The phrase "wage rise" means an increase in the amount of money a person earns for their work. It implies that an employee's salary or hourly rate is going up, resulting in higher earnings.
Sentences with «wage rise»
A minimum wage rise large enough to significantly increase unemployment would be, at best, a mixed blessing for lower income groups. (totalpolitics.com)
The national average hourly wage rose by 2.3 %, slightly more than inflation. (progressive-economics.ca)
Business has become quite used to a long period of low wage rises. (theguardian.com)