Do mercs salary costs increase?

[Mordante]

I managed to increase a merc from level 1 to level 3 but his salary costs were the same as when I first hired him. I'm abit shocked about this as in JA2 their wages increased with every level gained.

So do merc wages increase at all?

[Elder III]

Yes they do increase over time, but not until you renew the contract when it expires. Sometimes they increase even if they have not leveled up, and some mercs have a chance to haggle for a raise too.

[Solaris_Wave]

They like to ask for more money if you have other mercs already hired and they aren't happy about their presence. Grizzly wanted a slightly higher amount if I wanted to hire him, simply because I had too many foreigners and not enough mercs from "Good ol' USA". Buns has kept asking for more because she doesn't like that I have that 'floozy', Fox as part of my team.