At the bottom end of the scale this category could include high salaried officials.
The town is governed by a combination of elected and appointed volunteers and a few key salaried officials.
Unlike a timar holder, an emin was a salaried official.
In the totals following is included the compensation paid to salaried officials and clerks.
Between 1640 and 1656, the number of salaried officials rose from 60,000 to 100,000.
The colonial period also involved government employment of salaried officials and the concomitant growth of a small urban petty bourgeoisie.
Galvez reorganized the customs houses, staffing them with salaried officials.
In addition, he replaced the previously farmed-out gunpowder monopoly with a staff of salaried officials.
In 1948, Harrer became a salaried official of the Tibetan government, translating foreign news and acting as Court photographer.
By the 1760s the population growth of Birmingham made this system completely inadequate, and salaried officials were needed.