Understanding Salary Increase Guidelines

The system ties the data in the Salary Increase Matrix table to salary increase plans and worker Pay Rate Change pages. It determines where a worker falls in the range by calculating salary minus the minimum divided by the spread. For example, a worker with a salary of 26,000 USD in a salary grade range of 25,000 to 30,000 falls into the first quartile because .20 is in the first quartile.

This diagram illustrates the formula used to determine which quartile a worker falls in the salary range.

 'Formula showing how the employee's salary falls into the first quartile

When the system indicates that an amount is out of range, refer to the matrix to see the overall structure of percentage increase guidelines and to make adjustments.