Wage - Wages in the United States

A wage is the amount of money paid for some specified quantity of labour. When expressed with respect to time (usually per hour), it is typically called the wage rate, and is specified in pre-tax amounts. It is often the main monetary item upon which the worker and the employer focus when negotiating an employment contract. Early forms of wages included salt (from which the word salary is derived). In modern English, the word salary tends to be used when referring to employment in ...

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