How can a method be called for an object that is stored in an array from the main method?

I need to call a setter method to change the price variable on an object.

NOTE: this is a normal array, I cannot use an array list!!!

Here is the declaration for the array list within the main method.

Employee[] employeeList = new Employee[10];

Here is a new object that was created.

Hourly hourly1 = new Hourly(1002, "Kelly", "Hostess", 25.75);

This is how the object was added to the list.

employeeList[1] = hourly1;

JAVA

I would like to call this method which exists in a subclass of the employee class, the employee class does not extend the main class.

public void setHourlyRate(double hourlyRate){ this.hourlyRate = hourlyRate; }

If i try to call the method like this it works fine: hourly1.setHourlyRate();

However if I try to call the method with the array value: employeeList[1].setHourlyRate();

I can then only call methods from the employee class, how could I make this work?