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wage schedule

wage schedule

3.4
A list that shows how much employees are paid for each job
  • noun
  • /weɪdʒ ˈskɛdʒuːl/
translation icon : tabla salarial
  • The company released a new wage schedule that outlines the pay rates for all job positions.

Examples

  • The Chancellor's office of the California community colleges published the annual full-time salary schedules, but does not publish the part-time hourly wage schedules.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Before applying for the job, I reviewed the wage schedule to understand the salary structure.

  • Employees were pleased to see the updated wage schedule that reflected their years of service.

Synonyms

wage scale
vswage schedule
2 3.9

A schedule that shows how much people are paid for different jobs or experience levels

is a specific list or table showing pay for jobs within a single organization

Surface Forms

wage schedule singular
wage schedules plural

Morphology

wage + schedule

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'wage' (payment to employees) + 'schedule' (a list or timetable): a schedule listing wages. This is a straightforward noun–noun compound following productive, cross-linguistic compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Wage schedule comes from a simple picture: wage means pay and schedule means a list, so imagine a chart on the wall that shows how much each job is paid. That's why it means a 'list' or 'table' showing wages.