Sentence examples for How much wages from inspiring English sources

But figures obtained last week by Labour show just how much wages for young people are under pressure.

But a substantial gap in how much wages are expected to increase this year showed a divide between lower- and higher-income households.

On the other hand, it could subject employers' wage decisions to much the same uncertainty that affects investment choices: firms would then be more likely to misjudge how much wages should rise.

Meanwhile, America's jobless rate, 4.6% in January, has been head-scratchingly low for some time; and measures of labour costs, such as the annual growth of hourly compensation or the employment cost index compiled by the Bureau of Labour Statistics, have ticked up.By how much wages will rise and whether they are passed through into prices is an open question.

The Congressional Budget Office doesn't estimate how much wages might increase for those who lose company health benefits.

Within two years, he recruited more than 500 construction workers to join the union, mainly by showing them how much better wages and benefits were for unionized workers.

That is how much minimum wages will go up in several states if voters in those places approve ballot initiatives this November.Although there is a federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour, each state can set the level higher if it wishes, and 18 states had done so before this year (see table).

Just how much the wages will climb is a matter of dispute.

Political analysts are divided over how much the wage trends will help Democrats this fall in their effort to take control of the House and, in a bigger stretch, the Senate.

To mark the occasion, the National Women's Law Center released a report showing how much the wage gap costs women over their lifetime. .

An analysis of the Berkeley/UI data from the left-leaning National Employment Law Project breaks down how much low-wages at the 10 biggest fast food chains are costing taxpayers.