: the salary people are paid when they start a job
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The bill would send quarterly installments of $2,500 next year to public school paraprofessionals, whose starting salary is about $32,600.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
16 July 2026 The same 5% raise was applied to all teachers, and their starting salary was set at $100,000.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 July 2026 There was some hope that Wiggins would opt out of his player option to renegotiate his deal into a longer contract with a lower starting salary, giving the Heat more flexibility to operate in free agency this offseason.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026 Cleveland holds pick 29 overall, which comes with a starting salary just under $3 million (pending rookie scale usage).—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for starting salary