Salary
/ˈsæləri/noun
The money a person earns from their job, often paid each month.
She gets a good salary working as a nurse.
Often appears as...
- annual salary
- base salary
noun
A specific amount of money that a person earns in exchange for the work they do, regardless of the number of hours they work.
He is on a salary, so he gets paid the same amount each month no matter how many hours he works.
Often appears as...
- salary package
- salary increase
noun
The total amount of money listed in a person's contract of employment before tax or other charges are deducted.
His salary before taxes is $75,000 per year.
Often appears as...
- salary deduction
- salary slip
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The money a person earns from their job, often paid each month.
She gets a good salary working as a nurse.
Often appears as...
- annual salary
- base salary
noun
A specific amount of money that a person earns in exchange for the work they do, regardless of the number of hours they work.
He is on a salary, so he gets paid the same amount each month no matter how many hours he works.
Often appears as...
- salary package
- salary increase
noun
The total amount of money listed in a person's contract of employment before tax or other charges are deducted.
His salary before taxes is $75,000 per year.
Often appears as...
- salary deduction
- salary slip
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Regular Payment
Understand that 'salary' implies a set amount received regularly, usually monthly.
My salary is deposited into my bank account on the last working day each month.
Pro Tip 2/3Annual Calculations
Salaries are often discussed annually to compare jobs or negotiate pay.
The job offer listed a salary of $50,000 per year.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Hourly Rate
Unlike wages, 'salary' isn't based on the exact number of hours worked.
Even if I work overtime, my salary remains the same.
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Why good leaders make...
they will coach you and they will give you support, just like we would with one of our children who happens to come home with a C from school. It's the complete opposite. This is the reason so many people have such a visceral hatred, anger, at some of these banking CEOs with their disproportionate salaries and bonus structures. It's not the numbers.
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3 rules for better...
Check in our your team's progress and see how everyone's doing. If you or your teammates are unsuccessful, work together to help accomplish personal goals. Lastly, you can negotiate for more time to prevent work from creeping into your personal life. In business school, I teach students to negotiate for salary
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Why you should know how...
But admit it -- you kind of want to know. Most of us are uncomfortable with the idea of broadcasting our salary. We're not supposed to tell our neighbors, and we're definitely not supposed to tell our office neighbors. The assumed reason is that if everybody knew what everybody got paid,
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The Infinite Hotel...
and room pi, where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
so that sometimes, my parents were not paid their salaries. And so, as a child, I saw jam disappear from the breakfast table, then margarine disappeared, then bread became too expensive, then milk became rationed. And most of all, a kind of normalized political fear
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Attracting outside...
struggling and have the personal sacrifice on salaries because I couldn't pay them but one thing what I told them this company don't belong to me it belong to all of us I might not be able to paid you today and let's work out something
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Steve Winter: On the...
hunter he was given a salary he didn't have to poach anymore he actually got a paycheck for his family and I asked him through an interpreter I said we're on this mountain I hear you used to hunt here do you think there's still Tigers
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Poverty isn't a lack of...
to people we have never met. And we should get rid of the vast industry of paternalistic bureaucrats when we could simply hand over their salaries to the poor they're supposed to help. Because, I mean, the great thing about money
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Why we have too few...
are negotiating their first salary, and only seven percent of women. And most importantly, men attribute their success to themselves, and women attribute it to other external factors. If you ask men why they did a good job,
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Saving the Arctic Fox PIPE...
The fur was it was almost like a year salary for a peasant boy. So it was very valuable.
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Why good leaders make...
they will coach you and they will give you support, just like we would with one of our children who happens to come home with a C from school. It's the complete opposite. This is the reason so many people have such a visceral hatred, anger, at some of these banking CEOs with their disproportionate salaries and bonus structures. It's not the numbers.
Video examples
3 rules for better...
Check in our your team's progress and see how everyone's doing. If you or your teammates are unsuccessful, work together to help accomplish personal goals. Lastly, you can negotiate for more time to prevent work from creeping into your personal life. In business school, I teach students to negotiate for salary
Video examples
Why you should know how...
