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take-home pay

[teyk-hohm] / ˈteɪkˌhoʊm /


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“This announcement is clearly a reaction to our organizing and demands for higher take-home pay for baristas,” Starbucks Workers United said in a statement to MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

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

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




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