: the salary people are paid when they start a job
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In 2025, the average starting salary for a California teacher was $58,409, and the average salary was $101,084, according to the NEA.—Diana Lambert, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026 Her starting salary with Sunnyvale will be $350,000.—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026 For decades, a Big Tech career in software engineering promised a stable job and a six-figure starting salary.—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026 The teacher starting salary in Michigan is $41,645, according to a report from Education Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State University.—CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for starting salary