Compensation Components
Market Pricing Approach
FRAM Limits
Miscellaneous
100

The type of increase to an employee's base pay either within their current job's salary range or into a new job's salary range as a result of job progression to the next level. 

What is a career movement increase or a promotion increase?

100

The first step in the market pricing process.

What is developing a job description?

100

The acronym F.R.A.M stands for this.

What is Federal Reserve Administration Manual?
100
The frequency in which job descriptions are reviewed and updated.

What is 3 years?

200

A payment that is taxed at a higher rate and do not increase an employee's base pay but is included in the calculation of 'salary' as defined in the in the FRS retirement plan.

What is a lump sum merit payment?

200

The recommended number of different survey sources or matches to use in the market pricing process. 

What is 3?

200

The maximum $ amount that an employee can receive in referral awards. 

$5000

200

The measurement of pay that compares an employee's salary to the median target salary.

What is compa ratio?

300

The standard percentage in which the BOG uses to calculate against salary liability to inform each district of their PROMO budget each year. 

What is 1%?

300

The process in which the Comp team analyzes updated market data each fall to determine salary ranges for the new year.

What is the market movement/ salary structure review process? 

300

The maximum variable pay % that an employee can receive in a given year.

What is 20%?

300

The cutoff date in which a new employee is made ineligible for merit and year-end variable pay.

What is October 1st? 

400

The standard percentage in which the BOG uses to calculate against salary liability to inform each district of their MERIT budget each year.

What is 3%?

400

The process in which the Comp team submits internal salary data to vendors for data compilation and aggregation. 

What is salary/ compensation survey participation?

400

The maximum variable pay % that an officer or SP can receive in a given calendar year.

What is 40%?

400

The three buckets of compensation that the comp team is generally responsible for allocating to divisions.

What is merit, promo, and variable pay?

500

Employees in these two positions (job profiles) are ineligible to receive variable pay.

What are President and Interns?

500

The software/ platform in which we use to manage our survey library and our market pricing work. 

What is MarketPay?

500

The total cash compensation (combo of base salary, lump sum merit, retention, signing bonuses, and vp) for any one individual is restricted to this amount. 

What is the (board-approved) salary range maximum of the president. 

500

The job architecture framework that is underway and will allow employees the ability to see and understand career paths and mobility opportunities across the system. 

What is FedFoundations? 

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