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Recent Examples of living wage
The plan also addresses other community needs including providing living wage jobs with benefits, affordable housing to retain talent such as teachers, and community gathering and business spaces.
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025
Click on the name of your county or metro area to see living wage statistics specific to your area.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
This may mean that services shift to prioritize work participation and skill-building in jobs that pay a living wage, ultimately growing economic resiliency so people no longer need public benefits in the future.
—Caroline Whistler, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
So far, no brand has guaranteed its factory workers a living wage, according to the Clean Clothes Campaign, a Dutch advocacy group.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 25 Apr. 2025
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025
Click on the name of your county or metro area to see living wage statistics specific to your area.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
This may mean that services shift to prioritize work participation and skill-building in jobs that pay a living wage, ultimately growing economic resiliency so people no longer need public benefits in the future.
—Caroline Whistler, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
So far, no brand has guaranteed its factory workers a living wage, according to the Clean Clothes Campaign, a Dutch advocacy group.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
Noun
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The union representing Southern California hospitality workers has accused a group of airlines and hotel businesses of using underhanded tactics in support of a petition to overturn a city ordinance boosting the minimum wage in Los Angeles.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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In November, voters in Hawley's home state of Missouri approved a ballot measure to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour, starting in 2026.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2021
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The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.—
Jacques Kelly,
baltimoresun.com,
9 Aug. 2021
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“Living wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living%20wage. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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