Salary Structure

Characteristics in

Large Firms, 1963

Bulletin No. 1417

UN ITED ST A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R

W . W illard W irtz, Secretary 

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Ewan Clague, Commissioner

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C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s i n 

L a r g e F i r m s , 1 9 6 3

August 1964

Bulletin No. 1417

U N ITED ST A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R 

W . W illa rd W irtz, S ecretary 

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Ewan Clague, Commissioner

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Preface

This bulletin presents the results of a survey of

the practices of private enterprise in the design and use

of salary structures relating to white-collar occupations.

This study, m a d e by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was

conducted by means of personal visits of Bureau field

economists during the first half of 1963. The study was

limited to companies having formal salary administration

plans with established salary ranges (minimums and maxi m u m s specified) for a series of pay grades or levels into

which all or most white-collar positions were classified.

The survey was conducted upon request of the B u ­

reau of the Budget and the Civil Service Commission for

use in Federal pay administration. Plans for the survey

were formulated by m e m b e r s of the staffs of these agencies and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics wishes to express

its appreciation to the companies cooperating in this detailed study, and to thank the m a n y officials called upon

to provide detailed explanations of salary policies and procedures, for their time and patience.

This study was conducted in the Bureau’s Division

of Occupational Pay, Toivo P. Kanninen, Chief, under the

general direction of L. R. Linsenmayer, Assistant C o m ­

missioner for Wages and Industrial Relations. The analysis was prepared by Louis E. Badenhoop with the assistance of Paul A. Katz and Gunnar Engen.

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C o n te n ts

Characteristics of the survey_______________________________________________ 1

General characteristics of salary structures _______________________________ 2

Basis for m o r e than one salary schedule_________________________________ 3

Rationale for ingrade and intergrade r a n g e s_____________________________ 3

Us e of formal job evaluation_____________________________________________ 4

Application of salary schedules in multi establishment c o m p a n i e s ________ 4

Year in which present structures w ere adopted or basically revised_____ 4

Cash bonuses and their effect on salary schedules_______________________ 5

Design of salary schedules _________________________________________________ 5

Ingrade and intergrade differentials at selected salary levels____________ 5

Ingrade and intergrade differentials for selected w o r k levels____________ 6

N u m b e r of grades between selected w o r k levels_________________________ 7

Skip-grade practices and extent of unoccupied grades______________ ^_____ 7

General revisions in salary schedules______________________________________ 8

Occasions for revising salary schedules_________________________________ 8

Size of adjustments ______________________________________________________ 8

Maintaining ingrade and intergrade relationships________________________ 8

Adjusting salaries to revised schedules __________________________________ 8

Hiring rate provisions ______________________________________________________ 9

Provisions for advancement within grades__________________________________ 9

Merit (performance) reviews ____________________________________________ 9

Length-of-service increases_____________________________________________ 10

Limitations on within-grade increases___________________________________ 10

Use of step rates________________________________________________________ 10

Anticipated time in g r a d e ________________________________________________ 10

Increases beyond m a x i m u m of grade range_______________________________ 10

Point in grade range representing m a rket v a l u e_________________________ 10

Tables:

1. N u m b e r of companies and establishments represented in survey,

n u m b e r of white-collar workers, and type of salary schedules,

by industry division_________________________________________________ 11

2. Distribution of companies studied by geographic location of their

establishments in the United States _________________________________ 11

3. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by rationale for

occupational coverage, n u m b e r of grades, intergrade differential

pattern, and ingrade range provisions______________________________ 12

4. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent to which

formal job evaluation plans are used to assign positions to

g r a d e s ---- ------------- 12

5. Distribution of salary schedules of multi establishment companies,

by application a m o n g locations, differences a m o n g locations, and

basis of differences in established salary ranges___________________ 13

6. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by year basic

f r a m e w o r k of present salary plan was adopted_____________________ 13

7. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by types of changes

desired or contemplated in the basic salary p l a n___________________ 14

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8 . Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent and

nature of provisions for cash bonus p a y m e n t s ______________________ 15

9. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by m i n i m u m annual

rates of lowest grades of salary schedules covering clerical occupations and m a x i m u m annual rates of salary schedules covering

professional and administrative occupations ________________________ 16

10. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by n u m b e r of whitecollar pay grades in each schedule__________________________________ 16

11. Median ingrade and intergrade percent spread in establishment

salary schedules for salary grades with m i n i m u m salaries nearest

to selected thousand dollar levels __________________________________ 17

12. Distribution of establishment clerical salary schedules by ingrade

percent spread for pay grades with m i n i m u m annual salaries

nearest to selected thousand dollar levels__________________________ 17

13. Distribution of establishment professional— administrative salary

schedules by ingrade percent spread for pay grades with m i n i m u m

annual salaries nearest to selected thousand dollar levels__________ 18

14. Distribution of establishment clerical— professional— administrative

salary schedules by ingrade percent spread for pay grades with

m i n i m u m annual salaries nearest to selected thousand dollar

levels ______________________________________________________________ 18

15. Distribution of establishment professional— administrative and

clerical— professional— administrative salary schedules by ingrade

percent spread for pay grades with m i n i m u m annual salaries

nearest to selected thousand dollar levels__________________________ 19

16. Distribution of establishment clerical salary schedules by intergrade percent spread for pay grades with m i n i m u m annual salaries

nearest to selected thousand dollar levels__________________________ 19

17. Distribution of establishment professional— administrative salary

schedules by intergrade percent spread for pay grades with minim u m annual salaries nearest to selected thousand dollar levels____ 20

18. Distribution of establishment clerical— professional— administrative

salary schedules by intergrade percent spread for pay grades with

m i n i m u m annual salaries nearest to selected thousand dollar

levels ______________________________________________________________ 20

19. Distribution of establishment professional— administrative and

clerical— professional— administrative salary schedules by intergrade percent spread for pay grades with m i n i m u m annual salaries

nearest to selected thousand dollar levels_________________________ 21

20. Median ingrade and intergrade percent spread in establishment

salary schedules for salary grades representing selected levels

of w o r k _____________________________________________________________ 21

21. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by ingrade percent

spread for pay grades representative of selected levels of w o r k ____ 22

22. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by intergrade percent

spread for pay grades representative of selected levels of w o r k ____ 22

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23. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by n u m b e r of grades

between selected w o r k levels and salary schedule types____________ 23

24. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent to which

grades are skipped for certain occupations, and the pattern of

skipped g r a d e s _____________________________________________________ 23

25. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent and reasons

for unoccupied grades in schedules _________________________________ 24

26. Distribution of establishment salary schedules, by frequency of

general adjustments, occasions for general adjustments, and

factors or standards determining size of adjustments______________ 24

27. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent to which

conscious efforts are m a d e to preserve established relationships

within and between grades w h e n schedules are adjusted------------ 25

28. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by meth o d of

adjusting salaries of employees w h e n salary schedules are

revised_____________________________________________________________ 25

29. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by provisions for

norm a l hiring rates and for above normal hiring rates _____________ 26

30. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by basis of advancem e n t of employees within grade salary r a n g e s_____________________ 26

31. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent and

characteristics of merit (performance) review programs, and p e r ­

cent of employees receiving ingrade salary increases under these

p r o g r a m s ___________________________________________________________ 27

32. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent and nature

of established m i n i m u m and m a x i m u m increases permitted under

merit (performance) review programs, and by percent of current rate permissible_______________________________________________ 28

33. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent and

characteristics of provisions for ingrade salary increases other

than merit (performance) increases ________________________________ 29

34. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by general limitations established on ingrade a d v a n cement____________________________ 29

35. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent and nature

of step rates within salary ranges for grades_______________________ 30

36. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent to which

the rationale for the within-grade range included an anticipated

time period for an employee to progress f r o m the m i n i m u m to

the m a x i m u m of a g r a d e____________________________________________ 30

37. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by provisions for

salary increases beyond regular grade r a n g e s---------------------- 31

38. Distribution of establishment salary schedules by extent to which a

point within a grade range is recognized as representative of the

m a r k e t value of a job w h e n fully and competently p e r f o r m e d________ 31

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C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of t h e S u r v e y

T h i s s u r v e y r e l a t e s t o s e l e c t e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , e m p l o y i n g 1, 0 0 0 w o r k e r s

o r m o r e , o f c o m p a n i e s h a v i n g (l) a f o r m a l s a l a r y p l a n c o v e r i n g all o r m o s t

w h i t e - c o l l a r o c c u p a t i o n s , a n d (2) t h e p l a n p r o v i d e s f o r e s t a b l i s h e d s a l a r y r a n g e s

( m i n i m u m a n d m a x i m u m r a t e s s p e c i f i e d ) f o r a s e r i e s of g r a d e s o r l e v e l s into

w h i c h p o s i t i o n s a r e c l a s s i f i e d fo r p a y p u r p o s e s . E x a m p l e s of f o r m a l s a l a r y

p l a n s that d i d n o t m e e t t h e c r i t e r i a f o r i n c l u s i o n in t h e s t u d y w e r e t h o s e in

w h i c h s i n g l e r a t e s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d f o r a m a j o r i t y of t h e w h i t e - c o l l a r o c c u p a ­

tions; t h o s e in w h i c h a s e p a r a t e s a l a r y r a n g e w a s e s t a b l i s h e d fo r e a c h o c c u p a ­

tion r a t h e r t h a n f o r a g r a d e r e p r e s e n t i n g a g r o u p i n g of o c c u p a t i o n s at a s i m i l a r

l e v e l ; a n d t h o s e i n w h i c h o c c u p a t i o n s w e r e g r o u p e d i n t o a s e r i e s o f g r a d e s w i t h

a m a x i m u m , b u t n o t a m i n i m u m , s a l a r y e s t a b l i s h e d f o r e a c h g r a d e .

T h e s u r v e y w a s f u r t h e r l i m i t e d to e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o l ­

itan Statistical A r e a s in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ( e x c l u d i n g H a w a i i ) in t h e f o l l o w i n g i n ­

d u s t r i e s ; M a n u f a c t u r i n g ; t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ; c o m m u n i c a t i o n ; electric, gas , a n d s a n i ­

t a r y s e r v i c e s ; w h o l e s a l e t r a d e ; retail t r a d e ; f i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l estate;

e n g i n e e r i n g a n d a r c h i t e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s ; a n d c o m m e r c i a l l y o p e r a t e d r e s e a r c h , d e ­

v e l o p m e n t , a n d t e s t i n g l a b o r a t o r i e s .

T h e u n i v e r s e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s m e e t i n g t h e s u r v e y criteria, f r o m w h i c h

the s a m p l e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d w a s s e l e c t e d , w a s d e v e l o p e d f r o m i n f o r m a ­

t i o n o b t a i n e d i n t h e B u r e a u 1 s 1 9 6 1 — 6 2 s u r v e y o f s a l a r i e s f o r s e l e c t e d p r o f e s s i o n a l ,

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e , t e c h n i c a l , a n d c l e r i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s . 1 O f t h e e s t i m a t e d 2, 9 0 0 e s ­

t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g 1, 0 0 0 w o r k e r s o r m o r e w i t h i n s c o p e o f t h a t s u r v e y , 1, 7 0 0

e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w e r e o p e r a t e d b y c o m p a n i e s w i t h s a l a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n p l a n s that

m e t t h e c r i t e r i a e s t a b l i s h e d fo r this s t u d y . M a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s a c c o u n t e d

f o r a p p r o x i m a t e l y t h r e e - f o u r t h s of t h e s e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a n d t h e r e m a i n i n g f o u r t h

in n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s s u r v e y e d w e r e l a r g e l y p u b l i c utilities, retail o r ­

g a n i z a t i o n s , b a n k s , a n d i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s .

T h e s a m p l e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in this s u r v e y of s a l a r y s t r u c t u r e s w a s

s e l e c t e d f r o m t h e v a r i o u s i n d u s t r i e s a n d e m p l o y m e n t - s i z e g r o u p s in the a p p r o x i ­

m a t e p r o p o r t i o n that t h e v a r i o u s i n d u s t r i e s w e r e r e p r e s e n t e d a m o n g all e s t a b l i s h ­

m e n t s w i t h i n s c o p e of t h e 1 9 6 1 — 6 2 s u r v e y . F u r t h e r , the s a m p l e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s

w a s s e l e c t e d f r o m t h o s e a c t u a l l y s t u d i e d in th e 1 9 6 1 — 6 2 s a l a r y s u r v e y to r e p r e ­

s e n t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 0 c o m p a n i e s ; h o w e v e r , w h e r e a d d i t i o n a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s of

t h e s e c o m p a n i e s w e r e r e p r e s e n t e d in t h e 1 9 6 1 — 6 2 s a l a r y s u r v e y , t h e y w e r e

a l s o i n c l u d e d in this s u r v e y of s a l a r y s t r u c t u r e s , p r o v i d e d t h e s u r v e y c r i t e r i a

w e r e m e t .

A s i n d i c a t e d i n t a b l e 1, t h e 9 9 c o m p a n i e s i n c l u d e d i n t h e s t u d y e m ­

p l o y e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1, 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 w h i t e - c o l l a r w o r k e r s , w h e r e a s t h e 2 3 9 e s t a b l i s h ­

m e n t s i n t h e s a m p l e a c c o u n t e d f o r a p p r o x i m a t e l y 5 7 5 , 0 0 0 w h i t e - c o l l a r w o r k e r s .

W h e r e m o r e t h a n o n e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a c o m p a n y w a s i n c l u d e d in t h e

s a m p l e , t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s a s w e l l a s o t h e r f e a t u r e s of the s a l a r y p l a n s of

e a c h e s t a b l i s h m e n t w e r e i n c l u d e d in t h e t a b u l a t i o n s , w h e t h e r t h e y w e r e t h e s a m e

o r d i f f e r e d in o n e o r m o r e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s .

1 S e e N a t i o n a l S u r v e y of Professional, A d m i ni st ra ti ve , T e c h n i c a l , a n d Cl er ic al Pay, W i n t e r 1 9 6 1 — 6 2 (B L S B u l ­

letin 1346, 1962), tabl e 8.

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T h e s a l a r y p l a n s a p p l y i n g in t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d w e r e p r i m a r i l y

t h o s e of c o m p a n i e s w i t h o p e r a t i o n s in m o r e t h a n o n e location. A m o n g t h e 9 9

c o m p a n i e s i n c l u d e d i n t h e s t u d y , 7 3 h a d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s l o c a t e d i n a t l e a s t 2 o f

t h e 9 g e o g r a p h i c d i v i s i o n s a s d e f i n e d b y t h e U . S. B u r e a u o f t h e C e n s u s . T h e

e s t a b l i s h m e n t s of 2 a d d i t i o n a l c o m p a n i e s w e r e w i t h i n a s i n g l e g e o g r a p h i c d i v i ­

sion, a n d t h o s e of 10 c o m p a n i e s w e r e w i t h i n a si n g l e State. T h e r e m a i n i n g 14

c o m p a n i e s e i t h e r r e p r e s e n t e d a s i n g l e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o r all of t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s

w e r e w i t h i n t h e s a m e m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a (table 2).

M o s t c o m p a n i e s r e g a r d their s a l a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n p l a n s a s b e i n g f l e x ­

ible w h e n th e o c c a s i o n w a r r a n t s . W r i t t e n p o l i c i e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s , for e x a m p l e ,

t y p i c a l l y a r e q u a l i f i e d to i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e y " o r d i n a r i l y a p p l y , " o r t h a t d e p a r ­

t u r e s " s h o u l d b e g i v e n c a r e f u l c o n s i d e r a t i o n , " " m u s t b e justified, " o r " r e q u i r e

a p p r o v a l o f a p p r o p r i a t e o f f i c i a l s . " S i n c e m u c h o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t w a s o b ­

t a i n e d o r c o u l d b e p r e s e n t e d r e l a t e s to p o l i c i e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s that g e n e r a l l y

a p p l y , t h e e x t e n t to w h i c h flexibility e x i s t s in t h e s e p l a n s m a y n o t b e c o n v e y e d

b y th e t a b u l a t i o n s .

