base pay
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Dana McNabb will receive a base salary of $1.35 million as CEO, with an annual bonus target of 180% of her base pay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Currently, the base pay package of ministers is about S$1.1m.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
For instance, in 2024, the Weingart Center Assn. paid its CEO $481,271 in base pay and bonuses, according to the organization’s latest tax filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
For salaried workers who already exceed 40 hours a week but were declared exempt from overtime receipt, employers could agree to stop asking for overtime exemptions in exchange for lower base pay.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Between the base pay of $2.15 an hour and the obligation to share tips with the busboys and dishwashers, we’re averaging only about $7.50 an hour.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
