salarial

wage

adjective sah-lah-RYAHL Rare

Also means

salary-related

Usage Note

Salarial is a relational adjective formed from salario (salary) and is used almost exclusively in economic and labour contexts: brecha salarial (wage gap), negociación salarial (pay negotiation), reforma salarial (wage reform). It has no feminine or plural inflection beyond the standard adjective endings (salariales in plural).

Examples

"Las diferencias salariales entre hombres y mujeres persisten."

Natural Translation

Wage differences between men and women persist.

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