G e n e r a l C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of S a l a r y S t r u c t u r e s

S a l a r y s t r u c t u r e a s u s e d in this s t u d y r e f e r s to s a l a r y r a t e s a n d r a t e

r a n g e s e s t a b l i s h e d u n d e r a f o r m a l s a l a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n p l a n c o v e r i n g all o r

m o s t w h i t e - c o l l a r o c c u p a t i o n s in the c o m p a n y . T h e s a l a r y s t r u c t u r e m a y p r o ­

v i d e fo r a s i n g l e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e w i t h m i n i m u m a n d m a x i m u m s a l a r i e s s p e c i f i e d

fo r a s e r i e s of p a y g r a d e s into w h i c h th e full r a n g e of w h i t e - c o l l a r o c c u p a t i o n s

a r e classified. M o r e f r e q u e n t l y , h o w e v e r , th e s a l a r y s t r u c t u r e p r o v i d e s f o r t w o

o r m o r e s e p a r a t e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w i t h i n a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t , a n d t h e s e f r e q u e n t l y

v a r y in b a s i c c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s of a c o m p a n y . In o r d e r to

t a b u l a t e th e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of t h e s a l a r y s t r u c t u r e s a n d p r o v i s i o n s of th e s a l a r y

p l a n , it w a s n e c e s s a r y t o g r o u p t h e v a r i o u s s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s a c c o r d i n g t o t h e

t y p e s of w h i t e - c o l l a r o c c u p a t i o n s r e p r e s e n t e d in e a c h . A l t h o u g h t h e o c c u p a t i o n s

a n d l e v e l s r e p r e s e n t e d i n e a c h s c h e d u l e v a r i e d a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d , it

w a s p o s s i b l e to c l a s s i f y m o s t of t h e m into t h r e e c a t e g o r i e s a c c o r d i n g to m a j o r

o c c u p a t i o n a l c o v e r a g e . O n t h i s b a s i s , a s s h o w n i n t a b l e 1, t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s

o f t h e 2 3 9 e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d i n c l u d e d 1 3 9 p r i m a r i l y r e l a t i n g t o c l e r i c a l p o s i ­

tions, 1 6 5 p r i m a r i l y r e l a t i n g to p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p o s i t i o n s , a n d 7 6

c o v e r i n g at l e a s t s o m e p o s i t i o n s of e a c h type. T h e 6 1 s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s e x c l u d e d

f r o m t h e s e t h r e e g r o u p i n g s i n c l u d e d a n u m b e r of s p e c i a l s c h e d u l e s e s t a b l i s h e d

f o r t e c h n i c i a n s a n d f o r e n g i n e e r s , b u t t h e y w e r e p r i m a r i l y s p e c i a l s c h e d u l e s for

s u p e r v i s o r y p o s i t i o n s a n d f o r t o p m a n a g e m e n t p o s i t i o n s only. T h e a p p r o x i m a t e

w h i t e - c o l l a r e m p l o y m e n t c o v e r e d b y e a c h of the v a r i o u s t y p e s of s c h e d u l e s w a s

d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s :

Number of Number of whiteschedules collar employees

Total (239 establishments studied)------ 441 575, 500

C lerical--------------------------------------------------------- 175, 800

Professional—administrative---------------------------- 165 194, 600

Clerical-professional—administrative------------- 76 165, 800

Other ------------------------------------------------------------ 39, 300

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tions; h o w e v e r , in m a n y i n s t a n c e s , s e p a r a t e s a l a r y r a n g e s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d o r

s a l a r i e s w e r e d e t e r m i n e d o n a n i n d i v i d u a l b a s i s for h i g h e r l e v e l p o s i t i o n s . T h e

l e v e l at w h i c h m a n a g e m e n t p o s i t i o n s w e r e e x c l u d e d f r o m t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e f o r

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m e n t s s t u d i e d . O t h e r p o s i t i o n s c o m m o n l y e x c l u d e d f r o m s c h e d u l e s c o v e r i n g m o s t

p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p o s i t i o n s w e r e s a l e s e x e c u t i v e s a n d s a l e s staffs

paid, at l e a s t in part, o n a c o m m i s s i o n b a s i s .

A m o n g th e 9 9 c o m p a n i e s r e p r e s e n t e d in t h e study, 7 8 h a d e s t a b l i s h e d

t w o o r m o r e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s f o r clerical, p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p o s i ­

tions. T h e 2 1 r e m a i n i n g c o m p a n i e s that w e r e r e c o r d e d a s h a v i n g a s i n g l e s a l ­

a r y s c h e d u l e i n c l u d e d s o m e l a r g e c o m p a n i e s w i t h m a n y w h i t e - c o l l a r p o s i t i o n s

that e n c o m p a s s e d a w i d e r a n g e of w o r k levels, b u t a l s o i n c l u d e d c o m p a n i e s w i t h

a h i g h p r o p o r t i o n of th e w h i t e - c o l l a r p o s i t i o n s in t h e c l e r i c a l field a n d c o m p a n i e s

w h i c h , f o r e x a m p l e , h a d a f o r m a l s c h e d u l e f o r c l e r i c a l a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l o c c u p a ­

tions a n d d e t e r m i n e d s a l a r i e s o n a n i n d i v i d u a l b a s i s f o r e m p l o y e e s in a d m i n i s ­

tra t i v e a n d th e h i g h e r l e v e l s of m a n a g e m e n t p o s i t i o n s .

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p l a i n t h e r a t i o n a l e f o r h a v i n g m o r e t h a n o n e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e , o r fo r h a v i n g a

s i n g l e s c h e d u l e , a s w e l l a s th e r a t i o n a l e f o r v a r i o u s f e a t u r e s of th e s c h e d u l e s

s u c h a s the n u m b e r of g r a d e s a n d th e s a l a r y differential w i t h i n a n d b e t w e e n

g r a d e s ( t a b l e 3). T h e m o s t p r e v a l e n t r e a s o n f o r e s t a b l i s h i n g m o r e t h a n o n e

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e w a s to s e p a r a t e o c c u p a t i o n s of e m p l o y e e s s u b j e c t to p r o v i s i o n s

of the F a i r L a b o r S t a n d a r d s A c t f r o m t h o s e w h i c h w e r e e x e m p t . T h i s e x p l a ­

n a t i o n w a s g i v e n b y officials of c o m p a n i e s e s t a b l i s h i n g 1 1 6 of the 1 3 9 c l e r i c a l

s c h e d u l e s a n d 1 2 8 of t h e 1 6 5 p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s . T h e d e s ­

i g n a t i o n s u s u a l l y g i v e n to s u c h s c h e d u l e s w e r e " n o n e x e m p t " a n d " e x e m p t ” s c h e d ­

ules, a l t h o u g h w h e n s o d e s i g n a t e d t h e r e w e r e i n s t a n c e s in w h i c h e x c e p t i o n s to

the l e g a l c r i t e r i a w e r e m a d e in a s s i g n i n g p o s i t i o n s to e a c h . T h e " n o n e x e m p t "

s c h e d u l e s p r i m a r i l y r e l a t e to c l e r i c a l p o s i t i o n s a n d w e r e g r o u p e d w i t h c l e r i c a l

s c h e d u l e s in t h e t a b u l a t i o n s ; h o w e v e r , in m a n y i n s t a n c e s t h e y i n c l u d e d the g r a d e s

c o v e r i n g t r a i n e e p o s i t i o n s fo r i n e x p e r i e n c e d c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s , s u c h a s t h o s e in

a c c o u n t i n g a n d e n g i n e e r i n g p o s i t i o n s . O t h e r p o l i c y c o n s i d e r a t i o n s f o r e s t a b l i s h ­

in g s e p a r a t e s c h e d u l e s a l s o o f t e n r e s u l t e d in a s e p a r a t e s c h e d u l e f o r p r i m a r i l y

c l e r i c a l p o s i t i o n s . T h e r e a s o n s g i v e n f o r s e p a r a t e s c h e d u l e s , a n d f o r v a r i o u s

f e a t u r e s of e a c h type, t e n d e d to b e i n t e r r e l a t e d a n d m a y o v e r l a p in s o m e r e ­

s p e c t s . A d e s i r e to s e p a r a t e p o s i t i o n s f o r w h i c h l o c a l r a t e s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d

f r o m p o s i t i o n s f o r w h i c h c o m p a n y w i d e r a t e s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d , f o r e x a m p l e , w a s

n o t cit e d a s a b a s i s f o r h a v i n g s e p a r a t e s c h e d u l e s . T h i s p o l i c y w a s f o l l o w e d b y

s o m e officials b y e s t a b l i s h i n g l o c a l r a t e s f o r p o s i t i o n s in th e " n o n e x e m p t " o r

p r i m a r i l y c l e r i c a l s c h e d u l e , a d o p t e d f o r o t h e r r e a s o n s .

R a t i o n a l e f o r I n g r a d e a n d I n t e r g r a d e R a n g e s . 2 I n s o m e i n s t a n c e s , o f f i ­

cials w e r e n o t a w a r e of all c o n s i d e r a t i o n s that h a d l e d to t h e a d o p t i o n of c e r t a i n

f e a t u r e s o f s a l a r y p l a n s b e c a u s e t h e y w e r e d e v e l o p e d b y o t h e r s in e a r l i e r y e a r s ,

o r t h e s c h e d u l e s w e r e d e s i g n e d b y c o n s u l t a n t s . T h e m o s t p r e v a l e n t e x p l a n a t i o n

for t h e n u m b e r of g r a d e s in t h e s c h e d u l e w a s that this w a s a r e s u l t of t h e j o b

e v a l u a t i o n s y s t e m u s e d in d e t e r m i n i n g t h e n u m b e r of r e c o g n i z a b l e skill o r r e ­

s p o n s i b i l i t y l e vels. A t y p i c a l m e t h o d b y w h i c h f o r m a l s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s a r e d e ­

v e l o p e d in e x i s t i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a f t e r j o b s h a v e b e e n e v a l u a t e d is to plot all

i n c u m b e n t s o n a s c a t t e r d i a g r a m w i t h t h e " x " a x i s r e p r e s e n t i n g t h eir e v a l u a t i o n

p o i n t s a n d t h e " y " a x i s r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e i r s a l a r i e s . T h e n e x t s t e p is t h e d e ­

v e l o p m e n t of a s a l a r y o r t r e n d line. T h e n u m b e r of g r a d e s m a y b e d e t e r m i n e d

b y a n a r i t h m e t i c o r g e o m e t r i c p r o g r e s s i o n of e v a l u a t i o n points, o r th e l o g i c a l

c l u s t e r i n g s of i n d i v i d u a l s o n t h e s c a t t e r d i a g r a m . F r e q u e n t l y , t h e r e w a s n o r a ­

tio n a l e o r c o n c e r n for i n t e r g r a d e differential p a t t e r n s a s s u c h , th e differential

2 Intergrade range refers to the percent by which the minimum salary of a given grade exceeded the minimum 

salary of the next higher grade and the ingrade range refers to the percent by which the maximum salary exceeds the 

minimum salary of a given grade.

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b e i n g d e t e r m i n e d f r o m th e s l o p e of t h e s a l a r y line a n d t h e e v a l u a t i o n p o i n t s —

w i t h i n - g r a d e r e l a t i o n s h i p s . T h e r e w a s m o r e a g r e e m e n t o n t h e r a t i o n a l e f o r

i n g r a d e r a n g e s . F o r t h e l a r g e s t p r o p o r t i o n of s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s of e a c h type, the

i n g r a d e r a n g e s w e r e a d o p t e d to p r o v i d e f o r d i f f e r e n c e s in p e r f o r m a n c e of i n d i ­

v i d u a l s at t h e s a m e g r a d e level. In s o m e i n s t a n c e s , t h e a p p r o p r i a t e r a n g e w a s

e s t a b l i s h e d o n t h e b a s i s of a s u r v e y of i n d u s t r y p r a c t i c e . W h e r e the i n g r a d e

p e r c e n t a g e s p r e a d w i d e n e d at t h e h i g h e r l e v e l s , this w a s u s u a l l y j u s t i f i e d o n t h e

b a s i s t h a t g r e a t e r i n t r a g r a d e d e v e l o p m e n t a l p o s s i b i l i t i e s a n d l e s s e r i n t e r g r a d e o r

p r o m o t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t i e s e x i s t e d at t h e h i g h e r g r a d e s t h a n at t h e l o w e r g r a d e s .

U s e o f F o r m a l J o b E v a l u a t i o n . R e g a r d l e s s o f t h e t y p e s o f s a l a r y s c h e d ­

u l e s u s e d in t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s studied, in m o s t i n s t a n c e s f o r m a l j o b e v a l u a t i o n

p l a n s w e r e u s e d to a s s i g n p o s i t i o n s to t h e g r a d e s in t h e s e s c h e d u l e s (table 4).

A p p l i c a t i o n o f S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s i n M u l t i e s t a b l i s h m e n t C o m p a n i e s . M u l t i -

e s t a b l i s h m e n t c o m p a n i e s a c c o u n t e d f o r a h i g h p r o p o r t i o n of t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s

o f e a c h t y p e r e p r e s e n t e d in t h e s t u d y (table 5). W h e r e s e p a r a t e s c h e d u l e s w e r e

e s t a b l i s h e d , t h e p r e d o m i n a n t p r a c t i c e w a s to a p p l y c o m p a n y w i d e that s c h e d u l e

w h i c h p r i m a r i l y r e l a t e d to p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p o s i t i o n s ( 1 2 9 of 1 5 5

s c h e d u l e s ) a n d to v a r y a c c o r d i n g to l o c a l c o n d i t i o n s t h e s c h e d u l e w h i c h p r i m a r i l y

c o v e r e d c l e r i c a l p o s i t i o n s ( 9 9 o f 1 3 1 s c h e d u l e s ) . A m o n g t h e 7 3 s c h e d u l e s c o v ­

e r i n g clerical, p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p o s i t i o n s in m u l t i e s t a b l i s h m e n t

c o m p a n i e s , 31 a p p l i e d c o m p a n y w i d e a n d 4 2 d i f f e r e d a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s of the

s a m e c o m p a n y . I n f o r m a t i o n a v a i l a b l e f o r s o m e of t h e 4 2 s c h e d u l e s i n d i c a t e d that

th e s c h e d u l e d i f f e r e d a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s o n l y in th e l o w e r (clerical) g r a d e s .

F o r s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s that d i f f e r e d b y location, t h e d i f f e r e n c e s v a r i e d

little b y t y p e s o f p o s i t i o n s . In all t h r e e t y p e s o f s c h e d u l e s , t h e m o s t c o m m o n

d i f f e r e n c e a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s of th e s a m e c o m p a n y w a s in th e m i n i m u m a n d

m a x i m u m s a l a r i e s e s t a b l i s h e d f o r th e v a r i o u s g r a d e s . O t h e r d i f f e r e n c e s that

w e r e fairly c o m m o n in e a c h t y p e of s c h e d u l e r e l a t e d to t h e n u m b e r of g r a d e s ,

i n t e r g r a d e d i f f e r e n t i a l s , a n d i n g r a d e s a l a r y r a n g e s .

W h e n s a l a r y r a n g e s in s c h e d u l e s of e a c h t y p e d i f f e r e d a m o n g e s t a b l i s h ­

m e n t s of m u l t i e s t a b l i s h m e n t c o m p a n i e s , t h e s e d i f f e r e n c e s w e r e p r i m a r i l y b a s e d

o n a p o l i c y of o r i e n t i n g r a t e s to the l o c a l m a r k e t . In e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e g r a d e

r a n g e s , t h e p o l i c y of c o n s i d e r i n g b o t h t h e r a t e s p a i d w i t h i n t h e v a r i o u s i n d u s t r i e s

in the a r e a a n d a l s o t h e r a t e s p a i d in s i m i l a r i n d u s t r i e s a p p l i e d to the l a r g e s t

p r o p o r t i o n of t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s of e a c h type, a l t h o u g h t h e p o l i c y of c o n s i d e r i n g

o n l y th e r a t e s p a i d w i t h i n v a r i o u s i n d u s t r i e s in t h e a r e a a p p l i e d to a l m o s t a s

m a n y of the c l e r i c a l a n d t h e c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s .

