base pay

Example Sentences

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Base pay for a Nevada State Police sergeant was about $55,000 in 2021, according to data presented to state lawmakers at the time.

From Seattle Times

Her base pay is just over £29,000 a year, which works out at £14 an hour.

From BBC

"The union had sought relief from soaring rents by demanding that the university tie compensation explicitly to the cost of campus-area housing. The workers also had asked the university to raise their base pay for part-time work to about $54,000 a year."

From Salon

"I've been doing this job for 20 years and you just can't make ends meet on base pay alone," said Tomita, a second-generation trucker and father of a 3-year-old.

From Reuters

Chief Executive Chris Hyams, who will take a 25% cut in base pay, said future job openings in general were at or below pre-pandemic levels and that the company was too large.

From Reuters