Pay grade

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.

Important employers to use pay grades include:

Class \ Step 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1 95,390 98,252 101,199 104,235 107,362 110,583 113,901 117,318 120,837 124,010 124,010 124,010 124,010 124,010
2 77,294 79,613 82,001 84,461 86,995 89,605 92,293 95,062 97,914 100,851 103,877 106,993 110,203 113,509
3 62,631 64,510 66,445 68,439 70,492 72,606 74,785 77,028 79,339 81,719 84,171 86,696 89,297 91,976
4 50,749 52,271 53,840 55,455 57,118 58,832 60,597 62,415 64,287 66,216 68,202 70,248 72,356 74,527
5 41,122 42,356 43,626 44,935 46,283 47,672 49,102 50,575 52,092 53,655 55,265 56,922 58,630 60,389
6 36,762 37,865 39,001 40,171 41,376 42,617 43,896 45,213 46,569 47,966 49,405 50,887 52,414 53,986
7 32,864 33,850 34,865 35,911 36,989 38,098 39,241 40,419 41,631 42,880 44,166 45,491 46,856 48,262
8 29,379 30,260 31,168 32,103 33,066 34,058 35,080 36,132 37,216 38,333 39,483 40,667 41,887 43,144
9 26,264 27,052 27,863 28,699 29,560 30,447 31,361 32,301 33,270 34,269 35,297 36,356 37,446 38,570

Source: http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/pay/

Source: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances/salary.htm

Level I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV
USG Gross 204,391
Net D 145,854
Net S 131,261
ASG Gross 185,809
Net D 133,776
Net S 121,140
D-2 Gross 152,231 155,592 158,954 162,315 165,675 169,035
Net D 111,950 114,135 116,320 118,505 120,689 122,873
Net S 102,847 104,691 106,528 108,359 110,186 112,002
D-1 Gross 139,074 141,896 144,710 147,532 150,371 153,320 156,272 159,222 162,171
Net D 103,070 104,989 106,903 108,822 110,741 112,658 114,577 116,494 118,411
Net S 95,270 96,936 98,600 100,258 101,915 103,567 105,212 106,857 108,497
P-5 Gross 115,134 117,532 119,934 122,331 124,732 127,129 129,531 131,929 134,329 136,729 139,129 141,528 143,929
Net D 86,791 88,422 90,055 91,685 93,318 94,948 96,581 98,212 99,844 101,476 103,108 104,739 106,372
Net S 80,629 82,079 83,524 84,969 86,412 87,849 89,286 90,720 92,152 93,581 95,008 96,431 97,853
P-4 Gross 94,268 96,456 98,642 100,876 103,194 105,507 107,825 110,140 112,456 114,768 117,087 119,399 121,715 124,032 126,349
Net D 72,373 73,948 75,522 77,096 78,672 80,245 81,821 83,395 84,970 86,542 88,119 89,691 91,266 92,842 94,417
Net S 67,395 68,829 70,263 71,691 73,120 74,548 75,975 77,399 78,822 80,244 81,664 83,083 84,502 85,918 87,334
P-3 Gross 77,101 79,125 81,150 83,172 85,199 87,222 89,244 91,272 93,296 95,319 97,346 99,367 101,476 103,618 105,759
Net D 60,013 61,470 62,928 64,384 65,843 67,300 68,756 70,216 71,673 73,130 74,589 76,044 77,504 78,960 80,416
Net S 56,018 57,358 58,701 60,040 61,382 62,721 64,060 65,403 66,741 68,082 69,418 70,755 72,089 73,426 74,762
P-2 Gross 62,856 64,668 66,476 68,289 70,100 71,908 73,721 75,528 77,340 79,153 80,961 82,774
Net D 49,756 51,061 52,363 53,668 54,972 56,274 57,579 58,880 60,185 61,490 62,792 64,097
Net S 46,669 47,853 49,032 50,214 51,394 52,576 53,778 54,975 56,178 57,377 58,574 59,776
P-1 Gross 48,627 50,199 51,933 53,678 55,414 57,154 58,896 60,638 62,374 64,114
Net D 39,388 40,643 41,892 43,148 44,398 45,651 46,905 48,159 49,409 50,662
Net S 37,154 38,309 39,465 40,618 41,773 42,926 44,081 45,222 46,356 47,491