receiving or recompensed by a salary rather than a wage

salaried employees

he was in salaried employment

pay a salary to

the Chinese system—salary the doctor and stop his pay when you get ill

a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker

he received a salary of £24,000

a 15 per cent salary increase