How to Use base pay in a Sentence

base pay

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  • The customers were unruly and often unmasked; the base pay was $5 an hour.
    — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Managers control such things as job titles, base pay, bonus programs and work location.
    — Mark Settle, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The effort to establish a minimum base pay for delivery workers also faces challenges.
    — Wilfred Chan, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2021
  • That means fewer opportunities to make more than base pay, including through overtime, and cable car operators are peeved.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The city manager would have earned less base pay, but received much the same severance payout, if the departure happened in the first quarter as opposed to the last quarter of the year.
    — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 18 June 2024
  • The list below is sorted by base pay and does not include leave payout, arbitration, overtime, additional benefits or other forms of pay.
    — Teresa Velasco, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Oct. 2021
  • This is the [on-target earnings], with a base pay of $70K + $30K commission, normal for the position.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Only the base pay counts against the league’s $4.9-million salary cap.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Before the change, those workers earned a base pay rate of $7.09 per hour.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Not all of the base pay hikes taking effect next month will be large.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Tips would be applied on top of the hourly base pay, the company said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
  • And none of them earned more than $2 million in base pay this season.
    — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Nurses also earn time and a half on their base pay over 40 hours a week.
    — Kris Maher, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
  • This was in addition to his base pay of about $1 million a year.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Cooks and cashiers working in the Child Nutrition Program have a base pay of $14.50 per hour.
    — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Districts would then have to use that money at least in part to raise teachers' base pay.
    — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But that's about half what a McDonald's drive-thru worker makes in a base pay.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Before the study, base pay for deputy sheriffs topped out at $5,593 per month, according to the board.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Chiellini made about $1.6 million in base pay in his two seasons.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Managers who hit all their targets can get bonuses of up to 200% of base pay, the retailer said.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The analysis includes base pay, bonuses, and stock grants.
    — Carolina Milanesi, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • Workers getting let go will receive at least 13 weeks of base pay, according to a staff memo.
    — Gerry Smith, Bloomberg.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The city with the highest minimum wage, SeaTac, Washington, raised its base pay to $19.06.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In response, Dimon was given a $3 million raise to his base pay, bringing it up to $34.5 million.
    — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 18 May 2022
  • That aspiration spread across the low-wage workforce, helping to achieve a base pay of $15 per hour in six states and dozens of cities that play host to tens of millions of workers.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The investigation also found that Mr. Claver-Carone approved a 45% base pay raise for the senior staffer in less than one year, the people said.
    — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Grubhub and DoorDash broke out the base pay and tip for their deliveries.
    — Joe Fox, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • Employees with less time at the company are entitled to two months’ base pay plus one week for each full year of service.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 July 2023
  • The salaries reflect starting base pay and apply to the department’s union officers.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The base pay for a Mondragon worker is on average 40% higher than Spain’s minimum wage.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2024

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