base wage
Example Sentences
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It was an unusual choice: Servers and bartenders already earn more than minimum wage, especially in Chicago, where a typical restaurant worker reportedly earns nearly $30 an hour between the lower base wage and tips.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
The base wage and the ethics bonus are in effect a player's total salary.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
The UAW's new agreement with GM grants a 25% increase in base wage through April 2028 and will cumulatively raise the top wage by 33%, compounded with estimated cost-of-living adjustments to over $42 an hour.
From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2023
The four-year deal, part of the mayor’s effort to rebuild the LAPD, would provide four base wage increases of 3%, while also increasing officers’ retention pay, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023
The base wage scale covering workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport barely tops the 2023 $19-an-hour minimum wage there and is likely to fall below it by 2024.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2022
