wage
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"Work is a lot and I still feel like I'm not earning a good monthly wage to ever get close to owning a house," she says.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
As Harvard University economists Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz have documented, in the early 1900s only a small fraction of workers had high-school degrees, and having one earned workers a substantial wage premium.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Samsung labour union members will begin voting Friday on a tentative wage deal that could deliver hefty bonuses to chip workers and helped avert a major strike at the South Korean tech giant this week.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The second-round effects are what matter most for the Fed: inflation expectations, mainly through wage growth and companies’ selling prices.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
For a wage of about $60 a month, Smith slept and ate in horse stalls and struggled to keep up with the farriery needs of fifty-four horses.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing wage
Labor Day Lexicon: Words That Put You To Work
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