starting compensation

Meaning

1. 1noununcountablebusiness

   The pay and benefits a new employee is offered when they first begin a job.

   Grammar: Uncountable: the starting compensation is competitive.

   Patterns

   • starting compensation for something
   • negotiate starting compensation

   The starting compensation for the post includes a salary and health insurance.

   She asked about starting compensation before accepting the offer.

   Starting compensation varies by experience and location.

Common combinations

negotiate starting compensation

He negotiated starting compensation and won a bonus.

competitive starting compensation

The firm advertises competitive starting compensation.

a starting compensation package

The starting compensation package includes stock options.

discuss starting compensation

They discussed starting compensation in the second interview.

starting compensation range

The starting compensation range is listed in the job advert.

Synonyms and how they differ

starting salary

Starting salary refers only to the basic yearly pay, while starting compensation also counts bonuses and benefits.

entry-level pay

Entry-level pay focuses on the lowest rung of a career, not on the first offer.

initial pay

Initial pay is a plainer phrase for first earnings and ignores benefits.

remuneration package

Remuneration package is a more formal British phrase for the full pay deal.

Opposites

Word family

compensate verb

to pay or make up for something

compensation noun

payment given for work or loss

compensatory adjective

intended to make up for loss

start verb

to begin

Commonly confused: starting compensation or compensation claim?

Practice

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