Gary Hacker, CCP
Human Resources Specialist (Compensation)
DoD/OIG/A&M/Human Capital Advisory Services
Strategic Human Capital Team
Arlington, VA
703-602-4540
Gary.hacker@dodig.mil
Examples of Compensation System Statements
(From USAJOBS)
January 2008 (10 Examples)
• Example #CE-1: FCA Examiner (Credit Risk Examiner, Credit
Risk Specialist, Senior Credit Risk Specialist), VH-1101-38/40 (Farm
Credit Administration):
The positions available under this announcement have the following grade levels
(2008 base salary ranges shown): VH-1101-38 (GS-12) $67,470 - $101,204 per year;
VH-1101-39 (GS-13) $77,191- $115,787 per year; VH-1101-40 (GS-14); $88,313$132,469 per year. Locality pay is in addition to these amounts. Duty station is
negotiable. There are 3 positions available at any combination of one or more duty
stations.
• Example #CE-2: Insurance Analyst, CU-580-12/13 (National Credit
Union Administration):
Salary: Pay will be set using NCUA Compensation policy. The salary range shown
is NCUA's Local Pay Rate (LPR). The LPR includes a locality of 4.73 per cent for
the Austin, Texas geographical area.
• Example #CE-3: Senior Project Controls Specialist, AD-301-00
(Presidio Trust):
PLEASE NOTE: The Presidio Trust is an excepted service agency, exempt from
Title V, with an administratively determined pay plan. For these reasons, all grade
level information is provided for comparison purposes only. The work of this
position is comparable to the GS-13 level. Any salary offer will be made on the basis
of a number of factors, including but not limited to the education, work experience,
and salary history of the applicant.
• Example #CE-4: Executive Officer, YA-301-2 (DoD, Missile Defense
Agency):
This position is covered by the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). NSPS is
a pay for performance system using pay bands with salary ranges. For more
information on NSPS, please visit the website at http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps
• Example #CE-5: Electronics Technician, ZT-856-III (Commerce,
National Institute of Standards and Technology):
This position has promotion potential to the ZT-IV (equivalent to the GS-11/12 grade
levels).
This position is covered by an Alternative Personnel Management System (APMS).
This system replaced the General Schedule pay plan; GS and its grade structure.
Under the APMS system, positions are designated by career path and pay band. The
ZT-III level is equivalent to the GS-09/10 grade levels.
NIST's unique Alternative Personnel Management System (APMS), which replaced
the Federal GS Pay Plan and structure at NIST, allows us the flexibility to offer
higher salaries, including a supervisory differential, not available in most other
Federal agencies. Moreover, employees are eligible to receive an annual pay increase
and bonus based upon performance.
• Example #CE-6: Electronics Engineer, DB-855-3 (Army, Army
Communications Electronics Command):
This position is covered under an alternative personnel system known as the Science
and Technology Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Management Demonstration
Project at the United States Army Communications-Electronics Command, Research
Development and Engineering Community. The Demonstration replaces GS grade
levels with occupational families and pay bands. The salary range of the position
being filled will not be decreased with the change to pay bands. This position,
Electronics Engineer, DB-855-03, incorporates former GS-12 step 1 through GS-14
step 10 grade levels and salary levels. Pay increases within the pay band will be
accomplished through the Pay for Performance appraisal system.
• Example #CE-7: Supervisory Physicist, DB-1310-14/15 (Army, U.S.
Army Research, Development and Engineering Command):
About the Position: The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is participating in
an alternative personnel system known as the Laboratory Personnel Demonstration
Project (DEMO). The pay band DB-04 is equal to the former GS-14 step 01 through
GS-15 step 10. The Director of SLAD is looking for candidates with suitable
education and experience in program management and technical oversight in
survivability/lethality analysis who has the ability to supervise a diverse workforce.
SLAD is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) which is in Harford County,
Maryland along the northern shores of the Chesapeake Bay.
• Example #CE-8: Engineering Technician (Mechanical), DE-0802-5/8
(Army, Army Medical Command):
About the Position: The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
(USAMRIID) is participating in an alternative personnel system known as Personnel
Demonstration Project. In keeping with the Demonstration pay fixing policies,
employees already in the payband will not receive a pay increase. The Payband DE-2
incorporates GS-5 to GS-8 levels.
• Example #CE-9: Auditor, YA-0511-2 (DoD, Office of the Inspector
General):
This position and its incumbent will be covered by the Department of Defense (DoD)
National Security Personnel System (NSPS). NSPS is a management system that
compensates and rewards employees based on performance and contribution to the
DoD mission. The incumbent will be converted from the General Schedule to the
appropriate NSPS Career Group, Pay Schedule and Pay Band. To learn more about
NSPS, go to http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps/.
• Example #CE-10: Federal Air Marshal, SV-1801-I (DHS,
Transportation Security Administration):
TSA positions are not classified under either the GS or wage grade pay systems. TSA
has adopted the FAA compensation system called Core Compensation. The system
includes job categories, career levels, and pay bands. To find out more about this
system, visit the FAA web site at http://www.faa.gov.corecomp .
Pay for Performance
October 2007
Federal Government
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Implementing Pay for Performance at Selected Personnel Demonstration
Projects (GAO-04-83, dated January 2004)
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0483.pdf
State & Local Government
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Pay for Performance Policy (Town of Cary, NC)
http://www.townofcary.org/depts/tcdept/policies/031.htm
Articles
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Risk Takers by Karen Rutzick (GovExec.com 8/17/06)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0806/081706pb.htm
Senator Crafts Bill Focusing on Performance Now, Pay Later by Karen Rutzick
(GovExec.com 5/3/06)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0506/050306r1.htm
Agencies Urged to Customize Pay-for-Performance Systems by Karen Rutzick
(GovExec.com 4/4/06)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0406/040406r2.htm
Administration seeks Foreign Service Pay-for-Performance by Karen Rutzick
(GovExec.com 2/17/06)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0206/021706r1.htm
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Administration Continues Quest to Tie Pay to Performance Across Government
by Karen Rutzick (GovExec.com 7/19/05)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0705/071905r1.htm
Union Employees at Commerce Opt for Pay-for-Performance by Karen Rutzick
(GovExec.com 7/7/05)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0705/070705r1.htm
Study Makes Case for Performance Pay by David McGlinchey (GovExec.com
11/18/04)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1104/111804d1.htm
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Union Distributes Pamphlet With Negative Reactions to Performance Pay by
David McGlinchey (GovExec.com 11/11/04)
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Managers Called Key to Successful Performance Pay Systems by David
McGlinchey (GovExec.com 3/23/04)
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Performance Pay Perils by Shawn Zeller (GovExec.com 2/15/04)
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http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1104/111104d1.htm
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0304/032304d1.htm
http://www.govexec.com/features/0204/0204s4.htm
Air Traffic Controllers Agree to Two-year Contract Extension by Chris Strohm
(FAA) (GovExec.com 12/10/03)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1203/121003c1.htm
Pay Bonding by Shawn Zeller (FedExec 12/4/03)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1203/120403pb.htm
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Postal Service Advances Pay-for-Performance Program by Matthew Weinstick
(USPS) (GovExec.com 8/14/03)
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0803/081403w1.htm
Pay for Performance by Milt Zall (fcw.com 5/26/03)
http://www.fcw.com/print/9_18/news/79744-1.html
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off by Martha Lagace (4/14/03)
http://www.matr.net/article-6542.html
The Right Pay by Steven Kelman (Gov Exec 3/17/03)
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/news/opeds/2003/right_pay_gov_exec_031703.htm
Of Course We Pay For Performance by Craig N. Clive (July 2000)
http://www.baylights.com/articles/0700.html
Studies & Reports
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GAO Post hearing Questions Related to Pay for Performance—May 19, 2003
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Modern Performance Management Systems Are Needed to Effectively Support
Pay For Performance (GAO-03-612T) (GAO Testimony) (April 1, 2003)
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03793r.pdf
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03612t.pdf
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Pay-for-Performance: A Report on the Texas Employee Compensation System
http://www.hr.state.tx.us/WhatsHappening/TaskForceReport110602.pdf
Books
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Paying for Performance: A Guide to Compensation Management by Peter T.
Chingos
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471176907/sr=11/qid=1155307839/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-1948888-2036726?ie=UTF8&s=books
Merit Pay: Linking Pay to Performance in a Changing World by Robert
Heneman & Jon M. Werner
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1931576467/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/1041948888-2036726?ie=UTF8
Pay for Performance: Evaluating Performance Appraisal and Merit Pay by
George Milkovitch, Anne S. Mavor & Alexandra K. Wigdor
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0309044278/104-23207970742343?v=glance
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Linking Pay to Performance: An Approach to Designing a Merit Pay Plan by
Steven P. Seltz, CCP, and Robert L. Heneman, Ph.D.
