wages

Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

Some companies have pointed a finger at tariffs for their increases, while others, especially small businesses, also blame higher wages and hefty health-insurance costs that firms said they can’t absorb or share with suppliers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Factories can’t function without electricity, and many skilled workers have given up their state jobs because wages are so low.

From Salon

That arrangement might make financial sense, said Potter, not because of anything inherently cost-saving in the industrialized process, but because wages in the Boise area are just a lot lower.

From Los Angeles Times

That means that “real income growth from falling inflation and rising wages will boost purchasing power,” Jake Krimmel, a senior economist with Realtor.com, said in a statement.

From MarketWatch

Hospitality bosses say their industry faces a significant double whammy - customers with less money to spend and rising business costs including taxes, food, wages and energy.

From BBC