Y e a r in W h i c h P r e s e n t S t r u c t u r e s W e r e A d o p t e d o r B a s i c a l l y R e v i s e d .

S a l a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n p l a n s p r o v i d i n g f o r f o r m a l s a l a r y s t r u c t u r e s m e e t i n g th e

c r i t e r i a o f t h e s t u d y e x i s t e d b e f o r e W o r l d W a r II. D u r i n g a n d f o l l o w i n g t h e w a r ,

h o w e v e r , m a j o r r e v i s i o n s w e r e m a d e in t h e b a s i c f r a m e w o r k of e x i s t i n g s t r u c ­

t u r e s , a n d m a n y c o m p a n i e s e s t a b l i s h e d f o r m a l s a l a r y s t r u c t u r e s for w h i t e - c o l l a r

o c c u p a t i o n s f o r th e first t i m e . F o r m a l s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w i t h e s t a b l i s h e d g r a d e s

a n d s a l a r y r a n g e s o f t e n w e r e a d o p t e d f i r s t f o r o f f i c e c l e r i c a l p o s i t i o n s a n d l a t e r

e i t h e r e x t e n d e d b y a d d i n g g r a d e s f o r p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p o s i t i o n s ,

o r b y e s t a b l i s h i n g a s e p a r a t e s c h e d u l e fo r s u c h p o s i t i o n s . T h e y e a r a d o p t e d , o r

in w h i c h the last b a s i c r e v i s i o n in t h e f r a m e w o r k of t h e s t r u c t u r e o c c u r r e d , is

s h o w n in t a b l e 6 for e a c h t y p e of s a l a r y s c h e d u l e . A p p r o x i m a t e l y h a l f t h e s a l ­

a r y p l a n s a p p l y i n g t o c l e r i c a l s c h e d u l e s a n d t h e c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s -

t r ative t y p e s c h e d u l e s w e r e a d o p t e d o r b a s i c a l l y r e v i s e d s i n c e 1 9 5 0 , c o m p a r e d

to t w o - t h i r d s of t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s .

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A l t h o u g h t h e s a l a r y p l a n s a p p l y i n g to m o s t of th e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w e r e

a d o p t e d o r last r e v i s e d b e f o r e I 9 6 0 , r e l a t i v e l y f e w officials i n d i c a t e d that c h a n g e s

w e r e c o n t e m p l a t e d , o r d e s i r e d if c h a n g e s c o u l d b e m a d e ( t a b l e 7). S e v e r a l o f f i ­

c i a l s felt it w o u l d b e d e s i r a b l e t o s t a n d a r d i z e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s o r c e n t r a l i z e t h e i r

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n f o r m o r e u n i f o r m i t y a m o n g t h e i r e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a n d in s o m e of

t h e c o m p a n i e s this c h a n g e w a s e x p e c t e d in t h e n e x t 2 o r 3 y e a r s . Offic i a l s in

c o m p a n i e s r e p r e s e n t i n g a m a j o r i t y of t h e c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w i t h p r o v i s i o n s fo r a u t o m a t i c s a l a r y i n c r e a s e s e i t h e r i n d i c a t e d

a d e s i r e o r h a d definite p l a n s to e l i m i n a t e t h e s e p r o v i s i o n s .

C a s h B o n u s e s a n d T h e i r E f f e c t o n S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s . P r o v i s i o n s f o r

p a y m e n t of c a s h b o n u s e s a p p l i e d to e m p l o y e e s in at l e a s t p a r t of t h e g r a d e s

in m o r e t h a n hal f t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a n d th e c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s , b u t to l e s s t h a n a t e n t h of t h e c l e r i c a l s c h e d u l e s

(table 8). T h e p e r c e n t a g e w h i c h t h e s e b o n u s e s a d d e d to t h e s p e c i f i c g r a d e s g e n ­

e r a l l y w a s l a r g e r in th e h i g h e r g r a d e s , a n d in m a n y i n s t a n c e s b o n u s e s d i d n o t

a p p l y to e m p l o y e e s b e l o w a s p e c i f i e d g r a d e level. T h e a m o u n t w h i c h b o n u s e s

a d d e d to s a l a r i e s in e a c h g r a d e g e n e r a l l y w a s n o t t a k e n into a c c o u n t in e s t a b ­

lis h i n g t h e s a l a r y r a n g e s for t h e g r a d e s .

D e s i g n of S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s

T h e d e s i g n of t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s s t u d i e d m a y b e d e s c r i b e d in t e r m s

o f (1) o c c u p a t i o n a l c o v e r a g e , (2) l o w e r a n d u p p e r s a l a r y l i m i t s , (3) n u m b e r of

s a l a r y g r a d e s , (4) s a l a r y r a n g e s w i t h i n t h e v a r i o u s g r a d e s , (5) s a l a r y d i f f e r e n ­

tials b e t w e e n t h e v a r i o u s g r a d e s , a n d (6) s a l a r y r a t e s e s t a b l i s h e d f o r e a c h g r a d e .

A l l of t h e s e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a r e i n t e r r e l a t e d . A s e x p l a i n e d e a r l i e r , t h e n u m b e r

of s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s a n d t h e o c c u p a t i o n a l c o v e r a g e of e a c h v a r i e d a m o n g e s t a b l i s h ­

m e n t s , a n d f o r this r e a s o n s c h e d u l e s w e r e c l a s s i f i e d a c c o r d i n g to m a j o r o c c u p a ­

tional c o v e r a g e a s clerical, p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e , a n d c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s ­

si o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e . T h e r e w e r e d i f f e r e n c e s , h o w e v e r , a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s

in the l e v e l s of skill a n d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y r e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e p o s i t i o n s i n c l u d e d in

e a c h t y p e of s a l a r y s c h e d u l e . In s o m e c a s e s , f o r e x a m p l e , s c h e d u l e s c l a s s i ­

fied a s p r i m a r i l y c o v e r i n g c l e r i c a l p o s i t i o n s i n c l u d e d g r a d e s f o r e n t r y l e v e l p r o ­

f e s s i o n a l p o s i t i o n s , w h e r e a s in o t h e r c a s e s t h e s e g r a d e s w e r e in s c h e d u l e s c l a s ­

sified a s p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s .

T h e m e d i a n m i n i m u m s a l a r y f o r t h e l o w e s t g r a d e w a s $ 3, 2 5 0 f o r t h e t w o

t y p e s of s c h e d u l e s w i t h c l e r i c a l p o s i t i o n s , w h e r e a s th e m e d i a n m a x i m u m s a l a r y

in t h e h i g h e s t g r a d e of p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s w a s $ 2 7 , 0 0 0 a n d in

c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s , $ 2 9 , 0 0 0 (table 9). A f e w of t h e

s c h e d u l e s h a d e s t a b l i s h e d s a l a r y r a n g e s f o r g r a d e s w e l l a b o v e $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 a n n u a l l y ;

in a f e w o t h e r s , t h e s a l a r i e s fo r t h e t o p g r a d e s of p r o f e s s i o n a l arid a d m i n i s t r a ­

t i v e p o s i t i o n s w i t h i n t h e s c h e d u l e w e r e a p p r o x i m a t e l y a t t h e $ 10, 0 0 0 l e v e l . T h e

n u m b e r of g r a d e s in th e s c h e d u l e s , t h e r e f o r e , refl e c t this d i v e r g e n c e in s a l a r i e s

f r o m t h e l o w e s t to t h e h i g h e s t g r a d e s r e p r e s e n t e d , a s w e l l a s th e s i z e of the

s a l a r y d i f f erentials b e t w e e n g r a d e s . T h e n u m b e r of s a l a r y g r a d e s in t h e s c h e d ­

u l e s r a n g e d f r o m 4 to m o r e t h a n 30 in a f e w i n s t a n c e s (table 10). T h e m e d i a n

n u m b e r w a s 13 g r a d e s in c l e r i c a l s c h e d u l e s a n d 16 g r a d e s in b o t h p r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a n d in c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s .

I n g r a d e a n d I n t e r g r a d e D i f f e r e n t i a l s a t S e l e c t e d S a l a r y L e v e l s . I n o r d e r

to e x a m i n e o n a m o r e c o m p a r a b l e b a s i s the s a l a r y d i f f erentials b e t w e e n g r a d e s

a n d b e t w e e n m i n i m u m a n d m a x i m u m s a l a r i e s of g r a d e s r e p r e s e n t i n g s i m i l a r l e v ­

els of w o r k , t w o s e t s of t a b u l a t i o n s w e r e p r e p a r e d ; t h e first r e l a t e s to g r a d e s

at s e l e c t e d m i n i m u m a n n u a l s a l a r y v a l u e s a n d the s e c o n d to p a y g r a d e s f o r s e ­

l e c t e d e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l s o f w o r k . A s u m m a r y t a b u l a t i o n s h o w i n g t h e m e d i a n p e r ­

c e n t a g e d i f f e rentials in s a l a r i e s b e t w e e n g r a d e s a n d w i t h i n g r a d e s w i t h m i n i m u m

a n n u a l s a l a r i e s n e a r e s t to s e l e c t e d t h o u s a n d - d o l l a r v a l u e s is p r e s e n t e d in ta b l e

1 1 ; t h e full d i s t r i b u t i o n s f r o m w h i c h t h e s e m e d i a n s w e r e d e r i v e d a r e p r e s e n t e d

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in t a b l e s 12 t h r o u g h 19- S i m i l a r l y , t h e m e d i a n i n g r a d e a n d i n t e r g r a d e p e r c e n t ­

a g e s p r e a d s r e l a t i n g to p a y g r a d e s f o r s e l e c t e d e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l s of w o r k a r e s u m ­

m a r i z e d in t a b l e 20, a n d t h e full d i s t r i b u t i o n s a r e p r e s e n t e d in t a b l e s 2 1 a n d 22.

In t h e s e t a b u l a t i o n s , t h e i n g r a d e s p r e a d r e p r e s e n t s t h e p e r c e n t b y w h i c h t h e m a x ­

i m u m s a l a r y e x c e e d s t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f t h e g r a d e , w h e r e a s t h e i n t e r g r a d e

s p r e a d r e p r e s e n t s t h e p e r c e n t b y w h i c h t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y of a g i v e n g r a d e is

e x c e e d e d b y t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y of th e n e x t h i g h e r g r a d e .

B o t h t h e i n g r a d e a n d t h e i n t e r g r a d e differentials v a r i e d c o n s i d e r a b l y at

s e l e c t e d a n n u a l s a l a r y l e v e l s in t h e t h r e e t y p e s of s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s f o r w h i c h

d a t a a r e p r e s e n t e d in t a b l e s 12 t h r o u g h 19. T h e m e d i a n s of t h e s e d i s t r i b u t i o n s

a r e p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e l y in a s u m m a r y t a b u l a t i o n (table 11) fo r c o n v e n i e n c e in

e x a m i n i n g t h e p a t t e r n s o f i n g r a d e a n d i n t e r g r a d e d i f f e r e n t i a l s . It s h o u l d b e n o t e d

that t h e n u m b e r of s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w i t h g r a d e s r e p r e s e n t e d at e a c h s e l e c t e d

t h o u s a n d - d o l l a r l e v e l is n o t u n i f o r m b e c a u s e t h e s e l e c t e d l e v e l s d i d n o t e x i s t in

all s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s . A l s o , s i n c e t h e i n t e r g r a d e d i f f e rentials r e l a t e to t h e n e x t

h i g h e r g r a d e , t h e y r e f l e c t d i f f e r e n c e s a m o n g t h e s c h e d u l e s in th e n u m b e r of

g r a d e s b e t w e e n e a c h of t h e t h o u s a n d - d o l l a r levels. F o r t h e s e r e a s o n s , the m e ­

d i a n i n t e r g r a d e d i f f e r e n t i a l s c a n n o t n e c e s s a r i l y b e c o u p l e d w i t h t h e d a t a o n m e ­

d i a n n u m b e r of g r a d e s in e a c h t y p e of s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s h o w n in t a b l e 10.

T h e m e d i a n i n g r a d e s p r e a d in t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s p r i m a r i l y r e l a t i n g to

c l e r i c a l p o s i t i o n s w a s a b o u t t h e s a m e f o r s e l e c t e d g r a d e s f r o m t h e $ 3 , 0 0 0 to

$ 7 , 0 0 0 a n n u a l s a l a r y levels, w i t h a n i n g r a d e s p r e a d of a p p r o x i m a t e l y 3 0 p e r c e n t

(table 11). In t h e s e p a r a t e p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s , t h e m e d i a n

s p r e a d t e n d e d to w i d e n w i t h s u c c e s s i v e g r a d e s f r o m 37 p e r c e n t b e t w e e n m i n i m u m

a n d m a x i m u m s a l a r i e s a t t h e $ 5 , 0 0 0 l e v e l to 4 7 p e r c e n t a t t h e $ 1 2 , 0 0 0 l e v e l .

W h e r e a s i n g l e s c h e d u l e w a s u s e d to c o v e r clerical, p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d a d m i n i s ­

t r a t i v e p o s i t i o n s , t h e m e d i a n s p r e a d w a s s o m e w h a t w i d e r at t h e l e v e l s c o v e r i n g

c l e r i c a l p o s i t i o n s t h a n in s c h e d u l e s l a r g e l y l i m i t e d to t h e s e t y p e s of p o s i t i o n s .

S t a r t i n g w i t h a m e d i a n i n g r a d e s p r e a d of 3 5 p e r c e n t at t h e $ 3 , 0 0 0 level, t h e d i f ­

f e r e n t i a l w i d e n e d to 4 3 p e r c e n t at t h e $ 6 , 0 0 0 level, a n d to 4 5 p e r c e n t at the

$ 12, 0 0 0 l e v e l . A b o v e t h a t l e v e l , f o r t h e t w o t y p e s o f s c h e d u l e s c o v e r i n g p r o ­

f e s s i o n a l a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p o s i t i o n s c o m b i n e d , t h e i n g r a d e s p r e a d w a s 4 3 p e r ­

c e n t a t t h e $ 15, 0 0 0 l e v e l a n d w i d e n e d t o 4 7 p e r c e n t a t t h e $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 l e v e l .

A s in t h e i n g r a d e s p r e a d of s c h e d u l e s p r i m a r i l y r e l a t i n g to c l e r i c a l p o ­

sitions, t h e m e d i a n i n t e r g r a d e s p r e a d w a s a l s o a b o u t t h e s a m e fo r s e l e c t e d s a l ­

a r y g r a d e s f r o m t h e $ 3 , 0 0 0 to $ 7 , 0 0 0 a n n u a l s a l a r y levels, w i t h m e d i a n s of

e i t h e r 6 o r 7 p e r c e n t . In t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s , t h e

m e d i a n i n t e r g r a d e s p r e a d w a s 8 p e r c e n t at t h e $ 5 , 0 0 0 level, 9 p e r c e n t at l e v e l s

f r o m $ 6 , 0 0 0 t o $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 , a n d 1 0 p e r c e n t a t t h e $ 1 2 , 0 0 0 l e v e l . M e d i a n i n t e r ­

g r a d e s p r e a d s in c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s u s u a l l y w e r e

slightly w i d e r t h a n at th e c o r r e s p o n d i n g l e v e l s in t h e s e p a r a t e c l e r i c a l a n d p r o ­

f e s s i o n a l - a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s , b u t a p a t t e r n of w i d e n i n g d i f f e r e n t i a l s b e t w e e n

g r a d e s w a s n o t c l e a r a t t h e $ 3 , 0 0 0 t o $ 1 2 , 0 0 0 l e v e l s . T h e s m a l l e s t i n t e r g r a d e

s p r e a d w a s 8 p e r c e n t at th e $ 5 , 0 0 0 l e v e l a n d th e l a r g e s t w a s 1 4 p e r c e n t at the

$ 10, 0 0 0 l e v e l , d r o p p i n g t o 1 0 p e r c e n t a t t h e $ 12, 0 0 0 l e v e l . It w a s n e c e s s a r y t o

c o m b i n e t h e t w o t y p e s of s c h e d u l e s c o v e r i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p o s i ­

t i o n s t o p r e s e n t m e d i a n i n t e r g r a d e d i f f e r e n t i a l s f o r g r a d e l e v e l s a b o v e $ 12, 0 0 0 .

