Salary vs. Wages

Salary vs. Wages — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Salary and Wages

Salarynoun

Fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis.

Wagesnoun

A regular payment, usually on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially for manual or unskilled work.

Salarynoun

A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.

Wagesnoun

wages The price of labor in an economy.

Salaryverb

To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.

Wagesnoun

often wages (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A fitting return; a recompense

the wages of sin.

Salaryadjective

(obsolete) Saline.

Wagesverb

To engage in (a war or campaign, for example).

Salarynoun

something that remunerates;

wages were paid by checkhe wasted his pay on drinkthey saved a quarter of all their earnings

Wagesnoun

plural of wage. It may take a singular verb. E.g. 'the wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23 KJV)

Wagesnoun

(in the plural) one's total income for a time period

Wagesnoun

a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing;

the wages of sin is deathvirtue is its own reward