merit raise
Earned salary increase
A merit raise is a salary increase awarded based on job performance rather than seniority or cost-of-living adjustments.
Unlike automatic annual increases, merit raises reward individual achievement: She got a merit raise after leading the successful product launch.
The term appears frequently in employment contexts where compensation ties directly to performance reviews.
- performanceCarrying out a task
- job performanceQuality of task execution
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
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- compensationpay, salary, income, wage, bonus
- work rewardsbonus, cash bonus, performance bonus, stock options, profit sharing
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- pay changespay cut, wage increase, salary bump, pay bump, wage hike
- pay raisessalary bump, wage hike
- incentive paycash bonus, performance bonus, sales commission, commission structure, bonus structure
merit raisepay cut
Reduction in earnings
salary reduction · demotion · pay freeze · salary freeze · wage freeze
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