Wages here average $550 (£367) or five times the normal Russian salary and people are confident about the future.

A higher than normal salary, which includes a "hardship" payment 2.

This is for firemen, teachers, people who earn a normal salary.

Courts sometimes sentence repeat offenders to two months' labor at 20 percent of normal salary or put them in jail for 15 days.

Often it was to heavy physical work, for which more than seventy percent of the normal salary received.

This practice allowed many of the members to earn significantly more than their normal salary, and resulted in competition between units.

To avoid union problems, the sales staff consisted of volunteers who were paid double the normal salary.

"they'll flock to us at half their normal salaries."

Maybe I misread you, 38,000 for his *sarcastic* high wages (normal salary).

By comparison to his normal salary, it was an astronomical sum.