wage bill

Total employee compensation

The wage bill is the total amount an organization spends on employee wages and salaries over a given period.

The term appears most often in discussions of business costs, government budgets, and sports team spending: The club's wage bill has doubled in five years.

Also called the payroll.

Related

pay scale · compensation · pay rise · annual review · payout · emoluments · salary cap · budget allocation · public expenditure · headcount reduction · hiring spree · operational costs · cost of living adjustments · employment benefits · performance-based pay · collective bargaining · labor strikes · income inequality

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type of organizational expenditure

wage billcapital expenditure

Spending on fixed assets

overhead · operating expenses · infrastructure spending · fixed assets · material costs

organizational cash flow direction

wage billrevenue

Business income total

income · gross receipts · turnover · earnings · sales

aggregate vs. individual compensation

wage billhourly rate

Pay calculated by time

Family

wage, bill, wages, waged, waging, wager, bills, billed, billing

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