<prompt> Human: My SO is up for a promotion from Assistant Manager to Manager. She is full time, gets full benefits, and is hourly currently. The only major change to her compensation package is that she would be salaried. Her salaried pay as a manger is almost a 100 pay increase from assistant manager. Is this typical or am I overlooking some sort of corporate tax break or some obvious fact why her pay will almost double for stepping up one rung on the ladder. In my field, promotions up the ladder usually just come with 10-15 pay increases and larger bonuses. Its not until you get into Project management where pay increase are much larger but even then they are only 25-50.Any insight on tax laws or accounting practices or legal policies why going from an hourly position to salary could offer pay increases of almost 100?Assistant: Because they can then work you like a dog without the costly repercussion of having to pay overtime. Salaried people generally get paid more than the same hourly position because you wont be paid for extra hours worked. The best I ever had it was in Seattle where I was a salaried employee but got paid overtime equal to what my salary would have been as hourly. It keeps the company honest. Human: The good news is she works 50 hours a week now and her store is only open 55 hours a week. So not too much room for exploiting the salary pay.  <response>: In that case, it sounds like a steal of a deal. 