Wiktionary
n. 1 A level indicating a base salary (in the US applying to military and government employees). 2 (context figuratively English) Level of authority or responsibility (since pay rate, authority and responsibility generally increase similarly).
Wikipedia
A pay grade is a unit in systems of monetary compensation for employment. It is commonly used in public service, both civil and military, but also for companies of the private sector. Pay grades facilitate the employment process by providing a fixed framework of salary ranges, as opposed to a free negotiation. Typically, pay grades encompass two dimensions: a "vertical" range where each level corresponds to the responsibility of, and requirements needed for a certain position; and a "horizontal" range within this scale to allow for monetary incentives rewarding the employee's quality of performance or length of service. Thus, an employee progresses within the horizontal and vertical ranges upon achieving positive appraisal on a regular basis. In most cases, evaluation is done annually and encompasses more than one method.
Important employers to use pay grades include:
- U.S. uniformed services pay grades
- U.S. Government pay grades
- United States Foreign Service
- United Nations
Usage examples of "pay grade".
Code Eight made reference to the fact that a major general was in pay grade 0-8.
Robby Jackson had been a Navy fighter pilot, and he hadn't forgotten the warrior ethos, despite his new job and pay grade.
Others have been caught, they got transferred, they were given therapy, kept their pay grade.
Bubba was breathless when he reached Bay 8, where he was a maker operator, or more formally, a tech 3, the highest pay grade.
Montego, well above what a friend of mine would refer to as our pay grade, there's a gentleman who probably should have mentioned that some of his associates were going to be sliding through your turf.
After that month, she shall be returned to her present position and pay grade.
A confirmed kill was an automatic point toward promotion, in pay grade if not in rank, whereas you couldn't count on the PPR&mdash.