A t the 15, 20, 25, a n d 3 0 t h o u s a n d - d o l l a r l e v e l s t h e i n t e r g r a d e s p r e a d w a s 10,

11, 12, a n d 13 p e r c e n t , r e s p e c t i v e l y .

I n g r a d e a n d I n t e r g r a d e D i f f e r e n t i a l s f o r S e l e c t e d W o r k L e v e l s . A n a d ­

d i t i o n a l e x a m i n a t i o n o f t h e i n g r a d e a n d i n t e r g r a d e s p r e a d s w a s m a d e p o s s i b l e b y

s e l e c t i n g g r a d e s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f v a r i o u s l e v e l s o f w o r k , t h a t c o u l d b e i d e n t i f i e d

w i t h s o m e d e g r e e o f u n i f o r m i t y in t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e in w h i c h t h e l e v e l e x i s t e d .

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T h e f o u r l e v e l s s e l e c t e d w e r e : L e v e l for r o u t i n e c l e r i c a l w o r k , e n t r y l e v e l f o r

i n e x p e r i e n c e d c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s , w o r k i n g l e v e l f o r f u l l y e x p e r i e n c e d p r o f e s s i o n a l s ,

a n d t h e l e v e l f o r p r o g r a m m a n a g e r s . 3 I n t h e s e f o u r l e v e l s o f w o r k , t h e m e d i a n

i n g r a d e s p r e a d b e t w e e n m i n i m u m a n d m a x i m u m s a l a r i e s w a s w i d e r at e a c h s u c ­

c e s s i v e level; t h e m e d i a n i n g r a d e s p r e a d s for all s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s h a v i n g g r a d e s

f o r t h e s e p o s i t i o n s w e r e 30, 40, 42, a n d 4 3 p e r c e n t , r e s p e c t i v e l y (table 20).

T h e m e d i a n i n t e r g r a d e s p r e a d w a s 6 p e r c e n t at the r o u t i n e c l e r i c a l level, a n d

c o n s i d e r a b l y w i d e r at t h e t h r e e h i g h e r l e v e l s (10, 9, a n d 11 p e r c e n t , r e s p e c ­

tively). T h e s e m e d i a n s w e r e d e r i v e d f r o m t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n s o f i n g r a d e a n d i n t e r ­

g r a d e s p r e a d s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s h a v i n g the s e l e c t e d l e v e l s of

w o r k , p r e s e n t e d in t a b l e s 21 a n d 22. A s s h o w n b y t h e s e d i s t r i b u t i o n s , b o t h the

i n g r a d e a n d t h e i n t e r g r a d e s p r e a d o n a p e r c e n t a g e b a s i s s h o w e d m a r k e d v a r i a ­

tions a m o n g t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s h a v i n g t h e s e l e c t e d g r a d e l e v e l s

of w o r k . T h e v a r i a t i o n s in i n g r a d e a n d i n t e r g r a d e s p r e a d s a r e i n t e r r e l a t e d w i t h

t h e n u m b e r o f g r a d e s b e t w e e n t h e s e l e c t e d g r a d e s o f v a r i o u s s c h e d u l e s . It w a s

n o t p o s s i b l e , h o w e v e r , b e c a u s e of the l i m i t e d n u m b e r of s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s s t u d i e d

that h a d at l e a s t t w o of the s e l e c t e d g r a d e s in t h e s a m e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e , to p r e ­

s e n t s e p a r a t e d a t a for s c h e d u l e s h a v i n g the s a m e n u m b e r of g r a d e s b e t w e e n t h e s e

l e v e l s .

N u m b e r of G r a d e s B e t w e e n S e l e c t e d W o r k L e v e l s . T h e v a r i a t i o n s in

n u m b e r of g r a d e s b e t w e e n t h e s e l e c t e d l e v e l s a r e s h o w n b y - type of s a l a r y s c h e d ­

u l e in t a b l e 23. T h i s t a b u l a t i o n d o e s n o t i n c l u d e a n u m b e r of th e s a l a r y s c h e d ­

u l e s c o u n t e d in t h e t a b u l a t i o n s s h o w i n g v a r i a t i o n s in i n g r a d e a n d i n t e r g r a d e

s p r e a d s (tables 21 a n d 22), s i n c e the n u m b e r of g r a d e s b e t w e e n l e v e l s c o u l d b e

c o m p a r e d o n l y w h e n t h e t w o l e v e l s w e r e r e p r e s e n t e d in t h e s a m e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e .

In t h o s e s c h e d u l e s in w h i c h c o m p a r i s o n s c o u l d b e m a d e , t h e m e d i a n n u m ­

b e r of g r a d e s b e t w e e n r o u t i n e c l e r i c a l a n d e n t r y l e v e l p o s i t i o n s f o r i n e x p e r i e n c e d

c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s w a s s e v e n in c l e r i c a l s c h e d u l e s a n d five in c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s ­

s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s c h e d u l e s . F r o m t h e e n t r y l e v e l fo r c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s to

t h e w o r k i n g l e v e l f o r fully e x p e r i e n c e d p r o f e s s i o n a l s , t h e m e d i a n w a s f o u r g r a d e s

in b o t h t y p e s of s c h e d u l e s w i t h p r o f e s s i o n a l e m p l o y e e s . A n a d d i t i o n a l eight

g r a d e s in p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a n d s i x in c l e r i c a l — p r o f e s s i o n a l — a d m i n i s -

tra t i v e s c h e d u l e s w e r e r e c o g n i z e d to r e a c h t h e l e v e l f o r p r o g r a m m a n a g e r s . 4

S k i p - G r a d e P r a c t i c e s a n d E x t e n t o f U n o c c u p i e d G r a d e s . A m o n g t h e f a c ­

t o r s a c c o u n t i n g to r s o m e of th e v a r i a t i o n s in n u m b e r of g r a d e s r e p r e s e n t e d in t he

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s a n d the s i z e of i n t e r g r a d e d i f f e rentials a r e the e x t e n t to w h i c h

g r a d e s w e r e s k i p p e d b e t w e e n l e v e l s o f v a r i o u s o c c u p a t i o n s a n d t h e e x t e n t t o w h i c h

t h e r e w e r e u n o c c u p i e d g r a d e s in the s c h e d u l e . T h e p r a c t i c e of s k i p p i n g g r a d e s

b e t w e e n l e v e l s of v a r i o u s o c c u p a t i o n s r e p r e s e n t e d in a s c h e d u l e a p p l i e d in w e l l

o v e r h a l f of t h e s c h e d u l e s of e a c h t y p e (table 24). In a m a j o r i t y of t h o s e in w h i c h

g r a d e s w e r e s k i p p e d , t h e r e w a s n o e s t a b l i s h e d p a t t e r n to th e g r a d e s s k i p p e d b y

o c c u p a t i o n o r l e v e l of w o r k . O f t e n this w a s d u e to t h e g r a d e s b e i n g e s t a b l i s h e d

o n t h e b a s i s of a r a n g e of e v a l u a t i o n p o i n t s , a n d the g r a d e for e a c h o c c u p a t i o n

a n d l e v e l w a s d e t e r m i n e d b y t h e p o i n t r a t i n g o f t h e p o s i t i o n . A l l e x i s t e n t g r a d e s

w e r e o c c u p i e d in m o r e t h a n t h r e e - f o u r t h s of t h e s c h e d u l e s of e a c h t y p e s t u d i e d

(table 25). In t h o s e s c h e d u l e s w i t h u n o c c u p i e d g r a d e s , u s u a l l y o n l y o n e g r a d e

w a s u n o c c u p i e d , c o m m o n l y t h e l o w e s t o r h i g h e s t g r a d e in t h e s c h e d u l e . In s o m e

i n s t a n c e s , t h e l o w e s t g r a d e w a s e s t a b l i s h e d o n l y to a v o i d h a v i n g p o s i t i o n s r a n k e d

a t t h e " l o w e s t 11 l e v e l i n t h e s c h e d u l e . U n o c c u p i e d g r a d e s a l s o e x i s t e d i n s o m e

e s t a b l i s h m e n t s c h e d u l e s b e c a u s e t h e s c h e d u l e w a s d e s i g n e d for c o m p a n y w i d e u s e

a n d o n e o r m o r e g r a d e s w e r e n o t n e e d e d in e a c h e s t a b l i s h m e n t of th e c o m p a n y .

3 Although the title, "level for program managers" is used, this level was identified in each establishment by 

reference to definitions for engineers VIII, chemists VIII, or attorney VII as defined in appendix B of National Survey 

of Professional, Administrative, Technical, and Clerical Pay, F ebruary—March 1963 (BLS Bulletin 1387, 1963).

^ See footnote 3 for an explanation of this level.

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General Revisions in Salary Schedules

Most companies do not specify a definite period when the schedules are

to be reviewed to determine the need for revisions in rates, but in practice this

review generally is done annually. These reviews do not necessarily result in

annual revisions; however, in the last 4 or 5 years, the average interval between rate revisions was a year, or a year and a few months, for a majority

of the schedules of each type studied (table 26). Only a few schedules of each

type had not been revised within the previous 4 years.

Occasions for Revising Salary Schedules. Occasions for general adjustments in salary schedules most frequently given by officials were often related

to a policy of paying salaries that are competitive, with other establishments, by

adjusting schedules to reflect general changes in salary levels. This m a y involve reviewing available salary survey data, conducting or participating in salary surveys, or exchanging information with other employers on changes m a d e

or contemplated in salary schedules. A m o n g other occasions often leading to

schedule revision were changes in other schedules of the company and also, collective bargaining, which are interrelated. Collective bargaining m a y be a direct factor in the revision of schedules of employees covered by a collective

bargaining agreement, or an indirect factor when a bargained increase for e m ­

ployees covered by an agreement is the occasion for revising a salary schedule

covering other employees. M a n y officials pointed out that while a change in one

schedule m a y be the immediate occasion for adjusting another schedule, the same

economic forces that occasioned the change in the bargained rates m a y also apply

to salaries of employees not within the bargaining unit.

Size of Adjustments. The size of adjustments in salary schedules is determined, likewise, by considering a variety of factors. Increases shown by salary surveys was the most prevalent factor indicated, with increases in other

schedules of the company and increases in the Consumer Price Index ranking

next. Direct collective bargaining was indicated as a major factor in determining

size of adjustment only in the case of clerical salary schedules.

Maintaining Ingrade and Intergrade Relationships. Generally, a conscious

effort was m a d e to preserve established relationships within and between grades

when adjusting rates in the schedule (table 27). In most schedules, the attempt

to preserve the ingrade relationship took the form of provision for either a uniform percentage spread between m i n i m u m and m a x i m u m salaries for the grades

or a widening percentage spread within successive grades. Each of these two

patterns was represented in similar proportions in clerical and clerical—professional— administrative schedules, whereas in professional— administrative schedules, a uniform percentage spread within grades was somewhat m o r e prevalent

than a widening percentage spread. The relationships maintained between salary rates for successive grades was m o r e commonly a uniform percentage spread

between grades than a widening percentage spread in all three types of schedules.

S o m e flexibility in the patterns of ingrade and inter grade relationships was provided for in most instances when adjusting schedules.

Adjusting Salaries to Revised Schedules. W h e n the rates in salary schedules had been revised, the practice was to adjust automatically the salaries of

employees in m o r e than half the clerical and clerical—professional— administrative

schedules (table 28). For employees in professional— administrative schedules,

the most prevalent method of adjusting salaries to the revised schedule was

through merit (performance) reviews. This latter method also applied to a m a ­

jority of the clerical and clerical—professional— administrative schedules not covered by provisions for automatic adjustment of salaries. Adjusting salaries to

the revised schedule through general pay increases, which differed from automatic adjustments in that the amount or timing of the increase did not correspond

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to the revisions in the schedule, was the practice followed in establishments accounting for 11 of the clerical and 25 of the professional— administrative schedules. A number of officials indicated that general increases had been granted

to white-collar employees in earlier years when salaries were increasing more

rapidly, but that this method of adjusting salaries was not being avoided.

Hiring Rate Provisions

Normal hiring rates of pay were established for hiring new employees

in nearly nine-tenths of the clerical schedules, compared with three-fifths of the

professional— administrative and two-fifths of the clerical—professional— adminis -

trative schedules (table 29). W h e n established, the normal hiring rate usually

was the m i n i m u m of the applicable grade. Most establishments fixing a normal

hiring rate or rate range also provided for hiring at rates above the specified

normal rate. The most prevalent of these special provisions related to hiring

in shortage occupations, which usually provided for authorization of above normal

rates. Specific criteria, where established for determining above normal hiring

rates, varied among establishments and applied mo r e commonly to hiring experienced than to inexperienced workers. The most prevalent criteria for determining above normal hiring rates for experienced workers was an evaluation of

applicable work experience and education.

Provisions for Advancement Within Grades

Advancement of employees within grade ranges was described as based

solely upon merit (performance) reviews in 162 of the 165 professional— administrative schedules and 65 of the 76 clerical—profes sional— administrative (table 30).

A m o n g the 136 clerical schedules for which information was available, the basis

for within-grade advancement was merit (performance) reviews in 80 schedules,

merit (performance) reviews and existence of provision for an additional type of

increase (primarily length-of-service) in 38 schedules, and length-of-service

alone in 18 schedules. Increases based on length-of-service usually are given

automatically after specified periods of satisfactory service. In most instances,

increases based upon merit (performance) reviews were determined separately

where provision was m a d e for an additional type of increase, such as one based

upon length of service.

Merit (Performance) Reviews. Establishments accounting for most of

the salary schedules of each type studied had an established merit (performance)

review program, usually with provisions for periodic reviews (table 31). Although these programs typically provided for regular annual review, provisions

permitting mo r e frequent reviews applied to approximately half the clerical—professional— administrative schedules and to a m u c h higher proportion of the clerical and the professional— administrative schedules.

Recommendations for ingrade salary increases are not necessarily timed

with periodic performance reviews, nor does each favorable periodic review result in an ingrade salary increase. The proportion of employees receiving ingrade increases in a year, where periodic reviews were conducted, ranged from

less than 10 to mor e than 90 percent, with the median at 50 to 60 percent of

the employees.

Under a majority of the provisions for ingrade advancement, the salary

increases were based upon a percent of the employee’s current rate, and both

a m i n i m u m and a m a x i m u m permissible amount for the merit increase was established (table 32). The m i n i m u m and m a x i m u m increases permitted varied

among the schedules, with a median m i n i m u m of 4 percent in clerical schedules

and 5 percent in the other two types of schedules, and a median m a x i m u m of 10

percent in all three types of schedules. Some establishments that did not specify m i n i m u m and m a x i m u m increases permitted, provided guides as to suggested

amounts or ranges for various performance ratings.

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Length-of-Service Increases. As indicated earlier, length-of-service

increases primarily related to employees in clerical schedules. In a majority

of the 55 clerical schedules with such provision, this type of increase was not

granted beyond the midpoint of the grade range (table 33). Where length-ofservice increases were given, the most prevalent practice provided for them at

semiannual intervals. Length-of-service increases were m o r e commonly specified in cents per hour than as a percent of current rate, although m a n y of the

schedules providing for cents-per-hour increases gave larger increases at the

higher grades. Length-of-s ervice increases given in cents per hour were within

a 5- to 15-cent range; those given as a percent of current rate varied from 1 to

10 percent.

Limitations on Within-Grade Increases. General controls on within-grade

increases were exercised in m a n y establishments by providing a specific budget

for such increases, or by specifying the proportion of employees whose salaries

could be above a given point in the range of a grade. Such types of controls applied to well over half of the profes sional— administrative schedules, but to only

approximately two-fifths of the clerical schedules (table 34). The most prevalent type of control limiting ingrade increases was the specified budget. A typical example of this type of control m a y specify a budget of 3 percent of salaries

for a given department for within-grade increases, which m a y be paid to selected

employees in accordance with their performance as determined by the appropriate

officials.

Use of Step Rates. Relatively few of the schedules had established step

rates through which employees advanced within grade ranges. Such rates were

established in a fourth of the clerical schedules, in a fifth of the clerical—professional— administrative schedules, and in only 3 of the 165 professional— administrative schedules (table 35). In less than half of the clerical schedules with

established step rates were such rates specified for the full range of all grades

in the schedule.

