What is the difference between wages and a salary?

Question

What is the difference between wages and a salary?

Answer 1

Usually a salaried employee receives a set amount, no matter how many hours he/she works, with holidays and vacations covered whether the holiday is worked or not. Hourly employees get overtime after 40 hours, maybe time and a half on holidays (if the place is open) and no pay on vacations unless it's set up ahead of time. Salaried employees are usually on the upper track and make a little more per hour, and sometimes have better perks.

Answer 2

Wages generally means you get paid so much per hour.  You pay may vary week to week, depending on how much your actually work.

A salary is an amount you are paid in a year.  How much time you spend doing it is usually full-time work, but you aren't paid by time. (other than the yearly amount, split into equal portions)