base pay
noun
: a rate or amount of pay for a standard work period, job, or position exclusive of additional payments or allowances
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By comparison, the higher end of the base pay for a Google software engineer is upwards of $29,000, according to tech industry salary insight platform levels.fyi.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Worlds of Fun also contended with backlash from maintenance workers who authorized a strike at the end of the 2024 operating season, citing ride safety issues, surprise job duty swaps and poor base pay.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Other allowances, such as housing or hazardous duty pay, may vary, but the base pay structure is still transparent and predictable.
—Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The collective bargaining agreement has a myriad of additional earnings opportunities on top of base pay.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Worlds of Fun also contended with backlash from maintenance workers who authorized a strike at the end of the 2024 operating season, citing ride safety issues, surprise job duty swaps and poor base pay.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Other allowances, such as housing or hazardous duty pay, may vary, but the base pay structure is still transparent and predictable.
—Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The collective bargaining agreement has a myriad of additional earnings opportunities on top of base pay.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Base pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20pay. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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