take-home pay

Example Sentences

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“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

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

He argued the general public, not central government, was best placed to reinvest and revive the economy as a direct result of having more take-home pay than before.

From BBC • 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