wage rates
Hourly pay levels
Wage rates are the amounts paid to workers per unit of time or output—hourly wages, daily rates, piece rates.
The term appears in economics and labor discussions: Minimum wage rates vary by state, The union negotiated higher wage rates.
Wage rate emphasizes the standardized measure rather than total earnings.
- hiring practicesHow organizations select employees
- employment contractsBinding job-term documents
- pay scaleEarnings hierarchy by position
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- inflationSustained price level increase
job vacancies · gender pay gap · job creation · cost of living · unionization · salary negotiations · pay bump · productivity · compensation packages · industry benchmarks · collective bargaining · job classifications · income inequality · bargaining · earnings · workforce · fair · pay equity
- wagessalary, pay, paycheck, income, earnings
- wage datapay scales, pay grades, income levels, payroll data, hourly pay
- job marketjobs, employment, job seekers, job search, job hunting
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, union elections, bargaining
wage ratessalary
Fixed periodic employment payment
annual salary · benefits · fringe benefits · commission · profit sharing
wage ratespoverty wages
Pay too low to survive on
starvation wages · unpaid labor · slave wages · wage theft · minimum wage
wage ratesbenefits
Gains or helpful effects
fringe benefits · health insurance · pension contributions · perks · room and board