base pay
noun
: a rate or amount of pay for a standard work period, job, or position exclusive of additional payments or allowances
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The airline's pilots would have to cut their aircraft's carbon dioxide emissions by 60,000 tons more than their 2025 levels to receive a bonus worth 1% of their base pay, according to documents viewed by Bloomberg News and reported on Tuesday.
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Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
Delivery services have dropped their base pay for drivers in recent years, Ryan Green, CEO of the gig worker analytics firm Gridwise, told NPR.
—Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Preston’s base pay is listed as $80,213.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
The folks impacted by the layoffs will receive a severance package that includes at least four months of base pay, with more based on tenure.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
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Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
Delivery services have dropped their base pay for drivers in recent years, Ryan Green, CEO of the gig worker analytics firm Gridwise, told NPR.
—Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Preston’s base pay is listed as $80,213.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
The folks impacted by the layoffs will receive a severance package that includes at least four months of base pay, with more based on tenure.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Base pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20pay. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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