take-home pay
Example Sentences
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Starting in January, the monthly premiums for the health plan used by many teachers rose from zero to $1,400 a month paid over 10 months each year — an enormous reduction in take-home pay.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
After two years of scraping by on internships and part-time gigs, my take-home pay essentially doubled overnight.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Knight’s circumstances seemed especially bleak several years ago, when she defaulted on her student loans, prompting the government to garnish her wages, a major hit to her take-home pay.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
Greer’s interpretation fails to take into account that lower- and middle-class Americans tend to spend a much higher percentage of their take-home pay, particularly on goods, than wealthier households.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
So his take-home pay was getting smaller, and his mother, in turn, was getting surlier.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
