base salary
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Sausalito’s City Council voted unanimously on May 5 to hire Forbes, setting her base salary at $275,000 and her start date as July 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Sources at London City say she is earning less than £1m as a base salary, though potential add-ons and bonuses will increase it.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The union is demanding an average 14% increase in base salary and a performance-based bonus equal to 20% of operating profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Denton will join Nike with a $1.45 million annual base salary, along with a yearly target bonus of 120% of his salary and an annual target long-term incentive award of $11.5 million.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Everyone is also entitled to performance bonuses that allow them to earn, in certain cases, the equivalent of 100 percent of their base salary.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
