base pay

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Amazon’s base pay on average for software engineers and research scientists is less than Meta, OpenAI, Apple and Anthropic, according to market-research firm Levels.fyi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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

In actuality, DoorDash pocketed those tips, adding the funds to the driver's base pay instead of giving them the full tips they earned.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

Andrew Hamilton at New York University tops the list of private university presidents with an annual base pay of $3.3 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024

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