How to Use take-home pay in a Sentence

take-home pay

noun
  • About half of her take-home pay covers her share of the rent.
    — al, 18 Dec. 2020
  • That habit, first of all, gave people a raise in take-home pay.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • This means a big cut in take-home pay for the people who can least afford it.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Here's how to handle it More: Getting more take-home pay?
    — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2018
  • While such a move would increase workers' take-home pay now, there's a catch.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Monthly rents in many areas can eat up half or more of their take-home pay.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Even if take-home pay goes up, not everyone will get a tax cut.
    — Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • The total amount was equivalent to about five days’ take-home pay.
    — Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023
  • When housed, rent swallowed up most of her monthly take-home pay.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 28 Jan. 2021
  • That was half of her take-home pay, from her job as a caregiver to seniors.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
  • And the joy of having more take-home pay now would evaporate when the bills start coming due.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • And almost 40 percent of their take-home pay goes for childcare.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Next, the analysis aimed to show whether teachers could afford to live on their take-home pay.
    — USA Today, 5 June 2019
  • 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
  • Uber drivers get all their compensation in the form of take-home pay.
    — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 8 May 2021
  • Salaries are taxable and expense payments are not, so take-home pay drops even more.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • This new law is making a big difference in the lives and take-home pay of Americans.
    — Naperville Sun, 1 June 2018
  • Dave Ramsey tells you to keep all your housing costs, taxes and all, to 25 percent of your take-home pay.
    — Ike Morgan | [email protected], al, 17 July 2023
  • Many families, but not all, would see more money in their take-home pay.
    — Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Housing alone can easily eat up half of your take-home pay.
    — Kelsey Sheehy, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Lawson stayed, but the reduction in his monthly take-home pay has stung.
    — Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • 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
  • Inflation has fallen every month for the last six months, while take-home pay has gone up.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Initially, the news was met with excitement by Lopez and several in the service industry where tips can make a good portion of take-home pay.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024

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