salaries

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The union had called for the scrapping of a bonus cap set at 50 percent of annual salaries and for 15 percent of operating profit to be allocated to bonuses.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

UC has said it has offered to increase salaries, give contract ratification bonuses and cap some healthcare premium increases.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

This can impact people at any income-level — even those with $500,000 salaries, the amount that Gen Z thinks it needs each year to succeed.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Eight players who have made All-Star teams as recently as 2024—whose teams shell out combined salaries this season totaling $313.7 million—have been unable to report for playoff duty on at least one occasion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

But when a law school classmate, Charles Bliss, moved to Atlanta for a job with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, we realized that if we pooled our meager salaries, we could afford a low-rent apartment.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson