wage scale
Compensation tier system
A wage scale is a structured range of pay rates for a job or organization, typically progressing from minimum to maximum based on experience, seniority, or skill level.
Union contracts often specify wage scales: The new wage scale gives senior workers a fifteen percent premium over entry-level employees.
- pay gradeCompensation classification level
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- pay rateCompensation per time unit
- base payCompensation before additions
- compensationPayment for services rendered
earnings · take-home pay · paycheck · collective bargaining · cost of living · pay equity · equal pay · merit pay · pay bump · payroll · remuneration · income · piece rate · union agreements · employees · hourly · raise · bracket
- compensationpay, salary, income, bonus, payment
- wagessalary, pay, paycheck, income, earnings
- labor contractsbargaining, clause, seniority, grievance, dues
- pay changesraise, pay raise, pay cut, salary bump, pay bump
- pay scalespay grade, pay grades, pay range, salary grade, salary range
- scalesweight, measure, balance, beam balance, pan balance
wage scalemerit-based pay
Compensation reflecting individual achievement
piecework · spot bonus · performance pay · profit sharing · stock options
scale, wage, scales, wages, scaling, scaled, minimum wage, scalable, wageless