Compensation Glossary
Welcome to ERI SalaryExpert's compensation glossary, your resource for commonly used terms, formulas, and phrases related to compensation.
Salaried
This is the compensation which is received by an employee on a weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly or yearly basis as opposed to an hourly pay scale that can produce a different total each pay period due to variable hours and overtime. Typically, the term "salaried" applies to employees of higher levels with non-repetitive jobs that may be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime provisions due to specific executive, professional, administrative or sales content.
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