The phrase "a decrease in salary" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes in compensation, particularly in a professional or financial context.
Example: "Due to budget cuts, there will be a decrease in salary for all employees starting next month."
Alternatives: "a reduction in pay" or "a drop in salary."
Not all employees would prefer this arrangement; plausibly, some might prefer less of a decrease in salary in exchange for some decrease in the generosity of their future pension earnings.
Especially in connection with a decrease in salary size for university professionals, doctorate holders are perhaps now not seen as exceptional but quirky: why choose to specializes narrowly, work so many hours, and for so little pay when one could get a more lucrative employment elsewhere?
In addition, a reduced role for a once full-time shareholder-employee may provide justification for a decrease in salary or compensation less than industry norms.
The budget reports that the district will see a decrease in salary expenditures, much of which is due to retirement and the two-year incentive offered to employees to entice them to retire early.
The privatization of township-village health center could have adverse effects on their staff retention, a phenomenon that occurs with a decrease in salary and caseload in these centers.
Two nurses recognized that private sector hospitals paid higher salaries and that NHS employment had meant a decrease in salary (a financial disincentive of approximately €300/month or 30% of a starting salary).
Remember Ovechkin's 'threat' to stay in Russia should the league force too drastic a decrease in his salary?
Ingle's wife got primary custody, but he has hired a men's divorce lawyer to renegotiate his child support payments after being hit with a decrease in his salary.
In Singapore, there was a large decrease in salary from the age group 50 59 years to the age group 60 years or above [ 33].
The new contract also includes a decrease in the bottom salary ranges by 10% starting this year, and an increase in the sick leave cash-out for employees from 50% to 60% effective in June 2015, according to a city report.
In this situation, health workers may more easily give up hypothetical additional compensation rather than a decrease in their actual salaries.
