How to Use wage scale in a Sentence

wage scale

noun
Definition of wage scalenext
  • There is some good news at the bottom of the wage scale, though.
    — Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2021
  • But in 2011, the league adopted a rookie wage scale, which placed caps on first-year salaries.
    — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Per the wage scale, Conley signed a four-year deal worth $10.5 million.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 12 July 2018
  • The most new jobs, though, were concentrated at the top and bottom ends of the wage scale.
    — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2019
  • As a skilled trades employee, Sinn is on the higher end of Deere's wage scale.
    — Tyler Jett, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
  • With fewer jobs at the bottom of the wage scale, that means the average across the sector will be greater.
    — Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The workers’ wage scales have been largely unchanged for more than 10 years.
    — Sandra Gomez-Aceves, courant.com, 2 May 2018
  • Because young adults tend to be lower on the wage scale, the high cost of living can take an outsize toll.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Based on the current NBA rookie wage scale, the difference in salary between the No.
    — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The plan is aimed at workers at the lower end of the wage scale, and is intended to replace an hourly wage of $12.50 over two weeks.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Obviously, with the rookie wage scale in place, there’s less for the teams and agents to haggle over than there used to be.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 18 July 2019
  • What would appear to be an opposite problem plagues those at the lower end of the wage scale.
    — Bryce Covert, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • Those at the lower end of the wage scale who, in aggregate terms, can benefit most from a boom are the hardest hit in the slump.
    — David Blanchflower, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2020
  • By contrast, roughly half of workers on the low end of the wage scale lack paid sick leave or vacation time.
    — Elizabeth C. Tippett, Chron, 2 July 2022
  • Wouldn't the new wage scale radically alter the point value of each pick?
    — Peter King, SI.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Cities around the country are taking steps to improve life for workers, especially those at the low-end of the wage scale.
    — Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2017
  • With the wage scale in place, spending to build around a young quarterback became a viable option.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • This is a good thing, particularly at the lower-end of the wage scale that has lost ground against inflation over the last 40 years.
    — Neal St. Anthony, Star Tribune, 13 June 2021
  • But thanks to the franchise tag and rookie wage scale, the NFL has created a system where most of the best players never reach true free agency.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The agreement’s compensation was 11% above Delta Air Lines’ current deal at the top of the wage scale, according to Southwest.
    — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
  • This outcome costs Okudah a couple of million dollars on the NFL’s rookie wage scale.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2020
  • But recently, the hot job market has levitated the wage scale even more.
    — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There’s been no official word on wage scale in Spartanburg.
    — Jacob Resneck, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Put another way: Could recent wage growth be stronger at the low end of the wage scale than in the middle or upper middle of the distribution?
    — Jason Furman, Vox, 11 Aug. 2018
  • What's far more interesting — and maybe even hopeful — is what might be happening to pay for hourly workers at the other end of the wage scale.
    — Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
  • The company implemented a new nursing wage scale as of June 30, Grant said.
    — Emma Keith, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2019
  • Postings for internal transfers would also need to include a wage scale or salary range.
    — Lauren Rosenblatt, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The union has plans to propose a new wage scale that will impose minimums based on a production’s total budget.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Altogether, state employees will see up to a 15% increase in pay over the two years, with those at the top of their wage scale seeing an average 10% raise.
    — oregonlive, 1 July 2020
  • Affluent Portland residents earn four times more than their counterparts at the bottom end of the wage scale.
    — oregonlive, 6 May 2022

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