base wage

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Limiting base wage increases and using more tax-advantaged overtime hours instead can restrain employers’ total costs while raising workers’ take-home pay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 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