That sort seem to wake up one morning and wonder why they are doing so much more than everyone else, for the same basic salary.

The most common form of guaranteed pay is the basic salary.

The increase in basic salaries has made more City workers open to job cuts.

Whatever he gets, his basic salary will also be increased by that amount in the following year.

Bank Assistants cannot afford to live on their current basic salary.

The basic salary or draw is estimated in the retail trade at $10,000 to $20,000 a year.

In March 2011 he signed another contract, with basic salary decreased to €2.5 million.

The basic salary of a City Council member is now $47,500.

In Austria, for example, basic salaries of managers rose by around 3.7% between 2006 and 2007.

Senators and members of the House receive the same basic salary: $89,500.