Salary
Salary指月薪(A salary is paid monthly),大部份是支付給專業員工和白領的 (payments to professional employees and white-collar workers)。
一個人的薪金是salary。例如:He is on a salary of $40,000.(他賺四萬元月薪。)注意,不要說”His salary is $40,000.”。兩個人的薪金就是salaries,例如:What kind of thinking patterns do people with high salaries have?。(薪資高的人怎麼想事情的?)
Wage
Wage指薪資,是可數名詞,包括時薪、日薪、周薪(an hourly wage of $1000, a daily wage, a weekly wage)。Wage,多半是支付給體力勞動者。例句:He earns a good wage.(他賺得好薪資。)又如:a weekly wage of $2,000(周薪兩千)。
Perk(s)
工作的附帶福利,一種的話,用單數perk;多種的話,用複數perks。Perks 是「附帶福利」,又叫fringe benefits,是以實物方式給予的額外支付,例如公司車(a company car)或免費住宿(free accommodation)。 薪金和附帶福利的組合稱為全套薪酬或薪酬福利。(In many job advertisements, the combination of salary plus perks is called a remuneration package.(薪酬福利)