live paycheck to paycheck
idiom
US
: to spend all of the money from one paycheck before receiving the next paycheck
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Sixty per cent of our people live paycheck to paycheck.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 July 2024
Likely hindered by the persistent pay gap, women are more likely than men to live paycheck to paycheck (72% and 60%, respectively), according to MarketWatch.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024
From another Vox reader: Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
—Nicole Dieker, Vox, 5 May 2024
Where half of people have credit card debt, live paycheck to paycheck or don’t have any retirement savings.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 July 2024
Likely hindered by the persistent pay gap, women are more likely than men to live paycheck to paycheck (72% and 60%, respectively), according to MarketWatch.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024
From another Vox reader: Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
—Nicole Dieker, Vox, 5 May 2024
Where half of people have credit card debt, live paycheck to paycheck or don’t have any retirement savings.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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