How to Use take-home pay in a Sentence

take-home pay

noun
  • About half of her take-home pay covers her share of the rent.
    — al, 18 Dec. 2020
  • That habit, first of all, gave people a raise in take-home pay.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • That means take-home pay often remains low.
    — Julia Bowling, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
  • Even if take-home pay goes up, not everyone will get a tax cut.
    — Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • When housed, rent swallowed up most of her monthly take-home pay.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Monthly rents in many areas can eat up half or more of their take-home pay.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • This means a big cut in take-home pay for the people who can least afford it.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • While such a move would increase workers' take-home pay now, there's a catch.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The total amount was equivalent to about five days’ take-home pay.
    — Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023
  • That was half of her take-home pay, from her job as a caregiver to seniors.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Many families, but not all, would see more money in their take-home pay.
    — Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • That means less take-home pay today, but tax-free withdrawals later.
    — James Brewer, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Salaries are taxable and expense payments are not, so take-home pay drops even more.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2022
  • For the people on the receiving end, that shift shows up in their take-home pay.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Already, people’s take-home pay is higher since new rates kicked in this month.
    — Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • No matter how things get sliced, many workers will see their take-home pay drop as a result.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2019
  • Uber drivers get all their compensation in the form of take-home pay.
    — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 8 May 2021
  • Lawson stayed, but the reduction in his monthly take-home pay has stung.
    — Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • The couple’s mortgage payment was more than half of his monthly take-home pay.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
  • And the joy of having more take-home pay now would evaporate when the bills start coming due.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
  • First, there’s a good chance your take-home pay is now a little higher since this new law lowers tax rates.
    — Nathan Bachrach, Cincinnati.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Inflation has fallen every month for the last six months, while take-home pay has gone up.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • And almost 40 percent of their take-home pay goes for childcare.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Next, the analysis aimed to show whether teachers could afford to live on their take-home pay.
    — USA Today, 5 June 2019
  • Rent, utilities and grocery bills don't just shrink just because your take-home pay does.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • This can seem overwhelming, so first focus on having one month of take-home pay; build from there.
    — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Our kids now face monthly rent payments that can be more than 50 percent of their take-home pay.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Yet drivers said that once the festival started, their take-home pay dipped to about half of what they were used to.
    — William Earl, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
  • In most states, plaintiffs can seize up to a quarter of a worker’s take-home pay or clean out their bank account.
    — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Workers were expected to start seeing the effects of tax changes in their take-home pay this month.
    — Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2018

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