: income remaining from salary or wages after deductions (as for income-tax withholding)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebHousing alone can easily eat up half of your take-home pay. Kelsey Sheehy, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022 Her monthly loan payments were about $470 to $500 each month, a significant chunk of her take-home pay working in education.refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2022 But recent inflation has dealt the final blow, as high gas prices, maintenance costs and the rising price of insurance have all cut into her take-home pay. Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2022 But take-home pay for first-year teachers lags because state health care premiums are above average. Jeff Amy, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022 The latest Asda Income Tracker shows that 20% of UK households now have negative disposable income because their take-home pay no longer covers spending on essentials such as groceries, energy bills, transport costs, mortgage or rent. Katie Linsell, Bloomberg.com, 22 July 2022 But recent inflation has dealt the final blow, as high gas prices, maintenance costs and the rising cost of insurance have all cut into her take-home pay.Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2022 Between the payment and insurance costs associated with being a young male driver, Mr. Florip was soon spending a significant portion of his take-home pay on the vehicle alone.New York Times, 30 June 2022 Dana Menard, a financial planner in Maple Grove, Minn., knows several people who halted 401(k) contributions during the last recession to boost their take-home pay. Veronica Dagher, WSJ, 16 June 2022 See More