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

The rise will equate to a take-home pay similar to what a 9.9% minimum wage rise would have seen.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

His take-home pay was good—one hundred and twenty-five dollars each month.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield