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Recent Examples of take-home pay
The median household income in Valparaiso is $69,872, leading to take-home pay of around $1,100 per week after federal income and FICA taxes.
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Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
The amount that can be taken is limited by federal law, but even within those limits, the difference in your take-home pay can be significant.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Employees may expect higher take-home pay or assume overtime is tax-free.
—Fennemore, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 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.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
The amount that can be taken is limited by federal law, but even within those limits, the difference in your take-home pay can be significant.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Employees may expect higher take-home pay or assume overtime is tax-free.
—Fennemore, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 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.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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James Powel Oklahoma State Question 832, which would have raised the minimum wage in the state, was defeated at the polls.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Even as the city rolled out the red carpet for the restaurant industry’s biggest night, ongoing controversy remains over Chicago’s tipped minimum wage workers and their advocates.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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California is tops in the nation for average teacher salary at $103,552; EPI sets a living wage in the state at $73,311.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Additionally, the brand’s Living Wage Program, a supply chain initiative that assesses living wage benchmarks based on regional costs of living, continued with eight suppliers.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
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And now is looking to dump salary and rebuild yet again.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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What won’t sate is Riley’s mention in April of Plan B being maximizing salary-cap space for free agency 13 months from now, during the 2027 offseason.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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Despite some wage growth, incomes haven’t kept pace with persistent inflation.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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In a statement last week, the SVP said that voting for the population cap would still allow 40,000 people to move to Switzerland each year, but lawmaker Piero Marchesi said population growth had caused problems for public services, wages, the price of rent, education and the labor market.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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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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During last year’s budget negotiations, public sector unions signed new agreements with the state that resulted in moderate pay increases in exchange for suspending retirement contributions and instituting a leave program for state employees.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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But that’s not the only nearly impossible goal in a Musk pay package.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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