wage 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
In recent years, states have used the extra money to increase the wage rate for home health workers.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 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
According to prison records, she can hold a job at the facility in which she is housed, at an hourly wage rate no higher than $1.15.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2023
Under the old system of letting contracts, whenever there was a wage rate stipulated, men were paid little or nothing, and the work was not done.
From Twelve Men by Dreiser, Theodore
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