adjective
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Etymology
Origin of salaried
Explanation
Someone who is salaried works for a weekly, monthly, or yearly set amount of money, rather than an hourly wage. Salaried workers usually get benefits like health insurance as well. Hourly workers earn a certain amount for each hour they work, while other employees work as freelancers or contract workers, sometimes receiving a wage based on a specific task being completed. Salaried workers, on the other hand, have a set salary and get paychecks on a regular basis. The adjective salaried comes from the noun salary, from the Latin root salarium, "salary or stipend." Originally, salarium meant "a soldier's allowance for the purchase of salt."
Example Sentences
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Only a small share secure stable, salaried jobs within a year.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
India now produces about five million graduates a year - but since 2004-05, barely 2.8 million annually have found jobs, with even fewer securing salaried work.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
In Argentina, labor rules date to a 1970s framework built around stable, salaried employment in large companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
To update withholdings, hourly and salaried workers would have to change what’s on a Form W-4, the employee’s withholding certificate.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
These people, whose origins lay in the salaried middle class and the upper grades of the working class, had been shaped and brought together by the barren world of monopoly industry and centralized government.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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