Anticipated Time in Grade. Relatively few of the schedules, when establishing the ingrade range, contained reflection of an anticipated time period

for employees to advance from the m i n i m u m to the m a x i m u m salary within a

grade. A majority of those so doing related primarily to clerical positions. A n

anticipated time period was considered in approximately a fourth of the clerical

schedules, in less than a fifth of the clerical—profes sional— administrative schedules, and in only 8 of the 165 professional— administrative schedules (table 36).

In a majority of the clerical schedules in which a time ingrade was anticipated,

the period never exceeded 8 years and was less than 6 years in a majority of

these schedules.

Increases Beyond M a x i m u m of Grade Range. Provision was m a d e for

salary advancement beyoncTthe m a x i m u m of the grade range in establishments

accounting for a fifth of the professional— administrative schedules, and a slightly

lower proportion of the other salary schedules (table 37). A majority of such

provisions for above m a x i m u m increases were based on merit; the remaining

were based on longevity.

Point in Grade Range Representing Market Value. The advancement of

employees within the grade range m a y be influenced in some schedules by the

concept as to what the ingrade range was designed to represent. In at least

three-fifths of the schedules of each type, the midpoint within the grade range

was regarded as representative of the market value of a job when fully and c o m ­

petently performed (table 38). Advancement of employees above the midpoint of

these ranges would be expected to be slower than in the relatively few schedules

of each type in which the m a x i m u m of the grade range, rather than the midpoint

was taken as representative of the market value of the jobs.

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T a b l e 1 . N u m b e r o f C o m p a n i e s a n d E s t a b l i s h m e n t s R e p r e s e n t e d i n S u r v e y , 1 N u m b e r o f W h i t e - C o l l a r W o r k e r s ,

a n d T y p e o f S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s , b y I n d u s t r y D i v i s i o n

I n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

C o m p a n i e s r e p r e s e n t e d i n s u r v e y

^ E s t a b l i s h m e n t s s e l e c t e d f o r

s t u d y o f s a l a r y s t r u c t u r e s

N u m b e r

E m p l o y m e n t

N u m b e r

o f

e s t a b l i s h ­

m e n t s

P a y s c h e d u l e s m e e t i n g s u r v e y c r i t e r i a 2

T o t a l

W h i t e -

c o l l a r

w o r k e r s

W h i t e -

c o l l a r

w o r k e r s

c o v e r e d

T y p e o f s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s 3

C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s ­

s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s ­

t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s ­

s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s ­

t r a t i v e

O t h e r 4

A l l d i v i s i o n s ------------------------------- 9 9 2 , 9 5 3 . 1 0 0 1, 3 1 3 , 3 0 0 2 3 9 5 7 5 , 5 0 0 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6 6 1

M a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________ 7 1 2 , 0 7 9 , 3 0 0 9 3 1 , 1 0 0 1 8 9 4 2 8 , 6 0 0 1 1 9 1 3 5 5 7 5 7

N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------- 2 8 8 7 3 , 8 0 0 3 8 2 , 2 0 0 5 0 1 4 6 , 9 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 9 4

T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a ­

t i o n , e l e c t r i c , g a s , a n d

s a n i t a r y s e r v i c e s ----------------------- 1 2 3 4 8 , 8 0 0 1 4 0 , 5 0 0 2 1 3 7 , 9 0 0 4 13 7 3

W h o l e s a l e t r a d e _______________ - 1 4 , 0 0 0 2 , 1 0 0 2 1, 1 0 0 2 2 - -

R e t a i l t r a d e ---------------------------------------- 5 3 0 9 , 8 0 0 6 9 , 3 0 0 11 2 0 , 2 0 0 10 11 - -

F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d

r e a l e s t a t e -------------------------------------- 9 1 9 7 , 7 0 0 1 6 0 , 8 0 0 1 4 8 6 , 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 1

S e l e c t e d s e r v i c e s 5_______________ 1 1 3 , 5 0 0 9 , 5 0 0 2 1, 6 0 0 2 2 - -

1 T h e s t u d y r e l a t e d t o s e l e c t e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n i n d u s t r i e s l i s t e d e m p l o y i n g 1, 0 0 0 o r m o r e w o r k e r s i n S t a n d a r d M e t ­

r o p o l i t a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

2 F o r m a l s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w i t h e s t a b l i s h e d p a y g r a d e s f o r w h i t e - c o l l a r o c c u p a t i o n s , w i t h m i n i m u m a n d m a x i m u m s a l a r i e s

s p e c i f i e d f o r e a c h g r a d e .

3 S a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w e r e c l a s s i f i e d i n t o t h e s e p a r a t e t y p e s i n d i c a t e d o n t h e b a s i s o f m a j o r o c c u p a t i o n a l c o v e r a g e .

4 I n c l u d e s s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s o m i t t e d f r o m t h e 3 s p e c i f i e d t y p e s , s u c h a s s e p a r a t e s c h e d u l e s c o v e r i n g t e c h n i c i a n s , s u p e r ­

v i s o r y p o s i t i o n s , o r t o p m a n a g e m e n t p o s i t i o n s o n l y .

5 L i m i t e d t o e n g i n e e r i n g a n d a r c h i t e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s ; a n d c o m m e r i c a l l y o p e r a t e d r e s e a r c h , d e v e l o p m e n t , a n d t e s t i n g

l a b o r a t o r i e s .

T a b l e 2. D i s t r i b u t i o n o f C o m p a n i e s S t u d i e d b y G e o g r a p h i c

L o c a t i o n o f T h e i r E s t a b l i s h m e n t s

i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s

G e o g r a p h i c l o c a t i o n

N u m b e r

o f

c o m p a n i e s

A l l c o m p a n i e s s t u d i e d ___________________________________________

E s t a b l i s h m e n t s l o c a t e d i n —

2 o r m o r e g e o g r a p h i c d i v i s i o n s L ________________________________

A s i n g l e g e o g r a p h i c d i v i s i o n s _____________________________________

A s i n g l e S t a t e __________________________________________________________

A s i n g l e m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a ________________________________________

9 9

7 3

2

10

14

1 G e o g r a p h i c d i v i s i o n s a s d e f i n e d b y t h e U . S . B u r e a u o f t h e

C e n s u s , r e p r e s e n t i n g g r o u p s o f S t a t e s a s f o l l o w s : N e w E n g l a n d — C o n ­

n e c t i c u t , M a i n e , M a s s a c h u s e t t s , N e w H a m p s h i r e , R h o d e I s l a n d , a n d

V e r m o n t ; M i d d l e A t l a n t i c — N e w J e r s e y , N e w Y o r k , a n d P e n n s y l v a n i a ;

E a s t N o r t h C e n t r a l — I l l i n o i s , I n d i a n a , M i c h i g a n , O h i o , a n d W i s c o n s i n ;

W e s t N o r t h C e n t r a l — I o w a , K a n s a s , M i n n e s o t a , M i s s o u r i , N e b r a s k a ,

N o r t h D a k o t a , a n d S o u t h D a k o t a ; S o u t h A t l a n t i c — D e l a w a r e , D i s t r i c t o f

C o l u m b i a , F l o r i d a , G e o r g i a , M a r y l a n d , N o r t h C a r o l i n a , S o u t h C a r o ­

l i n a , V i r g i n i a , a n d W e s t V i r g i n i a ; E a s t S o u t h C e n t r a l — A l a b a m a , K e n ­

t u c k y , M i s s i s s i p p i , a n d T e n n e s s e e ; W e s t S o u t h C e n t r a l — A r k a n s a s ,

L o u i s i a n a , O k l a h o m a , a n d T e x a s ; M o u n t a i n — A r i z o n a , C o l o r a d o , I d a h o ,

M o n t a n a , N e v a d a , N e w M e x i c o , U t a h , a n d W y o m i n g ; a n d P a c i f i c —

A l a s k a , C a l i f o r n i a , H a w a i i , O r e g o n , a n d W a s h i n g t o n .

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Table 3. Distribution of Establishment Salary Schedules by Rationale for Occupational Coverage,

N u m b e r of Grades, Intergrade Differential Pattern, an d Ingrade R a n g e Provisions

I t e m C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s ­

s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s ­

t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s ­

s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s -

t r a t i v e

I t e m

O c c u p a t i o n a l c o v e r a g e

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s 1 -------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

I n t e r g r a d e d i f f e r e n t i a l p a t t e r n

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s 1------------------

P a t t e r n e d a f t e r e x e m p t o r n o n ­

e x e m p t c l a s s i f i c a t i o n u n d e r

F a i r L a b o r S t a n d a r d s A c t -------------- 1 1 6 1 2 8

D e t e r m i n e d b y d i f f e r e n c e s

b e t w e e n s k i l l o r r e ­

s p o n s i b i l i t y l e v e l s ------------------------------

S e p a r a t e n o n m a n a g e m e n t a n d

10 4 4 5

R e l a t e d t o e x i s t i n g i n d u s t r y

p r a c t i c e - _ _ _

S i m i l a r p e r s o n n e l o r a d m i n i s ­

t r a t i v e p r a c t i c e s a p p l y ---------------------

S e p a r a t e n a t i o n a l l a b o r m a r k e t

p o s i t i o n s ________________________:_________

2 9 4 0

3 3

5 0

P r o v i d e f o r a d e q u a t e p r o m o t i o n

i n c e n t i v e ________________________________

D e t e r m i n e d b y n u m b e r o f g r a d e s

a n d o c c u p a t i o n a l c o v e r a g e -------------

S e p a r a t e l o c a l l a b o r m a r k e t

p n s i H n n s . 3 1 1 4 1 2

N e g o t i a t e d b e t w e e n e m p l o y e r

a n d e m p l o y e e s _ _ _ ____

S e p a r a t e p o s i t i o n s c o v e r e d o r

n o t c o v e r e d b y l a b o r -

m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t -------------------------

O t h e r ________________________________________

1 2

1

1 2

6

1

3

R e s u l t e d f r o m f o r m a l i z a t i o n o f

e x i s t i n g s t r u c t u r e -------------------------------

R e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f c o n s u l t a n t ____

N o s p e c i f i e d r a t i o n a l e _______________

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e -------------------- 5 3 9 I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ------------------

N u m b e r o f g r a d e s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s 1 ____________ 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

I n g r a d e r a n g e p r o v i s i o n s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s 1 ------------------

D e t e r m i n e d b y j o b e v a l u a t i o n

s y f s t p m 7 9

3 2

7 1 17

R e w a r d p e r f o r m a n c e w i t h ­

o u t p r o m o t i o n . ..

D e t e r m i n e d b y n u m b e r o f

r e c o g n i z a b l e s k i l l o r r e ­

s p o n s i b i l i t y 5 5 4 1

P r o v i d e f o r m a n a g e m e n t

l a t i t u d e i n s e t t i n g

s a l a r i e s _

R e s u l t o f f o r m a l i z i n g o f

e v i s t i n g s t r u c t u r e 6 1 4 5

R e l a t e d t o e x i s t i n g i n d u s t r y

p r a c t i c e - __ ___ __ _______

R e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f c o n s u l t a n t -------- 8 5 2 R e l a t e d t o i n t e r g r a d e

N e g o t i a t e d b e t w e e n e m p l o y e r a n d

e m p l o y e e s -------------------------------------------------- 4 7 4

d i f f e r e n t i a l p a t t e r n _________________

N e g o t i a t e d b e t w e e n e m p l o y e r a n d

R e l a t e d t o e x i s t i n g i n d u s t r y

p r a c t i c e ------------------------------------------------------- 2 4 1

e m p l o y e e s ------------------------------------------------

R e s u l t o f f o r m a l i z i n g e x i s t i n g

D e t e r m i n e d b y d e s i r e d i n g r a d e

o r i n t e r g r a d e s p r e a d -------------------------- 3 1

.

s t r u c t u r e _______________________________

R e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f c o n s u l t a n t ------

N o s p e c i f i e d r a t i o n a l e -------------------------- 5 5 3 N o s p e c i f i e d r a t i o n a l e -------------------------

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e -------------------- 4 9 4 I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ------------------

C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s ­

s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s ­

t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s ­

s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s ­

t r a t i v e

1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

2 2 5 9 4 4

3 5 17 1

- 2 2 6

18 11 -

9 2 -

8 7 4

3 6 2

3 9 4 4 8

9 13 1 3

1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

5 6 8 3 4 0

10 2 1 3

1 3 9 4

3 11 4

11 3 -

1 6 1

2 5 _

5 0 2 1 2 1

9 16 8

U n d u p l i c a t e d t o t a l .

T a b l e 4 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s

b y E x t e n t t o W h i c h F o r m a l J o b E v a l u a t i o n P l a n s

A r e U s e d t o A s s i g n P o s i t i o n s t o G r a d e s

B a s i s f o r a s s i g n i n g

p o s i t i o n s t o g r a d e s

C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s ­

s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s ­

t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s ­

s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s ­

t r a t i v e

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ---------------------------------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

F o r m a l j o b e v a l u a t i o n p l a n u s e d --------------------- -------- 1 3 0 1 5 9 6 4

F o r m a l j o b e v a l u a t i o n p l a n n o t u s e d --------------------- 6 6 9

I n f o r m a l r a n k i n g ____________________________________ 4 6 9

I n d i v i d u a l q u a l i f i c a t i o n s ----------------------------------------- 2 - -

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e --------------------------------------------- 3 3

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T a b l e 5 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s o f M u l t i e s t a b l i s h m e n t C o m p a n i e s , b y A p p l i c a t i o n A m o n g L o c a t i o n s ,

D i f f e r e n c e s A m o n g L o c a t i o n s , a n d B a s i s o f D i f f e r e n c e s i n E s t a b l i s h e d S a l a r y R a n g e s

A p p l i c a t i o n o f s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s i n

m u l t i e s t a b l i s h m e n t c o m p a n i e s

C l e r i c a l P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s --------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

S i n g l e e s t a b l i s h m e n t c o m p a n i e s ---------------------------------------------------------- 8 10 3

M u l t i e s t a b l i s h m e n t c o m p a n i e s ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3 1 1 5 5 7 3

S a l a r y s c h e d u l e s a p p l y c o m p a n y w i d e __________________________ 2 9 1 2 9 31

S a l a r y s c h e d u l e s d i f f e r b y e s t a b l i s h m e n t l o c a t i o n ------------- 9 9 2 6 4 2

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e __________________________________________

P o i n t s o f d i f f e r e n c e s i n s a l a r y

s c h e d u l e s a m o n g l o c a t i o n s

3

N u m b e r o f s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w i t h d i f f e r e n c e s

a m o n g l o c a t i o n s 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 9 2 6 4 2

E s t a b l i s h e d m i n i m u m a n d m a x i m u m s a l a r i e s

f o r g r a d e s _________________________________________________________________ 9 3 2 3 4 1

N u m b e r o f g r a d e s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 1 2 0 16

I n t e r g r a d e d i f f e r e n t i a l s ________________________________________________ 4 3 18 2 4

I n g r a d e s a l a r y r a n g e s __________________________________ _____________ 37 18 2 5

R u l e s f o r a d v a n c e m e n t w i t h i n g r a d e s ---------------------------------------------- 18 2 2

J o b e v a l u a t i o n s y s t e m -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 3 7

O t h e r d i f f e r e n c e s _________________________________________________________ 1 - -

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e -------------------------------------------------------------------------

B a s i s o f d i f f e r e n c e s i n

e s t a b l i s h e d s a l a r y r a n g e s

1 1

N u m b e r o f s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w i t h d i f f e r e n c e s

a m o n g l o c a t i o n s ________________________________________________ 9 3 2 3 4 1

A r e a - o r i e n t e d a n d i n d u s t r y - o r i e n t e d r a t e s ______________________ 4 7 15 17

A r e a - o r i e n t e d r a t e s _____________________________________________________ 4 0 5 16

I n d u s t r y - o r i e n t e d r a t e s ________________________________________________ 2 2 1

O t h e r b a s i s o f d i f f e r e n c e s ------------------------------------------------------------------------

N e g o t i a t e d r a t e s , i n o n e o r m o r e l o c a t i o n s , a r e a ,

4 1 7

a n d i n d u s t r y - o r i e n t e d r a t e s ----------------------------------------------------------

D i f f e r e n c e s i n c o s t o f l i v i n g a m o n g c o m m u n i t i e s ,

3 1 -

a n d a r e a - o r i e n t e d r a t e s ------------------------------------------------------------------

P r o x i m i t y t o l a r g e c i t i e s , a n d

- -

2

a r e a - o r i e n t e d r a t e s ______________________________________________

S t a b i l i t y i n e m p l o y m e n t , a r e a , a n d

-

5

i n d u s t r y - o r i e n t e d r a t e s __________________________________________ 1 "

U n d u p l i c a t e d t o t a l .