http://www.worldatwork.org/bookstore/generic/html/pub1579630154.jsp 4/04
NSPS Compensation Guidance
February 2008
Guidance
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Managing Compensation under NSPS – A Guide for Managers and Supervisors
(March 2007)
http://www.cpms.osd.mil/ASSETS/0BB8A1A9055342B9899A9CC5E63A26FF/Man
aging_Compensation.pdf
Managers Interim Guidance for Setting Pay for Employees in NSPS (May 2006)
http://www.cpms.osd.mil/ASSETS/534B29E871EC4D70806D83C75025598F/Final
%20Pay%20Setting%20Guide%2005%2003%2006.pdf
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Department of the Navy Pay Administration Under the National Security
Personnel System--Interim Guidance (Navy)
http://www.hq.navy.mil/shhro/NSPS/DON%20NSPS%20Interim%20Guidance%2
0Pay.pdf
Presentations
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NSPS and Strategic Compensation – Compensation Theory & Design Principles
and The Market (May 2007)
http://www.cpms.osd.mil/ASSETS/778280F9345B413BBAC62D7ED260F363/NSP
S%20and%20Strategic%20Compensation%20-%20DERLS_May07.pdf
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Labor Costing in a NSPS World
http://www.asmconline.org/files/PDI/Workshop23.ppt#256
NSPS Pay Setting Guidance
February 2008
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DoD Policy
SC1930--Compensation Architecture—Pay Policy (DoD/CPMS)
http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps/docs/implementing_issuances/1930Compensation
.pdf
DoD Guides
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Managing Compensation Under NSPS—A Guide for Managers and
Supervisors—March 2007
http://www.hq.navy.mil/shhro/Managing%20Comp%20under%20NSPS%20MAR
%2007.pdf
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Managers Interim Guidance for Establishing Pay for Employees in NSPS—May
2006
http://www.cpms.osd.mil/ASSETS/534B29E871EC4D70806D83C75025598F/Final
%20Pay%20Setting%20Guide%2005%2003%2006.pdf
http://www.hq.navy.mil/shhro/NSPS/DOD%20Pay%20Setting%20Guide.pdf
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Component Guidance
USACE NSPS Compensation Guidance (USACE)
http://www.spd.usace.army.mil/cpac/documents/NSPS_USACE_Compensation_Guidance2
0070119.pdf
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NSPS Pay Setting (Army/CPOL)
http://www.cpol.army.mil/library/permiss/B302.html
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Pay Administration Under the National Security Personnel System—Interim
Guidance (Navy)
http://www.hq.navy.mil/shhro/NSPS/DON%20NSPS%20Interim%20Guid
ance%20Pay.pdf
Pay Banding Systems—Reports & Studies
October 2007
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U.S. Department of Commerce Demonstration Project Evaluation Reports
(December 2005)
http://ohrm.os.doc.gov/Demo/DEV01_000106
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Acqdemo Evaluation
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Alternative Personnel Systems In Practice And A Guide To The Future (OPM,
October 2005)
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/acqdemo/evaluation/index.htm
http://www.opm.gov/publications/AlternativePersonnelSystemsOct2005.pdf
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Symposium on Designing and Managing Market-Based and More PerformanceOriented Pay Systems (GAO, July 2005)
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05832sp.pdf
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Implementing Pay for Performance at Selected Personnel Demonstration
Projects (GAO January 2004)
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0483.pdf
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Broadbanding in State Governments (Syracuse University—Maxwell School ,
2003)
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/gpp/pdfs/Broadbanding_Learning_Paper.pdf
Pay Banding Systems
December 2007
Federal Government (Chapter 47 Demonstration Projects Under OPM
Oversight)
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Department of Commerce
http://www.opm.gov/demos/Demofact.asp#Commerce
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/ops/acqdemo.html
http://www.opm.gov/demos/Demofact.asp#Acquisition
Navy—China Lake (Permanent Demo)
http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~hrd/demo.htm
http://www.opm.gov/demos/Demofact.asp#China%20Lake
Federal Government (DoD S&T Laboratory Demonstration Projects)
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Army Medical Research and Material Command (MRMC)
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Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
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Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)--Naval Surface Warfare Center and
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
http://www.opm.gov/demos/demofact.asp#MEDICS
http://www.opm.gov/demos/Demofact.asp#NRL
http://www.opm.gov/demos/Demofact.asp#NSSCWC
Federal Government (Agency-Specific Systems)
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National Security Personnel System (NSPS) (DoD)
http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps
State Governments
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Florida
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North Carolina
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South Carolina
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Virginia
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Wyoming
http://dms.myflorida.com/human_resource_support/human_resource_managem
ent/for_hr_practitioners/broadband_classification_and_compensation_program
http://www.osp.state.nc.us/rtablecomm/spc-actions/aug99/classact.html
http://www.state.sc.us/cgi-bin/ohr/paybands
http://www.dpt.state.va.us/services/compens/salarystructure.htm
http://personnel.state.wy.us/pay/pay2.htm
Colleges and Universities
• University of Hawaii
http://www.hawaii.edu/ohr/projects/projects.html
• Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
http://www.hr.vcu.edu//comp&class/index.htm