BASE PAY Definition & Meaning

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base pay

noun

pay received for a given work period, as an hour or week, but not including additional pay, as for overtime work.

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Origin of base pay¹

First recorded in 1915–20

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In actuality, DoorDash pocketed those tips, adding the funds to the driver's base pay instead of giving them the full tips they earned.

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Top-scale longshoremen earn a base pay of $39 an hour.

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By comparison, the public university president with the highest annual base pay is Jay Hartzell at the University of Texas at Austin, who earns $1.4 million, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Regents also approved salary adjustments for six senior UC leaders, including a 25.3% boost for UC President Michael V. Drake to bring his annual base pay to $1.3 million.

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Andrew Hamilton at New York University tops the list of private university presidents with an annual base pay of $3.3 million.

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