Should I rephrase "an age of a worker"?

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Should the sentence be rephrased, or does it sound natural?

"Usually a salary depends on a sphere of a job, an age of a worker, a professional quality and economic/al system."
 
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I would use the age.
 

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No- I wouldn't use either. I assume that you mean the kind of salary they are used to, so someone from a developing country would earn less than someone from a developed country. If so, this is not something to advertise, and it would be illegal in plenty of countries. That would be an economic system. Economical is about saving money, not describing systems.
 

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You can say a salary follows the prevailing market rate.
 

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"Usually a salary depends on a sphere of a job, an age of a worker, a professional quality and economic/al system."

I think usually is much too strong a word here. There are many cases in many countries where that statement about salaries simply isn't true.
 

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I think usually is much too strong a word here. There are many cases in many countries where that statement about salaries simply isn't true.
Off topic but what is the name of this construction?
"... usually is much too strong a word here." What is the difference between this construction and "it's a too strong word"?
 

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Off topic but what is the name of this construction?
"... usually is much too strong a word here." What is the difference between this construction and "it's a too strong word"?

The difference is that "... it's a too strong word" is not grammatically correct. You can say either:

[The word] "Usually" is too strong.
"Usually" is too strong a word.

When we use "too + adjective" we don't precede it with an article.
 
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