, according to a survey by British insurance firm SunLife.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The flatshare in your 20s, the first job when everything is known and that modest salary feels like a king’s ransom.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The median base-salary offer for software engineers among venture-backed startups, according to Levels.fyi, a platform for salary data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

After all, I'd saved nearly the whole of my New York salary, so I could just about afford it But the hollow voice said, "You better count me out."

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath