base wage

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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

Under the Stellantis contract, a top-scale assembly plant worker’s base wage will exceed all increases in the past 22 years.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 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