base pay

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Some agencies’ advertisements say surrogates can expect six figure-payouts—without disclosing that base pay is much lower, and that higher payments usually only take place in the event of major medical complications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

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

Top-scale longshoremen earn a base pay of $39 an hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 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