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Pay scale

A pay scale (also known as a salary structure) is a system that determines how much an employee is to be paid as a wage or salary, based on one or more factors such as the employee's level, rank or status within the employer's organization, the length of time that the employee has been employed, and the difficulty of the specific work performed.

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Pay scale

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the employee's levelinstance ofbased on one or more factors0.80text
rank or status within the employer's organizationinstance ofbased on one or more factors0.80text
the length of time that the employee has been employedinstance ofbased on one or more factors0.80text
and the difficulty of the specific work performed.Examples of pay scales include U.S. uniformed services pay gradesinstance ofbased on one or more factors0.80text
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