six-figure

adjective

: in the hundreds of thousands : totaling 100,000 or more but less than one million
a six-figure income

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Interim County Executive Phil LeVota was indicted on federal bribery charges after allegedly offering a candidate a six-figure county job in exchange for withdrawing from the county executive race. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026 The report identifies 10 jobs that offer six-figure compensation without the intense pressure linked to executive leadership, investment banking or sales. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 For firms that spend millions of dollars chasing advantages in the race to execute trades, those milliseconds can be worth far more than the six-figure subscription price. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 The political arm of advocacy group Care Can’t Wait will launch digital ads in a half-dozen battleground congressional districts next week as part of a six-figure campaign slamming Republicans for the high price of caregiving. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for six-figure

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“Six-figure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six-figure. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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