take-home pay
Example Sentences
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Drivers’ take-home pay is dropping, Melendez said, and the companies keep most of the fees paid by customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
That enabled her to save most of her take-home pay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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
“While we continue to learn more about this announcement, it’s clearly a reaction to our organizing and demands for higher take-home pay for baristas,” the union said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 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
