HR Glossary

What is Base Salary?

The fixed amount of money an employer pays an employee for their work, excluding bonuses, benefits, overtime, or any other form of additional compensation.

Why it matters in hiring

Base Salary comes up whenever teams compare candidates, set policy or report on people data. Getting the definition right keeps decisions consistent, which is the same reason springhire scores every applicant against the same criteria rather than on impression.

Related terms starting with B

• Background Check
• Background Verification
• Bahrainization (Bahrain)
• Balanced Scorecard
• Behavioral Interview
• Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS)
• Bell Curve (Forced Distribution)
• Betriebliche Altersvorsorge - Company Pension (Germany)

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