living wage

noun

Definition of living wagenext
as in minimum wage

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Recent Examples of living wage The coalition of more than 80 unions and various community groups is pushing for living wage jobs, new housing units and protections for immigrant workers. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 Maybe that means hiring full-time refs and paying them a living wage. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 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 Another goal of Grove, which Stidham owns with three minority partners, is to pay employees a living wage. — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for living wage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
  1. minimum wage
  2. pay envelope
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  • On Monday, the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, which sat out the 2018 and 2022 governor’s races and opposed Pritzker’s minimum wage increase, endorsed the governor for a third term.
    — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Duzan also supports raising the minimum wage and an independent redistricting commission for drawing the boundaries of political districts.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of minimum wage
Noun
  • Immigrant workmen gave up a pay envelope, schoolchildren put in pennies — upward of 150,000 people in all, each name and each donation noted by Pulitzer’s New York World, and almost each one under a dollar.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Frustrated by the limits of collective bargaining, Reuther came to complain that bargaining, once so promising, had come to focus on just another nickel in the pay envelope.
    — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
Definition of pay envelope

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“Living wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living%20wage. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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