wages

Payment for services to a worker, usually remuneration on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis.

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On Friday, the stock market hit new highs—even as wages were stagnating.
With Immigration Move, Obama and the Welfare Party Strike Again|Lloyd Green|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Harping about a Republican war on women while wages stagnate and growth sputters is trivial and desperate.
Earth to DNC: Dyspeptic Dad Still Votes, Too|Lloyd Green|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Annual wages range from $10,000-$13,000, well below the poverty line of $23,000 for a family of four.
We're All Living on The Supermarket Plantation|Lewis Beale|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wages are stagnant and middle-class household incomes continue to decline.
Voters Remind D.C. That the Economy Still Sucks|Stuart Stevens|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The miners themselves went on strike again and again, trying to get their wages raised.
In Chile, Poetry Outlives the Dictators|Jay Parini|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Miss Peasey's wages were in arrears, and he must pay her £4 10s.
Plashers Mead|Compton Mackenzie
Them school-bills, you know, I've always paid out o' my wages—that's why Jed let her go.
The Underdog|F. Hopkinson Smith
But occasional acts of drunkenness, if the seaman in other respects performs his duty, will not deprive him of his wages.
The Seaman's Friend|Richard Henry Dana
Yet, at the end of the season, the laborer has usually exhausted his wages and may be in debt to the planter.
The Philippine Islands|Ramon Reyes Lala
To be two or three days behind with his wages, for instance, was impossible.
White Nights and Other Stories|Fyodor Dostoevsky