Summary of Salary System
The Metropolitan Government has basic pay plans covering most of its 8500 full time employees.
- The majority are covered under the Standard Range schedule (SR) This includes professional, administrative, technical and clerical positions.
- A Public Safety (PS) pay plan covers sworn police and fire/emergency services positions.
- A Trades and Labor (TLS) plan covers blue collar jobs.
- Open Range pay plan covers certain professional positions such as Attorneys, Engineers, Planners, Information Systems and all Classes above a certain level of type and grade.
Most of the plans include scheduled steps. Employees are typically hired at the first step and progress through the salary range with acceptable performance. Ranges are adjusted periodically across the board to keep them current. The Open Range plan includes a minimum and maximum salary only, and employees may be compensated anywhere in the range, depending on performance.
A position is subject to the SR, even if it requires physical work, if its primary duty requires knowledge or experience of an administrative, clerical, scientific, artistic, or technical nature not related to trade, craft, or manual-labor work.
The PS schedule covers sworn members of the Metro Police Department and Emergency Medical Service, Fire Suppression, and other designated employees of the Fire Department.
A position is classified under the TLS if its primary duty involves the performance of physical work which requires knowledge or experience of a trade, craft, or of a manual-labor nature. The TLS table has three separate sub-schedules: TG, which covers positions with worker responsibility, TL, which covers positions with lead responsibility, and TS, which covers positions with supervisory responsibility.
Included in the pay plan are special pay types specifically designed for Correctional Officers (CO), Public Defender's Office (PD), Mayor (MM), Vice Mayor (VM), Council Members (CM), Judicial Assistants (JS), Departmental Directors (DP), School Crossing Guards (SP) and School Crossing Guard Supervisors (SS).
For more information on Job Classifications and Pay Plans, contact Susan Gish.