base pay

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Hospital-based roles, for example, often come with overtime, bonuses and higher pay for night or weekend shifts that can push total earnings well above base pay.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Affected staff will receive 16 weeks of base pay plus two weeks per year of service.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Fleeman will receive an initial base salary of $1.25 million, a $500,000 cash signing bonus and an annual bonus with a target of 150% of his base pay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The contract raises average annual base pay to about $109,000 from $75,000 over its five-year term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

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