In Death of a Salesman, Charley says: "No man only needs a little salary." To what is he refering?

This
quotation is taken from the requiem at the end of the play. Linda is speaking with Charley at
Willy's grave, and expressing her disbelief that Willy should commit suicide when they were so
close to paying off their debts. As Linda says, they "were just about free and clear."
She tells Charley that Willy "only needed a little salary" now that they were almost
"free and clear."

Charley responds by telling Linda that "No
man only needs a little salary." This response implies that men, or at least men like
Willie, need a big salary not necessarily because they need the money but rather because they
need the pride and the status that comes with the big salary. Willie was a very proud man, and
he struggled to come to terms with the fact that he wasn't, despite his repeated claims to the
contrary, "well liked." Willie needed a bigger salary to compensate for the fact that
he wasn't well liked.