I worked at a company that kept all the employees as non-exempt. This meant for computer programmers, we had an hourly wage of not more than $27.63 ( https://w

I worked at a company that kept all the employees as non-exempt. This meant for computer programmers, we had an hourly wage of not more than $27.63 ( https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/17e-overtime-computer https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/17e-overtime-co... ). However, there was also profit sharing which was based on your W2 earnings (side bit, the profit sharing went into your W2 earnings for next year and became a sort of compound interest growth). Additionally, there were "goals" and "bonuses" which could, again, give a substantial boost to the total pay but wasn't part of the stated compensation. So, yes, there are certainly ways to work around the posted salaries.