wage rate
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wage rates
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The plant’s top wage rate for regular production workers is about $22 an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
But it is expensive: Farms must pay the adverse effect wage rate, a federally set pay rate that is more than twice the regular federal minimum wage.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2025
They must agree to terms that the union proposed during negotiations on July 12, which includes a new minimum wage rate that’s 11% higher than before, guarantees about revenue sharing and AI protections.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
"While it appears to be a hot number on the actual number of people employed, the wage rate is not increasing as fast."
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2023
For an increase cannot be made in the wage rate of one class without a proportionate decrease in that of others.
From American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Alexander Johnston
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