The Mechanics of Job Pricing
Construct Market and Organization Pay Lines
Determine Job Classes
Develop Pay Grades or Pay Ranges
Established Increase Guidelines
100

First step involved in setting monetary rates for jobs. 

What is established pay policy guide lines?

100

Construct trend lines that show the progression through the series of pay rates for key jobs in the labor market. 

What is second step in job pricing?

100

The determination of job classes is considered to be part of this. 

What is the pricing process? 

100

The difference between minimum and maximum rates of pay for a given job class. 

What is a salary rate range or class range?

100

Development of a system where by periodic increases in salary can be awarded to employees. 

What is the final step in pricing job structure?

200

When the initial decision is made to implement a compensation program. 

What is pay policy guidelines?

200

Illustrate graphically how an organization current comp plan compares with the market. 

What is the purpose of this analysis?

200

This is all jobs within that class are covered by the same range of pay. 

What is one of the key features of a job class? 

200

Permit organizations to recognize individual differences in performing a job and reward employees on the bases of these differences. 

What is salary ranges?

200
Two basic methods are generally used to provide for advancement through the salary range. 

What is periodic step increases and merit progression. 

300

Pay what the market is paying.

What is follow?

300

Ranking, classification, and factor comparison. 

What is used for job evaluations?

300

Because of seniority, performance, or other factors.

What is precise amounts paid to specific job holders?

300

The internal needs and requirements of the organizations plus what is happening in the labor market. 

What is two sets of factors to construct salary ranges?

300

Provide for fixed dollar adjustments in salary.

What is step increases?

400

Pay in excess of what the market is paying. 

What is lead?

400

The first step in analyzing the data, relating survey salary figures for each key job to the job evaluation points that have been assigned by the organization. 

What is a scattered diagram? 

400

It is much more convenient to price 10 or 12 job classes than it is to set individual rates for 50 or 60 different jobs. 

What is why job classes are commonly used in compensation systems?

400

A salary currently being paid that falls outside the top limit of the pay range. 

What is a red circle rate?

400

Provides organizations with a new approach to job pricing. 

What is broadbanding?

500

Pay less then what the market is paying. 

What is lag?

500
To compute a trend line. 

What is usually called a salary curve or a wage curve?

500

The precise number of classes to use as a practical matter for any pay structure. 

What is 8 to 14 classes?

500
A salary currently being paid that falls outside the lower limit of the pay range. 

What is a green circle rate? 

500

Workers are paid not simply for the job that may be performing presently, but on the basis of the number of other jobs they can perform or the basis of the depth of knowledge they have acquired. 

What is skill / competency - based pay structure?