Z tym, ze ta podpowiedz nie jest do konca prawdziwa. W Uk salary najczesciej odnosi sie do okresu rocznego, stad w ogloszeniach podaje sie "salary L 27.000" skrzywdzilbys kogos gdyby kierujac sie twoim uproszczeniem podjal sie pracy bo oferowala kilkanascie tysiecy miesiecznie, a on myslal ze na miesiac ;-)
Najlepsze wytlumaczenie jakie znalazlem w sieci tego zawilego tematu to TEN FRAGMENT, PODSUMOWANIE POD ZDANIEM DRUKOWANYMI LITERAMI:
I am not a professional teacher but I have some working experience in a company which produces and markets certain consumer goods. There, the terms ‘salary’ and ‘wage’ have been classified as two types of cost for the purpose of computing the cost of product/goods produced. As all of you may be aware, the total cost of a product comprise of (i) cost of material (ii) cost of direct labour (iii) cost of overhead & (iv) profits. This is simple costing and according to basic principles of costing, the wage element comes under direct labour. It represents the wages paid to workmen directly employed in the production process. The payment may be made daily, weekly or monthly depending upon the type of workmen. The salary element comes under overhead and it represents the emoluments paid to supervisory staff, executives, clerical & accounting staff (mostly white collar employees) and payment here is generally made on monthly basis.
The following is a clarification given by Newbury House American Dictionary: "A wage is money paid to an hourly worker, who by law has the right to overtime pay for extra hours worked beyond 40 hours per week. A salary is a fixed annual amount paid to a worker in a higher position, who does not get compensation for extra hours worked. A salary can be paid weekly, bimonthly, or monthly, and often includes paid sick and vacation time."
FINALY IT BOILS DOWN TO THIS:
Wage: Paid to a worker employed directly in the production process on hourly basis who is entitled to compensation or overtime for doing work beyond specified hours. For the purpose of computing cost it comes under direct labour.
Salary: It is a fixed amount aount calculated on monthly or annual basis and paid to a worker usually in higher positions, who is not entitled to compensation or overtime. For the purpose of costing it is an Overhead cost.