How to Use take-home pay in a Sentence
take-home pay
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About half of her take-home pay covers her share of the rent.
—al, 18 Dec. 2020
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That habit, first of all, gave people a raise in take-home pay.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 June 2023
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This means a big cut in take-home pay for the people who can least afford it.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
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Here's how to handle it More: Getting more take-home pay?
—Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2018
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While such a move would increase workers' take-home pay now, there's a catch.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
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Monthly rents in many areas can eat up half or more of their take-home pay.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
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Even if take-home pay goes up, not everyone will get a tax cut.
—Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 1 Feb. 2018
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The total amount was equivalent to about five days’ take-home pay.
—Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023
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When housed, rent swallowed up most of her monthly take-home pay.
—Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 28 Jan. 2021
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That was half of her take-home pay, from her job as a caregiver to seniors.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
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There was a time when standard advice was not to spend more than 25% of your take-home pay for shelter.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
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And almost 40 percent of their take-home pay goes for childcare.
—William Thornton, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
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Next, the analysis aimed to show whether teachers could afford to live on their take-home pay.
—USA Today, 5 June 2019
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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
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Uber drivers get all their compensation in the form of take-home pay.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes, 8 May 2021
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Salaries are taxable and expense payments are not, so take-home pay drops even more.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2022
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For many Americans, the most noticeable effect of the tax law so far is a jump in their take-home pay.
—Bloomberg, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
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This new law is making a big difference in the lives and take-home pay of Americans.
—Naperville Sun, 1 June 2018
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Dave Ramsey tells you to keep all your housing costs, taxes and all, to 25 percent of your take-home pay.
—Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
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Many families, but not all, would see more money in their take-home pay.
—Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Housing alone can easily eat up half of your take-home pay.
—Kelsey Sheehy, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022
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Lawson stayed, but the reduction in his monthly take-home pay has stung.
—Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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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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Inflation has fallen every month for the last six months, while take-home pay has gone up.
—Abc News, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
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According to Krawcheck, 50 percent of take-home pay should go to needs such as rent, gas, food, the mortgage and other must-haves.
—Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 22 Oct. 2019
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High taxes on low-wage work and the limited rights accorded to internal migrant laborers reduce the take-home pay of Chinese workers.
—Brad Setser, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2020
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