Sentences with phrase «higher by a few percentage points»

For men who command a premium due to high incomes or great looks, it may be higher by a few percentage points.

Not exact matches

Forty - five percent of those surveyed by NFIB said they found few or no qualified workers to fill open positions, which is 3 percentage points higher than September a year earlier, and 4 percentage points higher than the same time period in both 2013 and 2012.

But the exclusion is a carefully limited one, effectively raising the cap by an average of 1 to 1.5 percentage points (depending on how high pension costs spike in the next few years).

Since 2007 there has been a national decline in the number of school library / media centers and there are fewer library / media centers operating in high ‐ poverty schools than in wealthier schools, especially low income schools in the inner cities, where the number has dropped by five percentage points.

Unsecured loans are only ahead of collateral - backed loans by few percentage points, ranging in low 20 % APRs, and higher.

The fed withholding amount on the paycheck was much higher than I thought it would be, by a few percentage points.

The interest rate can be a fixed rate, but is typically a few percentage points per year higher than for a mortgage secured by a permanent house.

If most of the factors point toward a higher «magic» interest rate for you, bump it up by a few percentage points and switch over to saving once you've eliminated all debts above 9 % or 10 %.

«Even after the additional income, his marginal tax rate is at least a few percentage points higher than hers, so he'd benefit more by making his own RRSP contributions,» says Noel D'Souza, a Toronto CFP with Money Coaches Canada.

I wouldn't be surprised if real estate agents sold homes for prices that are a few percentage points higher than homes sold directly by homeowners but 13 % more didn't seem plausible to me.