base salary
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Sausalito’s City Council voted unanimously on May 5 to hire Forbes, setting her base salary at $275,000 and her start date as July 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
His annual base salary was $1.3 million, and he earned a cash bonus of about $6.5 million for the company’s 2025 performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Denton will join Nike with a $1.45 million annual base salary, along with a yearly target bonus of 120% of his salary and an annual target long-term incentive award of $11.5 million.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
His yearly base salary as CEO will be $1,250,000 for the first three years on the job, with an available target annual bonus of 190% of that salary, depending on company performance.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
Everyone is also entitled to performance bonuses that allow them to earn, in certain cases, the equivalent of 100 percent of their base salary.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
