base pay

noun

: a rate or amount of pay for a standard work period, job, or position exclusive of additional payments or allowances

Examples of base pay in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

New educators get $3,000 on top of their base pay, bringing their total take-home to $53,159. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026

Seedman adds that impacted employees will receive 16 weeks of base pay and healthcare benefits into May 2027. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026

Under the bill, garment workers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act could no longer receive piece-rate or per-unit base pay. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026

On level 59 and 60 — roughly equivalent to entry-level software engineers — the base pay ranges from as little as $111,000 to as high as $155,500. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

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