wages

Example Sentences

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But the Industrial Revolution left average real wages stagnating and the quality of non-wage amenities declining for four decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Rayner called on her own government to raise care workers' wages and not to tie visas for care workers to specific employers, which she said encouraged exploitation.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

However, today’s level of inflation seems to be affecting prices more than wages, says Marc Goldwein, senior vice president for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

In May, for the second straight month, the cost of living grew faster than wages.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

When I carried to him my weekly wages, he would, after counting the money, look me in the face with a robber-like fierceness, and ask, “Is this all?”

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass