base pay
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Griffith will receive an annual base salary of $1.3 million, a $1.4 million signing bonus and a target annual bonus of 100% of his base pay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
They had steady jobs with top-tier health and retirement benefits; today experienced correctional officers earn $9,650 a month in base pay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Currently, the base pay package of ministers is about S$1.1m.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
For salaried workers who already exceed 40 hours a week but were declared exempt from overtime receipt, employers could agree to stop asking for overtime exemptions in exchange for lower base pay.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Between the base pay of $2.15 an hour and the obligation to share tips with the busboys and dishwashers, we’re averaging only about $7.50 an hour.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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