Below you will find example sentences with "minimum wage". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Minimum Wage in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: minimum
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 86
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 33.2 words

Words in this phrase

minimum wage

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • minimum can mean: The lowest limit. Frequent word
  • wage can mean: An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a carers minimum wage which would 1× a federal minimum wage 1× a new minimum wage 1× a new minimum wage effective jan 1× although a minimum wage has been 1× as a minimum wage for teachers 1× assessment of minimum wage adequacy in 1× fair shot minimum wage amendment of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although a minimum 1× although the federal 1× applying that percentage 1× but unlike the 1× if the pension 1× inaugurating the committee 1×

Common sentence endings:

and private sectors 1× applies to all 1× colleagues to avoid 1× federal minimum wage 1× for related matters 1× goods and services 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

national 11× new 5× increase 4× living 4× 000 4× federal 4× workers 4× gross 4× years 3× average 3× government 3× committee 3×

Related phrases

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Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around minimum:

national minimum 13× table minimum 8× minimum wages 7× new minimum 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

minimum wages mining activities mining companies mining company mining industry mining operations

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

minimum temperature minimum wages

Same ending:

living wage

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "minimum wage" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 33.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a carers minimum wage which would, a federal minimum wage, national, new and increase stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with minimum temperature, national minimum, living wage, national minimum, table minimum and minimum wages, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with minimum wage

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Applying that percentage increase to the current minimum wage of $11.73 produces a new minimum wage effective Jan. (19 words)

Although a minimum wage has been instituted, it often falls short of covering basic living costs, causing ongoing financial stress for minimum-wage earners. (24 words)

Minimum wage laws, for instance proposals to index the minimum wage to average wages, have the potential to keep the dollar value of the minimum wage relevant and predictable. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

The Bill, inter alia seeks to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019, to increase the National Minimum Wage and reduce the time for periodic review of the National Minimum Wage from Five (5) years to Three (3) years, and for Related Matters. (43 words)

Rebecca also told the Press: “The increase in national minimum wage and national living wage is important as well, as it is almost forcing businesses to become minimum wage employers which is something that is a shared goal among colleagues to avoid. (42 words)

Although the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 for more than nine years, Trump and Congressional Republicans have blocked legislative efforts to raise this pathetically low wage floor, contending that they saw no need for a federal minimum wage. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

The One Wage Campaign is calling on the National Minimum Wage Commission to phase out the minimum wage system and replace it with one wage structure that applies to all.

The Bill, inter alia seeks to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019, to increase the National Minimum Wage and reduce the time for periodic review of the National Minimum Wage from Five (5) years to Three (3) years, and for Related Matters.

Minimum wage laws, for instance proposals to index the minimum wage to average wages, have the potential to keep the dollar value of the minimum wage relevant and predictable.

But, unlike the national minimum wage and living wage set by the government, the Real Living Wage is voluntary, with only around half a million people working for over 15,000 employers currently receiving the wage.

Rebecca also told the Press: “The increase in national minimum wage and national living wage is important as well, as it is almost forcing businesses to become minimum wage employers which is something that is a shared goal among colleagues to avoid.

Although the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 for more than nine years, Trump and Congressional Republicans have blocked legislative efforts to raise this pathetically low wage floor, contending that they saw no need for a federal minimum wage.

Recent raises for low-wage workers have reversed a lot of the wage inequality that has been growing for decades, even in states that did nothing to shore up the minimum wage.

The Commission points out that 60% of the gross median wage and 50% of the gross average wage can help guide the assessment of minimum wage adequacy in relation to the gross level of wages.

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If the pension benefit fell below a specified level, then such workers were allowed to substitute a wage figure of 75% of the average wage during this period, thus creating something like a minimum wage benefit.

Inaugurating the committee in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Buhari said that re-negotiation of a new national minimum wage had become imperative because the existing minimum wage instrument had since expired.

They believe this should include looking at introducing a carers minimum wage which would see people in social care paid at least £2 an hour more than the national minimum wage.

Although a minimum wage has been instituted, it often falls short of covering basic living costs, causing ongoing financial stress for minimum-wage earners.

Applying that percentage increase to the current minimum wage of $11.73 produces a new minimum wage effective Jan.

Meanwhile, organsed labour has maintained its stance on the N250,000 minimum wage demand, but Dare Glintstone Akinniyi insisted that certain factors needed to be considered while demanding an implementation of a new minimum wage.

NAN reports that during the during the Tripartite Committee on the Minimum Wage negotiation meeting on Tuesday, the Federal Government had offered Labour N60,000 as the new minimum wage for workers.

On Tuesday, June 11, Ajaero questioned Nigerian governors calling for the decentralisation of the minimum wage, urging them to emulate Governor Godwin Obaseki who is paying civil servants a minimum wage of N70,000.

Plus, Reich said while the statewide minimum wage is $16 per hour, many of the state’s larger cities have their own minimum wage laws setting the rate higher than that.

The 37-member Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has formally submitted its report to the Federal Government, recommending a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers across the public and private sectors.

The EHL has set as a baseline minimum a demand of €1,835 per month gross as a minimum wage for teachers, a sum which would entail a wage hike for many.

The Fair Shot Minimum Wage Amendment of 2016 that the minimum wage will increase annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index, a of the change in prices of consumer goods and services.

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