Sentences with phrase «pay higher living costs»

That means Maine residents pay higher living costs while earning less.

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The cost of living is higher than average, but you get what you pay for.
«We agree with her remarks about the high costs of living in San Francisco, which is why we announced in December that we are expanding our Eat24 customer support team into our Phoenix office where we will pay the same wage,» read a company statement, echoing CEO Stoppelman's comments on Twitter over the weekend that the cost of living in San Francisco was excessively high.
But a high cost of living leaves Alaska residents with less income after paying expenses than residents in 46 other states have.
Thousands of retirees (and younger folks, too) are benefiting from a higher quality of life and a lower cost of living in places overseas where even a little goes a long, long way — whether it be filling a tank of gas, getting the week's groceries, paying for health insurance, or making all the other ends of a monthly budget meet.
Voters back debt reduction over tax cuts: More voters overall believe the government should pay down debt rather than cut income tax — except those who face higher cost of living pressures.
She's actually thinking about teaching in Central America, where there's high demand for English - speaking teachers and the pay relative to the cost - of - living is much higher:
Starbucks will pay a premium to those partners working in London, where costs of living are much higher than in other parts of the country.
The higher the rate, the higher the fee you pay — which is why a less - than - stellar credit score can literally cost you thousands of dollars more over the life of your loan.
Plus it evens things out for those who live in higher cost areas, they get better pay but they're taxed more.
Agrarians, Front Porchers, traditionalists embracing the «Benedict option,» and so forth today rightly emphasize the cost to our relational lives that we pay for the displacements of high technology, «the screen,» and the various dimensions of globalization.
They argue that alongside rising living expenses and cuts in the proportion of childcare costs covered by tax credits (from 80 to 70 %), the high price of childcare places makes returning to work economically challenging for many with the most to gain from paid work.
«Nobody wants to forsake a day's pay when the cost of living is high, and nobody wants to inconvenience the public and other working families.
Assemblyman Pete Lopez, a Republican from Schoharie County, said that lawmakers were due an increase in pay to reflect the higher cost of living since 1998 and the actual expense of doing the job.
That this House expresses deep concern at the impact of the UK Government's policies on Wales; notes the UK Government's real - terms reduction of the Welsh Budget by # 1.5 bn; notes that Wales currently suffers from the lowest average rates of pay in Britain and has the highest proportion of individuals affected by cuts to social security including the Bedroom Tax; further notes that Wales suffers the highest energy bills in the UK and that these, along with low pay, have compounded the cost of living crisis in Wales; and calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Bedroom Tax, freeze energy bills and undertake measures to increase pay rates in Wales.
The driving force behind the call for increasing legislative pay, which hasn't changed since early 1999, has come from downstate lawmakers whose cost of living is considerably higher than that of their upstate counterparts.
Timbs acknowledges that there are some poor school districts on Long Island that need the extra money, and that Island residents have a higher cost of living and pay high property taxes.
After much anticipation, the city Economic Development Corp. released a $ 1 million study on living wage policy today, which finds implementing higher pay standards at city subsidized developments would cost jobs.
Meanwhile in New York City, where the cost of living is higher, businesses that employ 11 or more people must now pay a minimum wage of $ 11 per hour.
Linking the budget's passage to a pay increase — lawmakers last received a bump to $ 79,500 in 1999 — is considered especially key for Assembly Democrats, whose conference is predominantly comprised of lawmakers from New York City and the metropolitan area, where the cost of living is generally higher than the rest of the state.
Pay is higher in New York City than at the state level (the governor makes $ 179,000 annually), though the cost of living is, of course, higher in the city than any other place in the state.
«People are reasonably well paid, although the cost of living is also high
We both took lower paying jobs in a state with a higher cost of living and sold our cars and most of our belongings.
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If we don't pay attention to differences in cost of living, we may end up funding low - cost areas too generously, and high - cost areas too stingily.
Pay is clearly an issue, especially in cities with high housing and living costs like those in the Bay Area, one of the nation's costliest regions.
Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.
Some places pay more because they have very high costs of living.
I have questions about the cost of living factors applied to California districts, but it's clear that teachers overall and in high - cost areas in particular need to be paid better.
You won't pay more if you live in a high - insurance - rate state or city, but you also won't get a discount for living in a low - insurance - cost area.
How is a reduction of few hundred ringgit here help the rakyat who is already paying super high car prices and also going to bear the high cost of living with the 6 % GST?
Now, let's grant that the cost of living in Australia is different and wages are higher than in the US (my job pays $ 30 - 40K higher in Sydney than in San Diego or San Francisco), but even so, $ 20 AUD for a paperback is still more than twice the price of a paperback in the US.
Also our company charges an affordable price from all its customers as we very well know that it is not easy for them to pay a high cost as they live on small budgets.
A «zero - cost» refinance simply means that your lender will charge you a slightly higher interest (often.25 or.50 percent higher than the lowest mortgage interest rate) for the life of your loan in exchange for paying your closing costs.
Closing costs are fees paid by the lender, if you do not want to pay all of the closing costs, expect a higher rate which will pay the lender additional interest over the life of the loan.
In addition, their term life policies have a maximum term length of 5 years, so if you know that you want coverage for a longer period of time, you'll pay higher premiums on average since the cost increases each time you renew coverage.
So, while that «no - cost» offer may limit your exposure at the outset, you'll ultimately pay more over the life of the loan by having a higher interest rate than what you might have secured elsewhere.
Using data from the 2017 Canadian Financial Health Index and other sources, the report finds that B.C. women make less money, pay more for housing and face a higher cost of living than women in the rest of the county.
With whole life insurance, administrative costs are almost always higher than what you'd pay at a financial institution, and you have no control over where you're putting your money.
I have worked very hard at paying my bills off because of the high cost of living, it is no longer possible on my low income.
On the other hand, the area's cost of living is definitely high, so new graduates might want to nail down a good - paying job here before making the move.
This part of New York offers good - paying jobs and a cost of living that's not too much higher than the national average.
As thousands of new residents are attracted each year to tech - dominant markets such as Seattle, Denver and the Bay Area, the higher cost of living in these areas is offset to a large degree by well - paying tech jobs, according to Zillow senior economist Aaron Terrazas.
That is because the proceeds from a life insurance policy can be used for paying off large debts, ongoing living expenses by the insured's survivors, and for the high cost of the insured's funeral and other final expenses.
You may also withdraw the money penalty free (you still must pay regular income taxes) for qualified medical expenses, higher education costs, a qualified first home purchase, and other major life events.
Another problem for many Millennials is the lack of decent paying jobs and a higher cost of living.
With final expense life insurance, you are paying higher costs in order to be guaranteed approval and not have your health come into play.
If you never pay the loan off it will cost you $ 4,368 over the life of the loan because of the higher monthly mortgage payments.
A number of Toronto suburbs — such as Markham and Whitby — also rank highly, showing that being situated near a major job market without the obligations of paying the high costs of city life has its benefits.
However, should you choose to go with whole life insurance — whatever the reason — one way you can offset a much higher premium cost is by going with a dividend paying life insurance policy.
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