starting salary

noun

: 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

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“Starting salary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starting%20salary. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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