But admit it -- you kind of want to know. Most of us are uncomfortable with the idea of broadcasting our salary. We're not supposed to tell our neighbors, and we're definitely not supposed to tell our office neighbors. The assumed reason is that if everybody knew what everybody got paid,
Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
and room pi, where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
so that sometimes, my parents were not paid their salaries. And so, as a child, I saw jam disappear from the breakfast table, then margarine disappeared, then bread became too expensive, then milk became rationed. And most of all, a kind of normalized political fear
Video examples
Attracting outside...
struggling and have the personal sacrifice on salaries because I couldn't pay them but one thing what I told them this company don't belong to me it belong to all of us I might not be able to paid you today and let's work out something
Video examples
Steve Winter: On the...
hunter he was given a salary he didn't have to poach anymore he actually got a paycheck for his family and I asked him through an interpreter I said we're on this mountain I hear you used to hunt here do you think there's still Tigers
Video examples
Poverty isn't a lack of...
to people we have never met. And we should get rid of the vast industry of paternalistic bureaucrats when we could simply hand over their salaries to the poor they're supposed to help. Because, I mean, the great thing about money
Video examples
Why we have too few...
are negotiating their first salary, and only seven percent of women. And most importantly, men attribute their success to themselves, and women attribute it to other external factors. If you ask men why they did a good job,
Video examples
Saving the Arctic Fox PIPE...
The fur was it was almost like a year salary for a peasant boy. So it was very valuable.
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Zack Greinke
American Athlete
Baseball, in my opinion, would be a lot better if you could just make the same salary as everybody else in the world, and you don't deal with any of the other stuff. But that's not how it is. The main thing is I want to pitch against the best players in the world, and you can't do that playing in a pickup baseball league in your town.
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Greg Boyle
American Clergyman
In my barrio, jobs work and money saves lives. When I have had the funds to place a gang member on a job site and pay his salary, I've seen him stop banging. When, on the rarest of occasions, an employer has offered a job to one of these youth, I've witnessed kids suddenly have a reason to get up in the morning.
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Dustin Moskovitz
American Businessman
I can't apply $3 billion in capital to the tech industry. It wouldn't work. But in infrastructure, education, I can make a real difference. I can change someone's life, for the better, permanently. If I can improve a kid's education, I can increase their salary later on and for decades.
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James Altucher
American Author
Don't stay at the job for safe salary increases over time. That will never get you where you want - freedom from financial worry. Only free time, imagination, creativity, and an ability to disappear will help you deliver value that nobody ever delivered before in the history of mankind.
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Steve Wozniak
American Businessman
I just believe that the way that young people's minds develop is fascinating. If you are doing something for a grade or salary or a reward, it doesn't have as much meaning as creating something for yourself and your own life.
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Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.
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Ethel Waters
American Musician
Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again.
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Eniola Aluko
English Athlete
Italian sides will find it hard to attract the world's top players while there is a salary cap.
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Jim Ratcliffe
British Businessman
The U.K. is one of the few places in the world that has final salary pensions.
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Jerry Jones
American Businessman
It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.
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Zack Greinke
American Athlete
Baseball, in my opinion, would be a lot better if you could just make the same salary as everybody else in the world, and you don't deal with any of the other stuff. But that's not how it is. The main thing is I want to pitch against the best players in the world, and you can't do that playing in a pickup baseball league in your town.
Quote examples
Greg Boyle
American Clergyman
In my barrio, jobs work and money saves lives. When I have had the funds to place a gang member on a job site and pay his salary, I've seen him stop banging. When, on the rarest of occasions, an employer has offered a job to one of these youth, I've witnessed kids suddenly have a reason to get up in the morning.
Quote examples
Dustin Moskovitz
American Businessman
I can't apply $3 billion in capital to the tech industry. It wouldn't work. But in infrastructure, education, I can make a real difference. I can change someone's life, for the better, permanently. If I can improve a kid's education, I can increase their salary later on and for decades.
Quote examples
James Altucher
American Author
Don't stay at the job for safe salary increases over time. That will never get you where you want - freedom from financial worry. Only free time, imagination, creativity, and an ability to disappear will help you deliver value that nobody ever delivered before in the history of mankind.
Quote examples
Steve Wozniak
American Businessman
I just believe that the way that young people's minds develop is fascinating. If you are doing something for a grade or salary or a reward, it doesn't have as much meaning as creating something for yourself and your own life.
Quote examples
Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.
Quote examples
Ethel Waters
American Musician
Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again.
Quote examples
Eniola Aluko
English Athlete
Italian sides will find it hard to attract the world's top players while there is a salary cap.
Quote examples
Jim Ratcliffe
British Businessman
The U.K. is one of the few places in the world that has final salary pensions.
Quote examples
Jerry Jones
American Businessman
It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.
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