The phrase "are earning on" is not standard in written English and may be considered incorrect.
It could be used in contexts where one is discussing the earnings related to a specific investment or project, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "The investors are earning on their initial investment in the startup."
Alternatives: "are profiting from" or "are gaining on".
A good starting point is to look at the profits that banks are earning on their assets.
According to statistics published by the ONS, men are earning on average 9.4% more than women, for doing the same job.
Some banks won't like losing the large amounts of interest income they are earning on their current mortgages, but if the refinancing market were working properly these loans would have been refinanced long ago.
A study published by the High Pay Centre, an independent thinktank, shows that the CEOs of FTSE 100 companies – the largest 100 companies listed in the UK – are earning on average 143 times more than their staff.
Compare that to the paltry 1% or 2% most savers are earning on their deposits and, over the past 12 months, it's evident that property has been the better investment.
Overall, the Mika Mobile design team has found that the paucity of quality games on Android means they are earning on Android fully 80percentt of the revenue they're currently earning on the iTunes app store, and all of that solely through word of mouth.
He said couriers were earning "on average more than the London living wage".
More than half of all miles are earned on the ground, notably on credit cards linked to airlines' programmes or on telephone calls.
Scarcity rents are earned on fully utilized, high-quality factors of production, or on technologies that are low-cost relative to others in use.
Club Cali points are earned on eligible product purchases when a membership ID is provided at most Hollister stores or while shopping on their website.
Points are earned on both an individual and team level in novice, freshman, junior varsity, and varsity divisions.
