pay bump
More money earned
A pay bump is an increase in salary or wages, typically a modest one.
The term suggests a small upward adjustment rather than a dramatic raise: She got a pay bump after her annual review.
It's informal and common in workplace discussions about compensation.
- raiseLift or increase
- salary increaseHigher compensation rate
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- increaseGrowth in amount
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- pay changesraise, wage increase, wage hike, merit raise, annual raise
direction of compensation change
pay bumppay cut
Reduction in earnings
salary reduction · salary cut · pay reduction · demotion · downgrade
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