how does salary pay work? Salary pay is the agreed out money income which is paid in a form of regular money payment- weekly, bi-weekly or in a monthly interval. As an example, you are paid monthly at 60, 000 a year, you would be receiving 5, 000 a month before taxes. Wage employees normally do not get paid overtime to work past 40 hours without being considered non- exempt. Such form of structure brings stable earnings and this makes budgeting and planning to be used effectively. The salaried jobs are generally managerial, administrative, and professional jobs and they give the employee more financial security as compared to the hourly paid jobs.