base pay

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

By comparison, the public university president with the highest annual base pay is Jay Hartzell at the University of Texas at Austin, who earns $1.4 million, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Regents also approved salary adjustments for six senior UC leaders, including a 25.3% boost for UC President Michael V. Drake to bring his annual base pay to $1.3 million.

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

Parade performers and character actors earn a base pay of $24.15 an hour, up from $20 before January, with premiums for different roles.