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2. Base Salary
What base salary is and how it differs from variable pay and one-time payments.
Offer Management & Compensation Basics for Talent Acquisition Specialists
Base Salary
The fixed, regularly paid portion of an employee's pay that does not fluctuate with performance or hours worked.
"I need to explain to hiring managers why the candidate's offer lists a fixed base and separate variable components."
Base salary is the guaranteed annual or hourly pay an employee receives before bonuses, commissions, or one-time payments; it differs from variable pay that changes with performance and one-time payments that are non-recurring.
"I need to explain to hiring managers why the candidate's offer lists a fixed base and separate variable components."
Base salary is the guaranteed annual or hourly pay an employee receives before bonuses, commissions, or one-time payments; it differs from variable pay that changes with performance and one-time payments that are non-recurring.