T a b l e 6 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y Y e a r B a s i c

F r a m e w o r k o f P r e s e n t S a l a r y P l a n W a s A d o p t e d 1

Y e a r b a s i c f r a m e w o r k

o f p l a n w a s a d o p t e d

C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

O t h e r s a l a r y

s c h e d u l e s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ---------------------------------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6 6 1

Y e a r a d o p t e d

1 9 4 1 t h r o u g h 1 9 4 5 _______________________________________ 1 9 1 4 2 18

1 9 4 6 t h r o u g h 1 9 5 0 _______________________________________ 5 0 4 0 4 6 6

1 9 5 1 t h r o u g h 1 9 5 5 _______________________________________ 30 6 1 1 4 7

1 9 5 6 t h r o u g h I 9 6 0 _______________________________________ 2 8 3 7 10 18

1 9 6 1 t h r o u g h 1 9 6 3 -------------------------------------------------------------- 9 1 3 1 5

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ____________________________ 3 -

3 7

M e d i a n y e a r ______________________________________________ 1 9 5 0 1 9 5 4 1 9 4 8 1 9 5 4

1 R e l a t e s t o t h e y e a r t h e b a s i c f r a m e w o r k o f t h e p r e s e n t s a l a r y s t r u c t u r e w a s a d o p t e d ; o r t h e y e a r i n w h i c h b a s i c r e ­

v i s i o n s w e r e m a d e , r e s u l t i n g i n t h e p r e s e n t s a l a r y p l a n .

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Table 7. Distribution of Establishment Salary Schedules by T y p e s of C h a n g e s D e s i r e d 1

or Co ntemplated 2 in the Basic Salary Pl an

T y p e o f c h a n g e

C h a n g e s d e s i r e d C h a n g e s ' c o n t e m p l a t e d

C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l ”

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s --------------------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

N o c h a n g e s d e s i r e d o r c o n t e m p l a t e d ------ 1 1 4 1 1 7 6 0 1 1 4 1 3 1 5 7

C h a n g e s d e s i r e d o r c o n t e m p l a t e d ------------- 2 5 4 8 1 6 2 5 3 4 1 9

C o m b i n e s i m i l a r s c h e d u l e s o r c e n ­

t r a l i z e t h e i r a d m i n i s t r a t i o n -------------- 1 2 1 9 - 8 8 6

E l i m i n a t e a u t o m a t i c i n c r e a s e

p r o v i s i o n s ----------------------------------------------------- 2 1 9 4 - 7

A d d g r a d e s t o t o p o f s c h e d u l e --------------- - 8 1 - 4 -

E x t e n d c o v e r a g e o f s c h e d u l e 3 --------------- - - - 6 6 -

E l i m i n a t e e x c e s s g r a d e s f r o m

s c h e d u l e ---------------------------------------------------------- 1 - 5 - 1 -

D e c r e a s e i n t e r g r a d e p e r c e n t

s p r e a d 4 ------------------------------------------------------------ - 4 - - 4 -

D e c r e a s e i n g r a d e p e r c e n t s p r e a d ------ 3 4 - - 3 1

I n c r e a s e i n t e r g r a d e p e r c e n t

s p r e a d 5 - — — — — — --------- ------ ----------- -------- 1 4 - 1 2 1

E s t a b l i s h t o p m a n a g e m e n t o r

s e n i o r p r o f e s s i o n a l s c h e d u l e — — - 4 1 - 3 1

A d o p t n e w p a y p l a n - . - — . - --------- — — ------ - - - - 3 1

E s t a b l i s h m e r i t i n c r e a s e

p r o v i s i o n s ----------------------------------------------------- 2 1 - 2 - 2

E s t a b l i s h t e c h n i c i a n s c h e d u l e -------------- 2 - - 2 - -

I n c r e a s e i n g r a d e p e r c e n t s p r e a d -------- 1 1 - 1 - -

E s t a b l i s h f o r m a l j o b e v a l u a t i o n

s y s t e m -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 - - - -

O t h e r c h a n g e s d e s i r e d o r

c o n t e m p l a t e d ------------------------------------------------ “

1 ~1 “

1 C h a n g e s t h a t w o u l d i m p r o v e t h e p l a n i f t h e y c o u l d b e a d o p t e d .

2 C h a n g e s t h a t w i l l b e e f f e c t e d i n t h e n e x t 2 o r 3 y e a r s .

3 B r i n g i n o c c u p a t i o n s n o w e x c l u d e d b y a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r u l i n g .

4 T h i s a l t e r a t i o n w i l l a u t o m a t i c a l l y i n c r e a s e t h e n u m b e r o f g r a d e s i n t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e .

5 T h i s a l t e r a t i o n w i l l a u t o m a t i c a l l y d e c r e a s e t h e n u m b e r o f g r a d e s i n t h e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e .

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T a b l e 8 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y E x t e n t a n d N a t u r e

o f P r o v i s i o n s f o r C a s h B o n u s P a y m e n t s

I t e m C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s --------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

N o p r o v i s i o n s f o r c a s h b o n u s p a y m e n t s ----------------------------------------- 1 2 5 7 6 3 3

P r o v i s i o n s f o r c a s h b o n u s p a y m e n t s ------------------------------------------------ 11 8 9 4 3

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e -------------------------------------------------------------------------

S a l a r y r a n g e s a f f e c t e d b y

b o n u s p r o v i s i o n s

3

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s t o w h i c h

p r o v i s i o n s f o r c a s h b o n u s e s a p p l y ------------------------------------ 11 8 9 4 3

L o w e s t a n n u a l s a l a r y a f f e c t e d b y b o n u s e s :

$ 3, 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 4 , 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 1 11

$ 4 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 5 , 0 0 0 __________________________________________ - 3 -

$ 5 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 4 7 2

$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- - 8 2 8

$ 1 5 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- -

2 2 -

H i g h e s t a n n u a l s a l a r y a f f e c t e d b y b o n u s e s : 1

U n d e r $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 _________________________________________________________ 10 - -

$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 12 7

$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 _______________________________________ - 2 4 8

$ 3 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 _______________________________________ - 2 7 2 0

$ 4 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- - 5 2

$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 a n d o v e r ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -

1 3 4

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e -------------------------------------------------------------------------

P e r c e n t b o n u s e s a d d t o s a l a r i e s

-

8 2

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s t o w h i c h

p r o v i s i o n s f o r c a s h b o n u s e s a p p l y ------------------------------------ 11 8 9 4 3

M i n i m u m p e r c e n t a d d e d :

U n d e r 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 1 2 4

5 a n d u n d e r 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 5 3

1 0 a n d u n d e r 1 5 ________________________________________________________ 1 1 4 1

15 a n d u n d e r 2 0 ________________________________________________________ - 19 2

M a x i m u m p e r c e n t a d d e d :

U n d e r 1 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 3 4

1 0 a n d u n d e r 2 0 ______________ _______________________________________ 2 2 2 2

2 0 a n d u n d e r 3 0 ________________________________________________________ - 7 4

3 0 a n d u n d e r 4 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2 -

4 0 a n d u n d e r 5 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - -

5 0 a n d u n d e r 6 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 13 -

6 0 a n d o v e r -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-

3 -

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e -------------------------------------------------------------------------

E x t e n t a n d n a t u r e o f c o n s i d e r a t i o n g i v e n

t o e s t a b l i s h i n g s a l a r y r a n g e s

2 3 9 3 3

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s t o w h i c h

p r o v i s i o n s f o r c a s h b o n u s e s a p p l y ------------------------------------ 11 8 9 4 3

B o n u s e s a r e n o t c o n s i d e r e d i n e s t a b l i s h i n g

s a l a r y r a n g e s ____________________________________________________________

B o n u s e s a r e c o n s i d e r e d i n e s t a b l i s h i n g

10 7 1 3 6

s a l a r y r a n g e s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

S a l a r y r a n g e s a r e d e p r e s s e d b y a m o u n t b o n u s e s

1 18 7

a d d t o s a l a r i e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

S a l a r y r a n g e s a r e e s t a b l i s h e d f r o m s u r v e y d a t a

"

12 1

t a k i n g s a l a r i e s a n d b o n u s e s i n t o a c c o u n t __________________

S a l a r y r a n g e s a r e e s t a b l i s h e d f r o m s u r v e y d a t a

r e p r e s e n t i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v i n g b o n u s

1 6

p r o v i s i o n s , b u t e x c l u d i n g b o n u s e s ------------------------------------------- “

6

T h e h i g h e s t a n n u a l s a l a r i e s a f f e c t e d b y b o n u s e s r e l a t e t o t h e h i g h e s t s a l a r i e s w i t h i n t h e s c h e d u l e s i n a l l i n s t a n c e s ,

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T a b l e 9. D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y M i n i m u m A n n u a l R a t e s o f L o w e s t G r a d e s of

S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s C o v e r i n g C l e r i c a l O c c u p a t i o n s a n d M a x i m u m A n n u a l R a t e s of S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s

C o v e r i n g P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d A d m i n i s t r a t i v e O c c u p a t i o n s

M i n i m u m r a t e o f l o w e s t g r a d e M a x i m u m r a t e o f h i g h e s t g r a d e

A n n u a l s a l a r y

C l e r i c a l

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

$ 2 , 2 5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 2 , 5 0 0 ____________________________ 3 3

$ 2 , 5 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 2 , 7 5 0 --------------------------------------------- 1 3 7 - _

$ 2 , 7 5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 3 , 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------- 2 4 16 - -

$ 3, 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 3, 2 5 0 ____________________________ 19 9

_ _

$ 3, 2 5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 3, 5 0 0 ____________________________ 1 4 4 - _

$ 3 , 5 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 3, 7 5 0 _____________ ____________ 10 4 - _

$ 3, 7 5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 4 , 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------- 13 7 _ _

$ 4 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 4 , 2 5 0 ____________________________ 2 2 - - _

$ 4 , 2 5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 4 , 5 0 0 --------------------------------------------- 16 - - _

$ 4 , 5 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 4 , 7 5 0 ____________________________ 5 19 - _

$ 4 , 7 5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 5 , 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------- - - - _

$ 5 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ----------------------------------------- - 3 - 4

$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 _________________________ - - 19 11

$ 1 5 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 _______________________ - - 3 4 11

$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 _________________________ - - 18 8

$ 2 5 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 _________________________ - - 17 4

$ 3 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 _________________________ - - 2 8 2 7

$ 3 5 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ----------------------- ------------- - - 15 _

$ 4 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 4 5 , 0 0 0 __________________ ____ - - 1 2 2

$ 4 5 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 _________________________ - - 3 _

$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 5 5 , 0 0 0 ---------------------------------------- - - - -

$ 5 5 , 000 a n d o v e r ----------------------- ------------------------- ------ - - 15 5

N o t a v a i l a b l e _____________________________________________ - 4 4 4

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y

s c h e d u l e s --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3 9 7 6 1 6 5 7 6

A n n u a l r a t e s :

F i r s t q u a r t i l e --------------------------------------------------------------- $ 2 , 7 5 0 $ 2 , 7 5 0 $ 1 8 , 0 0 0 $ 1 6 , 0 0 0

M e d i a n _________________________________________________ 3 , 2 5 0 3 , 2 5 0 2 7 , 0 0 0 2 9 , 0 0 0

T h i r d q u a r t i l e ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4 , 0 0 0 4 , 5 0 0 3 5 , 0 0 0 3 0 , 0 0 0

T a b l e 1 0 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y N u m b e r o f

W h i t e - C o l l a r P a y G r a d e s i n E a c h S c h e d u l e

N u m b e r o f g r a d e s

C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

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6 a n d u n d e r 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 8 2 5 5 18 10

7 a n d u n d e r 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 4 17 2 4 12 3 0 5

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1 0 a n d u n d e r 11 ---------------------------------------- 8 8 2 4 9 2 5 2 2

11 a n d u n d e r 1 2 ---------------------------------------- - 8 4 1 2 2 1 1

1 2 a n d u n d e r 1 3 ---------------------------------------- - 3 3 21 2 0 2 0 - -

1 3 a n d u n d e r 1 4 ---------------------------------------- 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 2

1 4 a n d u n d e r 1 5 ---------------------------------------- 1 1 6 8 4 3 4 1

15 a n d u n d e r 1 6 ---------------------------------------- _ - 1 - 2 1 21 _

1 6 a n d o v e r -------------------------------------------------- 1 3 2 2 2 5 1 4

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s -------------------- 4 0 5 0 71 7 2 6 7 6 0 51 4 7

I n t e r g r a d e p e r c e n t s p r e a d :

F i r s t q u a r t i l e ------------------------------------ 6 7 3 8 9 8 9 9

M e d i a n --------------------------------------------------- 9 1 0 8 11 11 1 2 1 4 1 0

T h i r d q u a r t i l e ------------------------------------ 1 0 12 12 13 13 13 1 5 11

1 S a l a r y s c h e d u l e s p r i m a r i l y r e p r e s e n t i n g c l e r i c a l , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e o c c u p a t i o n s .

2 P e r c e n t b y w h i c h t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f a g r a d e w a s e x c e e d e d b y t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f t h e n e x t h i g h e r g r a d e .

I n a f e w c a s e s w h e r e t h e s e l e c t e d t h o u s a n d d o l l a r l e v e l f e l l i n t h e h i g h e s t g r a d e o f t h e s c h e d u l e , t h e p e r c e n t s p r e a d f r o m

t h e n e x t l o w e r g r a d e w a s u s e d .

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T a b l e 1 9 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t P r o f e s s i o n a l — A d m i n i s t r a t i v e a n d C l e r i c a l — P r o f e s s i o n a l — A d m i n i s t r a t i v e S a l a r y

S c h e d u l e s 1 b y I n t e r g r a d e P e r c e n t S p r e a d 2 f o r P a y G r a d e s W i t h M i n i m u m A n n u a l S a l a r i e s

N e a r e s t t o S e l e c t e d T h o u s a n d D o l l a r L e v e l s 3

2 1

I n t e r g r a d e p e r c e n t s p r e a d $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 $ 3 0 , 0 0 0

U n d e r 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 8 3 3

5 a n d u n d e r 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 7 - -

6 a n d u n d e r 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 5 2 3

7 a n d u n d e r 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 3 4 -

8 a n d u n d e r 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 1 4 9 -

9 a n d u n d e r 1 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 7 18 2 1

1 0 a n d u n d e r 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 4 21 1 4 9

11 a n d u n d e r 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 5

1 2 a n d u n d e r 1 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 2 0 2 2

1 3 a n d u n d e r 1 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 19 7 -

1 4 a n d u n d e r 1 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 5 19 4

1 5 a n d u n d e r 1 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 5 4 - 17

1 6 a n d u n d e r 1 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 6 - -

1 7 a n d u n d e r 1 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - -

1 8 a n d u n d e r 1 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1 2 -

1 9 a n d o v e r --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 4 4 1

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ----------------------- 1 7 4 1 4 2 7 3 4 5

I n t e r g r a d e p e r c e n t s p r e a d :

F i r s t q u a r t i l e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 9 9 11

M e d i a n ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 11 1 2 1 3

T h i r d q u a r t i l e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 5

1 S a l a r y s c h e d u l e s p r i m a r i l y r e p r e s e n t i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e , a n d c l e r i c a l , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

o c c u p a t i o n s .

