Sentence examples for wage from high-quality English sources.

• The ratio of the minimum wage to the median wage is called the Kaitz index.

• So the minimum wage should be above the market-clearing wage, in which case fewer workers would be demanded at that wage than would be hired at the market wage.

• living wage as advocated by the Living Wage Foundation and paid by some employers; it is important to differentiate this from the “national living wage” (in quotes at first mention), introduced by George Osborne in the 2015 budget to replace the minimum wage for workers over 24

• Companies accredited by the Living Wage Foundation commit to paying all staff and any third-party contract workers the "real living wage" - a voluntary rate of £9 an hour and £10.55 in London that is higher than the statutory UK National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage of £8.21.

• The ratio of the minimum wage to an area's median wage is called the Kaitz index.

• Under the subminimum wage, disabled workers can legally earn under the minimum wage.

• Under the Raise the Wage Act of 2021, the minimum wage would gradually increase to $15 until 2025.

• Amidst the continued minimum wage debate, raising the tipped wage has been a sticking point for some.

Use wage in a sentence.

• On that very same day, minimum-wage workers in 15 cities went on strike to demand a $15 minimum wage.

• In fact, the average 1973 hourly minimum wage (just over $4) would be equal to about a $24 average minimum wage today.

• In California, minimum wage workers at places with 26 or more employees will see a $15 minimum wage as soon as next year.

• A $15 wage would be more than double the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour (which hasn't changed in over a decade).

• Here, in one place, are the most frequently asked questions about the minimum wage, with links to studies that debunk the most pernicious anti-wage claims.

• Five states, including Alabama and Louisiana, do not have state minimum wage laws and 16 states have a minimum wage equivalent to the federal minimum wage, at $7.25.

• A $15 minimum wage in Massachussetts would be 62.1% of its median wage of $24.14, the lowest ratio among the states because Massachussetts has the highest median wage.

• This includes Florida where the minimum wage is 50.2% of its median wage of $17.23 and Maine where the minimum wage is 65.9% of its median wage of $18.45.

wage sentence examples

• Some minimum wage workers haven't been paid a higher wage since the last time the federal raise was increased on July 24, 2009 as part of a three-step increase mandated by the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.

• In states where the tipped wage is the same as the minimum wage — called one fair wage states — the wage gap is smaller for restaurant workers, and the poverty rate for female tipped workers is far lower.

• To get a closer look at the benefits of raising the minimum wage, Insider looked at the minimum wage as it currently stands and when it may be $15 using various metrics, such as a state's cost of living or the ratio between a minimum wage and a median wage.

• But the "ripple" effect of the minimum wage raising — raises that those making above $15 would get as the minimum wage labor market becomes better paid — generally comes in "just a few dollars above the minimum wage, like around $17-$18 in the case of a $15 minimum wage."