Thesaurus results for SALARIES

salaries

noun

plural of salary

as in wages

the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services signed a contract for a new job with a salary of $60,000 per year

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Recent Examples of salaries Revenues are up, player salaries are higher, viewership is growing, and team valuations are soaring. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Cash-rich labs are offering athlete-like salaries plus equity packages that can turn early employees into billionaires. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026 Our representatives and senators (and the White House) could be required to tithe from their salaries. — Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 With the league's salary cap continuing to go up, players' salaries will too. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 More than two dozen teachers’ salaries rose by more than 25%, with some even experiencing 50% to 70% raises, according to an Observer analysis of the latest school district salary data. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026 The three-on-three league was co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier (Bazzell’s wife) and provides players with an equity stake in addition to their salaries. — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 What if the league suddenly had to generate enough revenue to pay its own salaries and cover its own expenses? — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026 Data on climbing salaries shows that a job that pays well at 25 may offer surprisingly little wage growth by 50, while another occupation with a more modest starting point can produce dramatic earnings such as the ones in the Coin Insider analysis. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The neighborhood lost a major employer in 1992 when General Motors closed its plant at the eastern end of Blythe Street, where some 2,600 employees made union wages producing Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
At prevailing wages, this uncompensated labor is worth $430 billion a year.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

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Solowin Holdings signed a memorandum in April with SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's venture arm, to incubate an AI payments project called AGENPAY.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Peter Gwaltney, president and CEO of the North Carolina Bankers Association, said contactless payments give consumers more flexibility, security and a smoother checkout.

— Kimberly Tutuska, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026

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This type of insurance can help cover the costs tied to leftover Medicare deductibles, co-insurances, co-pays and hospital costs.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Be sure to investigate co-pays, deductibles, and what’s covered for birthing classes and specialty tests.

— Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

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