2 P e r c e n t b y w h i c h t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f a g r a d e w a s e x c e e d e d b y t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f t h e n e x t h i g h e r g r a d e . I n a

f e w c a s e s w h e r e t h e s e l e c t e d t h o u s a n d d o l l a r l e v e l f e l l i n t h e h i g h e s t g r a d e o f t h e s c h e d u l e , t h e p e r c e n t s p r e a d f r o m t h e n e x t

l o w e r g r a d e w a s u s e d .

3 P l u s o r m i n u s $ 2 , 5 0 0 . 1

T a b l e 2 0 . M e d i a n I n g r a d e 1 a n d I n t e r g r a d e 2 P e r c e n t S p r e a d i n

E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s f o r S a l a r y G r a d e s

R e p r e s e n t i n g S e l e c t e d L e v e l s o f W o r k

S e l e c t e d l e v e l s o f w o r k

N u m b e r o f

e s t a b l i s h -

m e n t

s a l a r y

s c h e d u l e s

M e d i a n p e r c e n t s p r e a d

I n g r a d e I n t e r g r a d e

L e v e l f o r r o u t i n e c l e r i c a l w o r k __ 2 0 5 3 0 6

E n t r y l e v e l f o r i n e x p e r i e n c e d

c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e _ _ ____ _ 1 7 6 4 0 10

W o r k i n g l e v e l f o r f u l l y

e x p e r i e n c e d p r o f e s s i o n a l - ....... ...... 2 2 9 4 2 9

L e v e l f o r p r o g r a m m a n a g e r s 3 _____ 1 1 2 4 3 11

1 P e r c e n t b y w h i c h t h e m a x i m u m s a l a r y e x c e e d e d t h e m i n i m u m

s a l a r y o f a g r a d e .

2 P e r c e n t b y w h i c h t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f a g r a d e w a s e x c e e d e d

b y t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f t h e n e x t h i g h e r g r a d e . I n a f e w c a s e s w h e r e

t h e s e l e c t e d g r a d e l e v e l w a s t h e h i g h e s t g r a d e i n t h e s c h e d u l e , t h e

p e r c e n t s p r e a d f r o m t h e n e x t l o w e r g r a d e w a s u s e d .

3 L e v e l a s d e f i n e d f o r a t t o r n e y V I I , c h i e f a c c o u n t a n t V , d i r e c ­

t o r o f p e r s o n n e l V , c h e m i s t V I I I , o r e n g i n e e r V I I I i n N a t i o n a l S u r v e y

o f P r o f e s s i o n a l , A d m i n i s t r a t i v e , T e c h n i c a l , a n d C l e r i c a l P a y , F e b r u ­

a r y — M a r c h 1 9 6 3 ( B L S B u l l e t i n 1 3 8 7 , 1 9 6 3 ).

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Table 21. Distribution of Establishment Salary Schedules by Ingrade Pe rc en t S p r e a d 1 for

P a y G r a d e s Representative of Selected Levels of W o r k

E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w i t h g r a d e s

______ ___________ r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f — _________________

I n g r a d e p e r c e n t s p r e a d

L e v e l f o r r o u t i n e

c l e r i c a l w o r k

E n t r y l e v e l f o r

i n e x p e r i e n c e d

c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s

W o r k i n g l e v e l f o r

f u l l y e x p e r i e n c e d

p r o f e s s i o n a l s

L e v e l f o r

p r o g r a m

m a n a g e r s 1 2

5 a n d u n d e r 1 0 _____________________________________________________________ 1 4

1 0 a n d u n d e r 1 5 ___________________________________________________________ 1 1 - - -

15 a n d u n d e r 2 0 ___________________________________________________________ 15 - - _

2 0 a n d u n d e r 2 5 ___________________________________________________________ 31 1 2 1 6 -

2 5 a n d u n d e r 3 0 ___________________________________________________________ 4 2 6 4 1

3 0 a n d u n d e r 3 5 ___________________________________________________________ 4 4 2 7 2 9 17

3 5 a n d u n d e r 4 0 ___________________________________________________________ 3 3 4 3 4 3 9

4 0 a n d u n d e r 4 5 _______________ _________________________________________ 8 4 2 4 1 4 1

4 5 a n d u n d e r 5 0 ___________________________________________________________ 3 1 1 4 6 19

5 0 a n d u n d e r 5 5 ___________________________________________________________ - 9 1 4 1 1

5 5 a n d u n d e r 6 0 ___________________________________________________________ 1 20 2 1 1 1

6 0 a n d u n d e r 6 5 ___________________________________________________________ 1 2 7 -

6 5 a n d u n d e r 7 0 ____________________________________ _________________ 2 1 5 3

7 0 a n d o v e r _________________________________________________________________ _ 3 3 _

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ____________ 2 0 5 1 7 6 2 2 9 112

I n g r a d e p e r c e n t s p r e a d :

F i r s t q u a r t i l e __________________________________________________________ 2 3 3 5 36 4 1

M e d i a n ___________________________________________________________________ 3 0 4 0 4 2 4 3

T h i r d q u a r t i l e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 5 4 6 4 8 4 9

1 P e r c e n t b y w h i c h t h e m a x i m u m s a l a r y e x c e e d e d t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f a g r a d e .

2 L e v e l s a s d e f i n e d f o r a t t o r n e y V I I , c h i e f a c c o u n t a n t V , d i r e c t o r o f p e r s o n n e l V , c h e m i s t V I I I , a n d e n g i n e e r V I I I i n

N a t i o n a l S u r v e y o f P r o f e s s i o n a l , A d m i n i s t r a t i v e , T e c h n i c a l , a n d C l e r i c a l P a y , F e b r u a r y — M a r c h 1 9 6 3 ( B L S B u l l e t i n 1 3 8 7 , 1 9 6 3 ) .

T a b l e 2 2 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y I n t e r g r a d e P e r c e n t S p r e a d 1

f o r P a y G r a d e s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f S e l e c t e d L e v e l s o f W o r k

E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s w i t h g r a d e s

__________________ r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f — __________________

I n t e r g r a d e p e r c e n t s p r e a d L e v e l f o r r o u t i n e

c l e r i c a l w o r k

E n t r y l e v e l f o r

i n e x p e r i e n c e d

c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s

W o r k i n g l e v e l f o r

f u l l y e x p e r i e n c e d

p r o f e s s i o n a l s

L e v e l f o r

p r o g r a m

m a n a g e r s 2

U n d e r 2 ______________________________________________________________________ 17 2 2

2 a n d u n d e r 3 ______________________________________________________________ 2 7 2 1 _

3 a n d u n d e r 4 _______________________ ____________________________________ 31 1 9 2

4 a n d u n d e r 5 __________________ ___________________________________________ 1 4 17 7 _

5 a n d u n d e r 6 ______________________________________________________________ 2 5 11 10 2

6 a n d u n d e r 7 __________________ __________ ______ ____________________ 9 10 15 7

7 a n d u n d e r 8 _______________________________ ____________________________ 2 7 1 3 2 5 2

8 a n d u n d e r 9 ______________________________________________________________ 1 3 9 2 8 1 4

9 a n d u n d e r 1 0 ________________ _________________________________________ 7 2 8 4 2 1 8

1 0 a n d u n d e r 1 1 _______ __ _____________________________________ _____ 8 2 6 2 9 19

11 a n d u n d e r 1 2 ___________________________________________________________ 1 0 15 31 11

12 a n d u n d e r 1 3 ____________________________________ ____________________ 5 11 6 2 2

1 3 a n d u n d e r 1 4 ____________________________ __ -------------------------------------- 4 9 8 3

1 4 a n d u n d e r 1 5 ___________________________________________________________ 2 8 7 5

15 a n d o v e r _________________________________________________________________ 6 1 4 9 7

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ____________ 2 0 5 1 7 6 2 2 9 1 1 2

I n t e r g r a d e p e r c e n t s p r e a d :

F i r s t q u a r t i l e _____________ __________________________ _________________ 3 7 8 9

M e d i a n ____________________________ ______________ ____________________ 6 1 0 9 11

T h i r d q u a r t i l e _________________________________________________________ 8 12 11 12

1 P e r c e n t b y w h i c h t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f a g r a d e w a s e x c e e d e d b y t h e m i n i m u m s a l a r y o f t h e n e x t h i g h e r g r a d e . I n

a f e w c a s e s w h e r e t h e s e l e c t e d t h o u s a n d d o l l a r l e v e l f e l l i n t h e h i g h e s t g r a d e o f t h e s c h e d u l e , t h e p e r c e n t s p r e a d f r o m t h e

n e x t l o w e r g r a d e w a s u s e d .

2 L e v e l s a s d e f i n e d f o r a t t o r n e y V I I , c h i e f a c c o u n t a n t V , d i r e c t o r o f p e r s o n n e l V , c h e m i s t V I I I , a n d e n g i n e e r V I I I i n

N a t i o n a l S u r v e y o f P r o f e s s i o n a l , A d m i n i s t r a t i v e , T e c h n i c a l , a n d C l e r i c a l P a y , F e b r u a r y — M a r c h 1 9 6 3 ( B L S B u l l e t i n 1 3 8 7 , 1 9 6 3 ).

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Table 23. Distribution of Establishment Salary Schedules by N u m b e r of G r a d e s

B e t w e e n Selected W o r k Levels and Salary Schedule Types

N u m b e r o f g r a d e s b e t w e e n

R o u t i n e c le

a n d e n t r y

i n e x p e

c o l l e g e §

r i c a l l e v e l

l e v e l f o r

r i e n c e d

r a d u a t e s

E n t r y l e v e l ;

e n c e d c o l l e g e

w o r k i n g le v

e x p e r i e n c e d ]

f o r i n e x p e r i -

g r a d u a t e s a n d

r e l f o r f u l l y

p r o f e s s i o n a l s

W o r k i n g l e v e l f o r l u l l y

e x p e r i e n c e d p r o f e s s i o n a l s

a n d l e v e l f o r p r o g r a m

m a n a g e r s

C l e r i c a l

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

1 ______________________________________________________ - -

1

11 5

-

1

3 ______________________________________________________

- 2 11 5 - -

4 ____ ____________ 6 9 3 2 2 4 2 4

z, 6 1 2 2 3 6 6 5

6 ______________________________________________________ 8 1 1 10 1 3 16 22

7 1 9 2 1 2 - 5 2

8 _______________ ____________________________________ 2 4 1 - 1 9 1

9 ______________________________________________________ 2 1 6 1 2

_

i n ............ ........ _ 6 1 - 1 16 -

1 1 ____________________________________________________ 2

1 2 __________________________ __________________________ - - - - 1 -

1 3 ____________________________________________________ 1 1 _ - 10 -

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t

s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ______ ___________ 7 2 4 2 106 5 6 6 7 3 5

G r a d e s :

F i r s t q u a r t i l e __________________ ___________ 6 4 4 4 6 5

M e d i a n __________ ________ __________________ ___ 7 5 4 4 8 6

T h i r d q u a r t i l e _______________________________ 8 6 6 6 10 6

T a b l e 2 4 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y E x t e n t t o W h i c h G r a d e s

A r e S k i p p e d f o r C e r t a i n O c c u p a t i o n s , a n d t h e P a t t e r n o f S k i p p e d G r a d e s

I t e m

E x t e n t o f p r a c t i c e t o s k i p g r a d e s

f o r c e r t a i n o c c u p a t i o n s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s

N o g r a d e s s k i p p e d i n a n y o c c u p a t i o n i n s a l a r y

s c h e d u l e ______________________________________________________

G r a d e s a r e s k p p e d i n 1 o r m o r e o c c u p a t i o n s

i n s a l a r y s c h e d u l e ________________________________________

N o e s t a b l i s h e d p a t t e r n o f s k i p p e d g r a d e s

b e t w e e n l e v e l s _________________________________________

E s t a b l i s h e d p a t t e r n o f s k i p p e d

g r a d e s b e t w e e n l e v e l s _______________________________

1 g r a d e s k i p p e d b e t w e e n o c c u p a t i o n a l

2 g r a d e s s k i p p e d b e t w e e n o c c u p a t i o n a l

l e v e l s _________________________________________________

1 g r a d e s k i p p e d b e t w e e n l e v e l s o f 2 - l e v e l

o c c u p a t i o n s _________________________________________

1 g r a d e s k i p p e d t o s p e c i f i e d l e v e l s o f

o c c u p a t i o n s o n l y ___________________________________

I n f o r m a t i o n o n s k i p p a t t e r n n o t

a v a i l a b l e ______________________________________________

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e _________________________________

O c c u p a t i o n s a f f e c t e d b y e s t a b l i s h e d

s k i p - g r a d e p a t t e r n

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s

A l l o c c u p a t i o n s i n s a l a r y s c h e d u l e ___________________

1 o r m o r e b u t n o t a l l o c c u p a t i o n s i n s a l a r y

s c h e d u l e ______________________________________________________

O c c u p a t i o n s a f f e c t e d n o t s p e c i f i e d ____________________

C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

5 5 6 7 2 9

8 1 9 8 4 7

51 6 7 3 3

3 0 31 1 4

2 3 2 0 1 3

6 _ 1

- 6 -

_ 5 _

3

' '

3 0 31 1 4

2 3 -

2 5 2 0 1 4

3 8 -

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Table 25. Distribution of Establishment Salary Schedules by Extent and

R e a s o n s for Unoccu pi ed G r a d e s in Schedules

E x t e n t a n d r e a s o n s f o r

u n o c c u p i e d g r a d e s

C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l ”

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l ”

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

E x t e n t t o w h i c h g r a d e s i n s c h e d u l e a r e o c c u p i e d

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ------------------ 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

A l l g r a d e s i n s c h e d u l e a r e c u r r e n t l y o c c u p i e d ------------------------- 1 0 6 1 3 1 6 6

1 o r m o r e g r a d e s n o t c u r r e n t l y o c c u p i e d - ------------------ — - 3 0 3 4 10

1 g r a d e n o t o c c u p i e d --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6 2 8 7

2 g r a d e s n o t o c c u p i e d — - ------ — — - — — ------------- 9 3 2

3 o r m o r e g r a d e s n o t o c c u p i e d --------------------- ------ ------------- 5 3 1

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e - — ---------------- ----------- ------------------------- 3 - -

R e a s o n s f o r u n o c c u p i e d g r a d e s i n s c h e d u l e

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ------------------ 3 0 3 4 1 0

L o w e s t g r a d e n o t c u r r e n t l y n e e d e d - — - -------------------------- 7 2 3 3

H i g h e s t g r a d e n o t c u r r e n t l y n e e d e d — - ----------------- - 5 5 3

1 o r m o r e g r a d e s n o t n e e d e d i n e s t a b l i s h m e n t

o p e r a t i n g u n d e r c o m p a n y w i d e s a l a r y s c h e d u l e --------------------- 6 1 3

1 g r a d e t e m p o r a r i l y v a c a n t - — — ------ ---------- — - 5 1 -

1 o r m o r e g r a d e s n o t c u r r e n t l y n e e d e d ------ ------ — ---------- 7 4 1

T a b l e 2 6 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s , b y F r e q u e n c y o f G e n e r a l A d j u s t m e n t s , 1

O c c a s i o n s f o r G e n e r a l A d j u s t m e n t s , a n d F a c t o r s o r S t a n d a r d s D e t e r m i n i n g S i z e o f A d j u s t m e n t s

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

F r e q u e n c y o f g e n e r a l a d j u s t m e n t s 1

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ■

1 a n d u n d e r 2 y e a r s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2 a n d u n d e r 3 y e a r s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3 a n d u n d e r 4 y e a r s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4 y e a r s o r m o r e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ------------------------------------------------------------------------

O c c a s i o n s f o r g e n e r a l a d j u s t m e n t s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s 2 ----------------

C h a n g e s i n o t h e r s c h e d u l e s o f c o m p a n y ----------------------------------------

C o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

C h a n g e s i n e c o n o m i c o r b u s i n e s s c o n d i t i o n s ----------------------------

C h a n g e s i n C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x ---------------------------------------------------

O t h e r o c c a s i o n s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ------------------------------------------------------------------------

F a c t o r s o r s t a n d a r d s d e t e r m i n i n g s i z e o f a d j u s t m e n t s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s 2 ----------------

I n c r e a s e s i n o t h e r s c h e d u l e s o f c o m p a n y ------------------------------------

C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D i r e c t c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g -----------------------------------------------------------------

P r o d u c t i v i t y c h a n g e s ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E c o n o m i c c o n d i t i o n s ( g e n e r a l o r i n d u s t r y ) -------------------------------

C o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g t r e n d s -----------------------------------------------------------------

O t h e r f a c t o r s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

7 7 1 1 3 51

2 6 2 8 17

2 2 10 4

4 1 2 4

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1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

9 2 1 3 6 7 0

6 2 9 5 8

6 6 1 2 8

3 8 2 4

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3 4 2

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1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

9 8 1 4 4 7 2

5 6 1 0 5 1 9

4 7 3 0 39

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2 1 3 5

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R e l a t e s t o a v e r a g e i n t e r v a l b e t w e e n t h e l a s t s e v e r a l g e n e r a l a d j u s t m e n t s .

