wage bill

English

Noun

wage bill (plural wage bills)

  1. The total amount of money spent by an organization on wages.
    • 1978, Fredoon P. Antia, Role of Road Transport in India's Economy:
      Only 2 per cent of the total wage bill accounted for Rs. 500 per person and above per month.
    • 2018, Izabela Karpowicz, Mauricio Soto, Rightsizing Brazil’s Public-Sector Wage Bill, page 8:
      Higher preference towards spending on public education, health and security generally results in a larger number of teachers, police, and health professionals and thus a more elevated wage bill.
    • 2019, Kamil Dybczak, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano, Fiscal Implications of Government Wage Bill Spending, page 6:
      Finally, Cahuc and Carcillo (2012), using a sample of OECD countries, find a strong positive correlation between the wage bill and fiscal deficits, which is more frequent during booms.
    • 2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian‎:
      Under the Sheikh, City have spent £1.7bn on signings and their most recent accounts showed a player wage bill of £351m – a Premier League record
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