base pay
noun
: a rate or amount of pay for a standard work period, job, or position exclusive of additional payments or allowances
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Netherworld Haunted House Netherworld's base pay starts at $8.50 an hour.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
After working for 15 years at a Waffle House in Marietta, Georgia, her base pay is still $19 an hour.
—Bryce Covert, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
But among large competing companies, lofty base pay is already an expectation, and compensation strategy should be more robust than that.
—Byemma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Besides her base pay, the 22-year-old has also signed a slew of endorsements, including Raising Cane’s, Topps, Airbnb, Tampax and Beats by Dre.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
After working for 15 years at a Waffle House in Marietta, Georgia, her base pay is still $19 an hour.
—Bryce Covert, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
But among large competing companies, lofty base pay is already an expectation, and compensation strategy should be more robust than that.
—Byemma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Besides her base pay, the 22-year-old has also signed a slew of endorsements, including Raising Cane’s, Topps, Airbnb, Tampax and Beats by Dre.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Base pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20pay. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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