For now, however, most are making do with modest salaries.

My father, with his more modest salary, could not compete.

With such a modest salary, she has no hope of moving to a larger apartment.

Other districts have elected to pay resource committee members a modest salary.

As a clerk with a modest salary, he started by buying 10 shares at $175.

First, he asked that his relatively modest salary remain the same.

She has raised Brenda on a modest salary and never envisioned this.

"She was paid a modest salary, but it helps take a little bit of the financial risk away."

They offer modest salaries, $20,000 to $25,000, and have some job requirements that colleges do not teach.

One, such as she had only recently been, was waiting for her modest salary.