total compensation
Complete earnings package
Total compensation is everything an employee receives in exchange for their work—not just salary, but benefits, bonuses, stock options, retirement contributions, and other perks.
The term appears most often in job negotiations and HR contexts, where employers present the full package to make an offer more attractive: Your total compensation comes to $95,000 when you factor in health insurance and 401k matching.
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- health insuranceProtection against medical costs
- bonusReward beyond expectation
sign-on bonus · paycheck · cost of living · earnings · package · stock options · stock · equity · 401k · healthcare · paid time off · perks · raise · income · severance · commission · vesting · profit sharing
- executive paybase salary, base pay, salary, bonus, bonuses
- salary infopay grades, base pay, annual salary, hourly rates
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- wageswage, salary, pay, paycheck, income
total compensationbase salary
Guaranteed regular compensation
base pay · hourly wage · gross salary · take-home pay · net pay
total compensationunpaid labor
Work done without payment
volunteer work · wage theft · pro bono work · exploitation · indentured servitude
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