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From: metcalfe@nprdc.arpa (Margen Metcalfe)
Newsgroups: comp.society.women
Subject: Government Pay Scales
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Date: 15 Jul 88 22:05:43 GMT
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In article <12109@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> unisoft!bridget@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bridget Dobbins) writes:
>
>Jobs for the Federal Government and the state of California are salaried
>according to a scale.  The scale is (roughly, if I remember right) 
>GS-1 to GS-20 (or whatever), with a GS-20 having the highest salary.  
>Each level encompasses both a salary range and educational
>and/or skill requirements.  For example, you can't progress beyond GS-6 or
>GS-7 unless you have a college degree.  There is nothing secretive about

I work for the federal government and there are many people in grades
GS-6 and above who do not have college degrees.  Experience combined
with education/training are considered.  The way a person's
application form is completed is the greatest determinant in what
grade that person rates.  The person with the higher grade may have
been able to put into words his background training better than
someone who was evaluated at a lower grade.


Margen Metcalfe
metcalfe@nprdc.arpa