Earning money · Money and prices
salary
regular fixed pay
A salary is the regular amount of money paid for a job, usually each month.
This vs that
My salary is paid monthly.
I earn wages by the hour.
Hear it in real life
Is the job well paid?
The salary is decent, and there are good benefits.
My salary is paid directly into my bank account at the end of each month.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
The native version is the normal everyday way to talk about regular pay.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My company pays me a salary every weeks.
Say: My company pays me a salary every month.
Use the singular time expression 'every month'.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
earn/receive a salary; be on a salary ofamount
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about earning money.
be paid by the hour
I’m paid by the hour, so my wages vary each month.
earn extra money by ___
She earns extra money by tutoring online.
Earning money words
Money and prices · Earning money: the words around “salary”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
I get a monthly salary.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
salary
regular fixed pay
“My salary is paid directly into my bank account at the end of each month.”
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