How to Use salary in a Sentence

salary

noun
  • Employees receive an annual increase in salary.
  • Word is owners want a salary cap.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Alaa earns no salary for her teaching.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Could the salary have been higher?
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Then, there is the salary cap issue.
    — Michelle Kaufman may 22, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
  • Six-figure salaries for no-show jobs.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
  • That’s part of the salary structure.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Mark's salary has increased over the past two years.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • How does that get done with the salary at the top of the roster?
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • The Pacers have the salary cap tools to do it.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Iger’s base salary was $1 million.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Lanier also grilled Mosseri on his salary.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And so yes, Colbert's salary goes up.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 May 2026
  • Does Bam’s salary jump next season?
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The Heat could also make a trade to slash some salary.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
  • If Zubac had a higher salary, two things would be true.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • For one, the salary cap is a moving target.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • Now the funds are only enough to cover the salary for one.
    — Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Prize money does not count toward a team’s salary cap.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • What kind of per-season salary would that entail?
    — Danny Leroux, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But the demo does not pay anyone’s salary.
    — Irfan Khan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • That will be the player’s salary for the season.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
  • With inflation, prices go up most years, but so do salaries.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
  • But sticking around doesn’t mean wages and salaries have to stagnate.
    — Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But high-salary jobs are out there, and not just for business majors.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • The deal has a $775,000 salary-cap hit.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • What is Teresa Theetge's salary?
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • There are still four years and $104 million in base salary to go.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
  • But with the salary cap going up just $1 million, there will be changes.
    — Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
  • The price of each tender also rises with the salary cap each year.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025

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