wage adjustment
Salary rate modification
A wage adjustment is a change to an employee's pay, typically an increase to account for inflation, cost of living, or changed job responsibilities.
The term is neutral—it can describe raises, cuts, or corrections: The company announced a 3% wage adjustment for all staff.
Unlike a raise or promotion, adjustment suggests realignment rather than reward.
- raiseLift or increase
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- back payOverdue salary owed
- inflationSustained price level increase
union negotiations · increment · cut · merit-based pay · step · purchasing power · retroactive · indexing · baseline · employment contracts · income inequality · pay scale · pay rise · overtime regulations · performance reviews · annual review · freeze · hourly
- wagessalary, pay, paycheck, income, earnings
- balance systemshomeostasis, dynamic balance, steady state, steady-state, feedback loops
- military paybase pay, military pay, basic pay, pay grades, pay scale
- pay equityequal pay, pay equity, pay equality, pay parity, salary equity
- clerks wagessalary, base pay, pay scale, pay grade, entry-level pay
wage adjustmentwage freeze
Halting salary increases
pay freeze · salary freeze · wage increase · pay reduction · pay raise
wage adjustmentbonus
Reward beyond expectation
lump sum payment · one-time payment · signing bonus · performance bonus · gratuity