noun phrase · formal
salary bracket
/ˈsæləri ˈbrækɪt/SAL·a·ry BRACK·et
a range of salaries used to group jobs or employees by pay level
Examples
“Applicants should check which salary bracket the job falls into.”
“People in the upper salary bracket tend to have better pension benefits.”
“The advertised salary bracket was $40,000–50,000 per year.”
Band 8 sentence
“Once you reach the upper salary bracket, incremental raises are smaller but total compensation improves due to benefits.”
Collocations
- upper salary bracket
- fall into a salary bracket
- salary bracket of
Word family
Common mistakes
My salary is in salary bracket 10.→My salary falls into the salary bracket of band 10.
salary range 20M-30M→a salary bracket of 20M–30M
Say it for a higher band
5pay level→6salary range→7+salary bracket
Synonyms
pay scale
Easily confused
salary range
“The job advert listed the salary range as $30,000 to $40,000 per year.”
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