He is a wage-earner, albeit a very highly paid one, and he's going to pay over one-half of his income in taxes if he stays in California.

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While a typical wage earner earns 5, 000 rupees a month, a call center employee takes in as much as 15, 000 rupees (300 dollars).

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Their focus is not so much with high income (say a high wage earner) as with complicated structures of business entities, trusts and assets.

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Then social security would have one single monthly benefit amount for everyone who draws it, possibly equal to the amount a minimum wage earner makes.

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Separate data out on Friday showed that spending by Japanese wage earner households - a key barometer of wider consumer demand - rose by a stronger than expected 9.3% in April compared with the previous month.

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Another example is found in the case of a married couple where one spouse is the primary wage earner and dies prematurely.

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His ambition is to be a photojournalist, but meanwhile, as the only wage earner in his family, he is honing his skills.

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