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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According to the union, a livable wage in the area is $27 an hour, but the previous base pay stood at $21.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Ski patrollers at Park City Mountain Resort are on strike, seeking a $2 raise in base pay.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
The starting hourly base pay for Park City ski patrol is $21 and the membership is looking for a raise to $23 an hour—for context, a one-day lift ticket costs $328 and a hamburger $25 at the resort.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Starting in September, Amazon’s average base pay for U.S. warehouse workers will increase to an average of more than $22 an hour, up from roughly $20.50 an hour.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Ski patrollers at Park City Mountain Resort are on strike, seeking a $2 raise in base pay.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
The starting hourly base pay for Park City ski patrol is $21 and the membership is looking for a raise to $23 an hour—for context, a one-day lift ticket costs $328 and a hamburger $25 at the resort.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Starting in September, Amazon’s average base pay for U.S. warehouse workers will increase to an average of more than $22 an hour, up from roughly $20.50 an hour.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Base pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20pay. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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