salary
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A hundred thousand is a pretty middle class salary, she said, so perhaps the threshold should be a little higher.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Oct. 16, 2026
Stacking benefits on top of a good salary makes that more likely.
From MarketWatch โ Oct. 16, 2026
The 2025 University Funding Law calls for inflation-linked salary increases dated to December 2023, as well as the restoration of student scholarships and more funding for university operations.
From Barron's โ Oct. 15, 2026
County that provide similar services and found the median annual compensation for CEOs was $159,737, including base salary, bonuses and other benefits.
From Los Angeles Times โ Oct. 13, 2026
“I pay salary every other Saturday,” Mr. Spicer said.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Victoria Coronel, a student at the University of Matanza in Buenos Aires province, echoed some of the French students' grievances, including "broken things don't get fixed" and teachers leaving the profession because of low salaries.
From Barron's โ Oct. 15, 2026
Teams are put in place to ensure the comedian can focus on generating jokes while they scheme new ways to metastasize its distribution and justify their own salaries.
From Los Angeles Times โ Oct. 8, 2026
Insurance worker Emily Moretta, 26, has been with her boyfriend for two years and says they still haven't explicitly told each other their salaries and "he doesn't know how much I make".
From BBC โ Oct. 8, 2026
It also sweetened advertised salaries for new captains and first officers, according to its website.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Oct. 7, 2026
With the British gone, there would be good things for everyone: "white" salaries long denied Nigerians, promotions, top jobs.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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