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salary

[sal-uh-ree] / ˈsæl ə ri /


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Employees, including foreign nationals, pay a compulsory 3.2% of their pre-tax salary into a healthcare insurance fund topped up by their employer.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Old-fashioned approaches to getting and keeping a job also haven’t gone out of style, Hetrick said, like lowering your salary expectations and taking what you can get.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

Each test cost about $25, a quarter of his monthly salary.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Rookies get a minimum salary of $885,000, not counting various bonuses and performance incentives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

And like as not, when they sent the bank statement out, she would want to know why I never deposited my salary until the sixth.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Teams that have plenty of room under their caps might go the opposite direction and convert bonuses to salaries to free up cap space in future seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Today, the high salaries and signing bonuses being paid to top AI staff in the city can be extraordinary, even by Silicon Valley standards.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Fighters from units designated by the U.S. as terrorist organizations aren’t supposed to be paid salaries, but in practice there is overlap between official militias and rogue groups.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

At Orange County’s Cypress College, which offers court reporter training, job fliers boasting six-figure salaries paper the walls.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

He also found that the evangelical ministries were hobbled without adequate salaries to attract professional staff members and without centers of their own where students could gather, socialize, and study the Bible.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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