Task H: Create pay grades by combining any benchmark jobs that are substantially comparable for pay

purposes. Clearly label your pay grades and explain why you combined any benchmark jobs to form a grade.

The final step to designing the pay structure is to set the pay ranges for each pay grade. Pay ranges create upper and lower pay

rates $($on the Y axis$)$ for each job in the pay grade. Each pay grade will have a minimum and maximum pay rate. It is important to

remember that all jobs in a pay grade will have the same minimum and maximum pay rates.

Percent guidelines are used to determine how far above and below the midpoint the pay range will reach. For example, the

maximum might be $10$ percent above the midpoint and the minimum might be $10$ percent below the midpoint.

The percent guidelines, based on input from the job evaluation committee, are:

$$ Clerical and office positions: $10$ percent above and below the midpoint.

$$ Entry to mid$-$level professional and management positions: $30$ percent above and below the midpoint.