How to Use base pay in a Sentence

base pay

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  • The state report found that the compensation disparity can be blamed much more on benefits than on base pay.
    — Alex Burness, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Late last year, Amazon raised its base pay for workers at warehouse operations around the country to $15.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2019
  • And even with some of the lesser lights, the amount on the salary cap from the base pay and signing bonus would likely be much more than going with Stidham and eating the dead money from Brady’s voided contract.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Over the past few years, some shoppers, including Clarke, say their base pay has dwindled, tips have been misappropriated, and various bonuses have disappeared.
    — Fortune, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Employers could view this situation as an opportunity to offer lower base pay in exchange for opportunities for tax-free overtime.
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • That's $2,000 more than her base pay will be in the WNBA.
    — Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Only the base pay counts against the league’s $4.9-million salary cap.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Our servers work so hard and their base pay is often low.
    — Heloise, Washington Post, 2 June 2020
  • Before the change, those workers earned a base pay rate of $7.09 per hour.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Not all of the base pay hikes taking effect next month will be large.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Tips would be applied on top of the hourly base pay, the company said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
  • And none of them earned more than $2 million in base pay this season.
    — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The hotel will be throwing in some money for tips that will add $1 an hour to the base pay.
    — Randy Diamond, San Antonio Express-News, 24 May 2021
  • Nurses also earn time and a half on their base pay over 40 hours a week.
    — Kris Maher, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
  • This was in addition to his base pay of about $1 million a year.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Tips are also down, so the restaurant increased base pay to $20 an hour.
    — Roland Li, SFChronicle.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The customers were unruly and often unmasked; the base pay was $5 an hour.
    — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Cooks and cashiers working in the Child Nutrition Program have a base pay of $14.50 per hour.
    — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Districts would then have to use that money at least in part to raise teachers' base pay.
    — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But that's about half what a McDonald's drive-thru worker makes in a base pay.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Before the study, base pay for deputy sheriffs topped out at $5,593 per month, according to the board.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Rajeev Misra, who heads the Vision Fund, earned 931 million yen, most of which came as base pay at the unit.
    — Pavel Alpeyev, Fortune, 27 May 2021
  • Some people on the full city payroll list of about 2,160 people earned more than their base pay — or close to it — in overtime.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Chiellini made about $1.6 million in base pay in his two seasons.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Those who cannot be redeployed will receive 70% of base pay for up to seven weeks.
    — USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Managers who hit all their targets can get bonuses of up to 200% of base pay, the retailer said.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The filing is accurate — Musk received no base pay during the year.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The analysis includes base pay, bonuses, and stock grants.
    — Carolina Milanesi, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • If called up to active duty, low-ranking Guard members and reservists make a base pay of around $3,000 per month.
    — Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2021
  • But negotiating base pay isn’t the only way to close that gap.
    — Krithika Varagur, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2021

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