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wage rate

American  
[wayj rayt] / ˈweɪdʒ ˌreɪt /

noun

  • wage rates
    plural
  1. pay rate.


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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

Both men and women contrive to lay by a competence at a wage rate of from eight to fifteen cents a day.

From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Frederic Courtland Penfield

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