wage scale
Americannoun
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a schedule of wages paid workers performing related tasks in an industry or shop.
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a particular employer's wage schedule.
noun
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a schedule of wages paid to workers for various jobs in an industry, company, etc
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an employer's schedule of wages
Etymology
Origin of wage scale
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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That’s because the earlier a player is selected in the draft, the more money he stands to earn, thanks to the NBA’s rookie wage scale.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
The new wage scale puts East Coast dock workers on par with their West Coast counterparts, who inked a new contract last year.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2024
Emergency department nurses might think they belong in the highest tier of the wage scale alongside the intensive care unit nurses because sometimes they’ve got critical patients coming in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2023
About a dozen union workers in the Philadelphia region Reuters spoke to questioned whether the new industries can produce a similar number of jobs at the same high wage scale.
From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2023
Soon blacks were gathered at Quinn Chapel, celebrating the first-ever wage scale in Chicago that gave equal pay to black and white waiters.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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