U n d u p l i c a t e d t o t a l .

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T a b l e 2 7 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y E x t e n t t o W h i c h C o n s c i o u s E f f o r t s A r e M a d e

t o P r e s e r v e E s t a b l i s h e d R e l a t i o n s h i p s W i t h i n a n d B e t w e e n G r a d e s W h e n S c h e d u l e s A r e A d j u s t e d

P r a c t i c e s w h e n r e v i s i n g s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l —

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

R e l a t i o n s h i p s b e t w e e n m i n i m u m s a n d

m a x i m u m s w i t h i n g r a d e s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ----------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

N o c o n s c i o u s e f f o r t m a d e t o p r e s e r v e e s t a b l i s h e d

3 0 2 7 6

C o n s c i o u s e f f o r t m a d e t o p r e s e r v e e s t a b l i s h e d

r e l a t i o n s h i p s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 0 8 1 3 7 7 0

N a t u r e o f r e l a t i o n s h i p s m a i n t a i n e d :

U n i f o r m p e r c e n t a g e s p r e a d f o r g r a d e s ------------------------------- 4 9 7 6 3 0

W i d e n i n g p e r c e n t a g e s p r e a d f o r s u c c e s s i v e g r a d e s — 5 6 5 0 36

V a r i a b l e p e r c e n t a g e s p r e a d a m o n g g r a d e s ----------------------- 3 6 3

N a r r o w i n g p e r c e n t a g e s p r e a d f o r s u c c e s s i v e

g r a d e s ______________________________________________________________ _ 5 1

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 -

R e l a t i o n s h i p s b e t w e e n s a l a r y r a t e s

f o r s u c c e s s i v e g r a d e s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ----------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

N o c o n s c i o u s e f f o r t m a d e to p r e s e r v e e s t a b l i s h e d

r e l a t i o n s h i p s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 9 4 2 8

C o n s c i o u s e f f o r t m a d e t o p r e s e r v e e s t a b l i s h e d

r e l a t i o n s h i p s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 0 0 1 2 3 6 8

N a t u r e o f r e l a t i o n s h i p s m a i n t a i n e d :

U n i f o r m p e r c e n t a g e s p r e a d b e t w e e n g r a d e s --------------------- 8 0 7 3 4 4

W i d e n i n g p e r c e n t a g e s p r e a d b e t w e e n s u c c e s s i v e

g r a d e s ______________________________________________________________ 16 4 1 19

V a r i a b l e p e r c e n t a g e s p r e a d b e t w e e n g r a d e s ------------------- 3 6 3

N a r r o w i n g p e r c e n t a g e s p r e a d f o r s u c c e s s i v e

g r a d e s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3 2

T a b l e 2 8 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y M e t h o d o f A d j u s t i n g

S a l a r i e s o f E m p l o y e e s W h e n S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s A r e R e v i s e d

M e t h o d o f a d j u s t i n g s a l a r i e s C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l —

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

S a l a r i e s a d j u s t e d a u t o m a t i c a l l y ------------------------------------------------------------ 7 6 3 3 4 1

S a l a r i e s n o t a d j u s t e d a u t o m a t i c a l l y ________________________________ 5 8 1 3 0 3 4

A d j u s t e d t h r o u g h m e r i t ( p e r f o r m a n c e ) r e v i e w s 1__________ 4 1 1 0 2 2 9

A d j u s t e d t h r o u g h g e n e r a l p a y i n c r e a s e s 1 2 ____________________ 11 2 5 -

A d j u s t e d t h r o u g h o t h e r m e t h o d s ________________________________ 6 3 5

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ______________________________________________ 5 2 1

1 I n a d d i t i o n , i n c l u d e s s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h s p e c i a l p r o v i s i o n s f o r a d j u s t i n g s a l a r i e s ' o f t h o s e e m p l o y e e s

w h o s e s a l a r i e s f a l l b e l o w t h e r e v i s e d m i n i m u m o f t h e i r g r a d e .

2 I n c r e a s e s n o t c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o a d j u s t m e n t s i n t h e r a t e r a n g e s a s t o a m o u n t o r e f f e c t i v e d a t e .

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T a b l e 2 9 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y P r o v i s i o n s f o r

N o r m a l H i r i n g R a t e s a n d f o r A b o v e N o r m a l H i r i n g R a t e s

P r o v i s i o n s f o r h i r i n g r a t e s C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

P r o v i s i o n s f o r n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s _______________________________________________________ 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

N o n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s w i t h i n g r a d e r a n g e e s t a b l i s h e d ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 6 5 4 3

N o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s w i t h i n g r a d e r a n g e e s t a b l i s h e d ___________________________________________________ 1 1 9 1 0 0 3 3

M i n i m u m o f g r a d e r a n g e ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1 1 2 7 9 2 2

L o w e r t e n t h o f g r a d e r a n g e _________________________________________________________________________________ - 1 -

L o w e r f o u r t h o f g r a d e r a n g e . _____________________________________________________________________________ - - 1

L o w e r t h i r d o f g r a d e r a n g e ______________________________________________________________________________ _ 2 2 1

L o w e r h a l f o f g r a d e r a n g e ------------------------------:______________________________________________________________ 5 18 1

C l e r i c a l — m i n i m u m o f r a n g e ; h i g h e r l e v e l s — l o w e r t e n t h o f r a n g e ------------------------------------ _ - - 1

C l e r i c a l — m i n i m u m o f r a n g e ; h i g h e r l e v e l s — l o w e r t h i r d o f r a n g e __________________________ - - 6

C l e r i c a l — l o w e r s e v e n t h o f r a n g e ; h i g h e r l e v e l s — m i n i m u m o f r a n g e _______________________ - - 1

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e _____________________________________________________________________________________ _ 3 - -

P r o v i s i o n s f o r a b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s t o w h i c h h i r i n g r a t e p r o v i s i o n s a p p l y . . 1 1 9 1 0 0 3 3

S h o r t a g e o c c u p a t i o n s :

N o p r o v i s i o n s f o r a b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s _________________________________________________________ 5 3 1

P r o v i s i o n s f o r a b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s _____________________________________________________________ 1 1 4 9 7 3 2

A b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s a u t h o r i z e d ______________________________________________________________ 1 0 2 9 3 31

R e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n t o h i g h e r g r a d e a u t h o r i z e d _____________________________________________________ 1 1 -

A b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s o r r e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n t o h i g h e r g r a d e a u t h o r i z e d ___________ 2 2 -

A b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s o r s p e c i a l s a l a r y r a n g e s a u t h o r i z e d ----------------------------------------- 1 1 -

A b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s a n d , f o r e n g i n e e r s , r a t e s a b o v e m a x i m u m o f g r a d e

r a n g e a u t h o r i z e d ______ _________________________________________________________________________________ - - 1

I n e x p e r i e n c e d — a b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s a u t h o r i z e d ; e x p e r i e n c e d — n o n o r m a l

h i r i n g r a t e s e s t a b l i s h e d _______________________________________________________________________________ 8 - -

I n e x p e r i e n c e d w o r k e r s :

N o p r o v i s i o n s f o r a b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 7 6 8 14

P r o v i s i o n s f o r a b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s _____________________________________________________________ 2 2 3 2 1 9

N o s p e c i f i c c r i t e r i a e s t a b l i s h e d f o r d e t e r m i n i n g r a t e s _______________________________________ 11 10 13

S p e c i f i c c r i t e r i a e s t a b l i s h e d f o r d e t e r m i n i n g r a t e s f o r o n e o r m o r e

o c c u p a t i o n s i n p a y s c h e d u l e 1 _________________________________________________________________________ 11 2 2 6

M i l i t a r y s e r v i c e c o m p l e t e d ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 15 2

S c h o l a s t i c s t a n d i n g _ _________________________________________________________________________________ - 1 3 2

S p e c i a l t e s t s ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 6 2

E d u c a t i o n __ _ _______________ ___ _____ __ ________ ________ 8 6

L e v e l o f c o l l e g e d e g r e e ______________________________________________________________________________ 2 6 -

M a j o r f i e l d o f s t u d y . _________________________________________________________________________________ - 5 1

C o m p e t i t i o n i n j o b m a r k e t ___________________________________________________________________________ - 4 2

C o l l e g e a t t e n d e d _____________________________________________________________________________________ - 2 2

E x t r a - c u r r i c u l a r a c t i v i t i e s ________________________________________________________________________ 1 - 2 -

P e r s o n a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s ____________________________________________________________________________ 2 - -

E x p e r i e n c e d w o r k e r s :

N o p r o v i s i o n s f o r a b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s _____________________________________________________ _ 2 0 9 3

P r o v i s i o n s f o r a b o v e n o r m a l h i r i n g r a t e s _____________________________________________________________ 9 9 9 1 3 0

N o s p e c i f i c c r i t e r i a e s t a b l i s h e d f o r d e t e r m i n i n g r a t e s _______________________________________ 2 2 2 1 7

S p e c i f i c c r i t e r i a e s t a b l i s h e d f o r d e t e r m i n i n g r a t e s 1 __________________________________________ 7 7 7 0 2 3

A p p l i c a b l e w o r k e x p e r i e n c e e v a l u a t e d __________________________________________________________ 7 4 6 5 17

E d u c a t i o n ...................... 3 2 3 2 3

P r e v i o u s s a l a r y h i s t o r y ______________________________________________________________________________ 15 15

M i l i t a r y s e r v i c e c o m p l e t e d ________________________________________________________________________ 8 8 -

S p e c i a l t e s t s __________________________________________________________________________________________ _ 2 2 7

C o m p e t i t i o n i n j o b m a r k e t __________________________________________________________________________ 5 7 1

1 U n d u p l i c a t e d t o t a l .

T a b l e 3 0 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y B a s i s o f

A d v a n c e m e n t o f E m p l o y e e s W i t h i n G r a d e S a l a r y R a n g e s

B a s i s o f i n g r a d e a d v a n c e m e n t C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

M e r i t ( p e r f o r m a n c e ) r e v i e w s . . _____________________________ ______________ __ _____ _______ _ _ _ 8 0 1 6 2 6 5

L e n g t h o f s e r v i c e ___ ________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 1 8

_ 5

M e r i t ( p e r f o r m a n c e ) r e v i e w s a n d l e n g t h o f s e r v i c e ___________________________________________________ 3 5 1 2

M e r i t ( p e r f o r m a n c e ) r e v i e w s a n d g e n e r a l s a l a r y i n c r e a s e s -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 -

M e r i t ( p e r f o r m a n c e ) r e v i e w s f o r a l l g r a d e s a n d l e n g t h o f s e r v i c e f o r s p e c i f i e d g r a d e s __ 2 - 4

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 " “

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Meri t (Performance) R e v i e w P r o g r a m s , and Pe rc en t of E m p l o y e e s

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I t e m C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

E x t e n t o f m e r i t ( p e r f o r m a n c e )

r e v i e w p r o g r a m s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s _____________ 1 3 9 1 6 5 7 6

N o e s t a b l i s h e d m e r i t r e v i e w p r o g r a m --------------------------------------------- 18 . 5

E s t a b l i s h e d m e r i t r e v i e w p r o g r a m --------------------------------------------------- 1 1 8 1 6 5 7 1

P r o v i s i o n s f o r p e r i o d i c m e r i t r e v i e w s _______________________ 1 0 5 1 4 6 6 1

M o r e f r e q u e n t r e v i e w s a r e p e r m i t t e d --------------------------------- 8 2 1 1 6 30

M o r e f r e q u e n t r e v i e w s a r e n o t p e r m i t t e d ------------------------ 2 3 3 0 31

P r o v i s i o n s f o r n o n p e r i o d i c m e r i t r e v i e w s __________________ 13 19 10

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 - -

F r e q u e n c y o f p e r i o d i c m e r i t

( p e r f o r m a n c e ) r e v i e w s

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s --------------------- 1 0 5 1 4 6 6 1

A n n u a l ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 3 1 2 7 4 7

S e m i a n n u a l --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 7 13 5

4 - m o n t h i n t e r v a l s _____________________________________________ _________ 2 2 1

P e r i o d v a r i e s b y g r a d e l e v e l ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 8

O t h e r __________________________________________________________________________ 2 3 -

P e r c e n t o f e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v i n g m e r i t

( p e r f o r m a n c e ) i n c r e a s e s i n a y e a r

P e r i o d i c r e v i e w p r o g r a m s — n u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h ­

m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 0 5 1 4 6 6 1

U n d e r 10 p e r c e n t -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ 2 1

10 a n d u n d e r 2 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 2 11 1

2 0 a n d u n d e r 3 0 p e r c e n t ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 6 3 3

3 0 a n d u n d e r 4 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 4 6 4

4 0 a n d u n d e r 5 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 12 3 0 1

5 0 a n d u n d e r 6 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 2 2 7 1

6 0 a n d u n d e r 7 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 7 2 5 5

7 0 a n d u n d e r 8 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 16 13 3

8 0 a n d u n d e r 9 0 p e r c e n t ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 1 3 7

9 0 p e r c e n t a n d o v e r ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 11 4

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 5 31

M e d i a n p e r c e n t ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 0 5 0 6 0

N o n p e r i o d i c r e v i e w p r o g r a m s — n u m b e r o f

e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s ------------------------------------------- 13 19 10

10 a n d u n d e r 2 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 6 4

2 0 a n d u n d e r 3 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 2 - -

3 0 a n d u n d e r 4 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 1 1 -

4 0 a n d u n d e r 5 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ - 1 1

5 0 a n d u n d e r 6 0 p e r c e n t ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4 -

6 0 a n d u n d e r 7 0 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ _ _ 7

7 0 a n d u n d e r 8 0 p e r c e n t -------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- - 5 -

8 0 a n d u n d e r 9 0 p e r c e n t ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 3 -

I n f o r m a t i o n n o t a v a i l a b l e ______________________________________________ 4 1 2

M e d i a n p e r c e n t ____________________________________________________________ 16 5 5 6 0

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T a b l e 3 2 . D i s t r i b u t i o n o f E s t a b l i s h m e n t S a l a r y S c h e d u l e s b y E x t e n t a n d N a t u r e o f E s t a b l i s h e d

M i n i m u m a n d M a x i m u m I n c r e a s e s P e r m i t t e d U n d e r M e r i t ( P e r f o r m a n c e ) R e v i e w

P r o g r a m s , a n d b y P e r c e n t o f C u r r e n t R a t e P e r m i s s i b l e

I t e m C l e r i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l -

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

C l e r i c a l -

p r o f e s s i o n a l —

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

E x t e n t a n d n a t u r e o f m i n i m u m a n d m a x i m u m

m e r i t ( p e r f o r m a n c e ) i n c r e a s e s p e r m i t t e d

N u m b e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a l a r y s c h e d u l e s --------------------- 1 1 8 1 6 5 7 1

N o m i n i m u m m e r i t i n c r e a s e e s t a b l i s h e d ---------------------------------------- 2 5 4 0 5

M i n i m u m m e r i t i n c r e a s e e s t a b l i s h e d ---------------------------------------------- 9 2 1 2 5 6 6

B a s i s o f m i n i m u m i n c r e a s e p e r m i t t e d :

P e r c e n t o f c u r r e n t r a t e --------------------------------------------------------------- 8 1 1 1 2 6 4

P e r c e n t o f g r a d e m i n i m u m ____________________________________ 11 9 2

P e r c e n t o f g r a d e m i d p o i n t ------------------------------------------------------- - 2 -

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