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Cleveland Heights consultant recommends pay-plan changes; first-year cost estimated at $277,000
Summary
An Archer Company compensation study found Cleveland Heights’ nonbargaining pay midpoints lag market rates and recommended a pay plan that would cost about $277,000 to implement in year one; council members asked for detailed breakdowns and supporting tables before any ordinance vote.
Cleveland Heights’ consultant The Archer Company told the City Council Committee of the Whole on Feb. 10 that a comprehensive salary study of the city’s 114 nonbargaining employees shows the city generally lags market midpoints and that implementing the recommended pay plan would cost approximately $277,000 in the first year.
The study, presented by Jim Battaglia of The Archer Company, combined internal job evaluations and a salary survey of 47 benchmark jobs drawn largely from Cleveland-area suburbs and select Ohio municipalities. Battaglia said the firm used a regression model to align internal job-evaluation scores with external market midpoints and then developed a 25-grade pay structure for Cleveland Heights.
Why it matters: The report provides the city a data-driven framework to address pay compression (long-tenured employees whose pay is below newer hires in the same title) and to set a predictable progression through salary ranges. Council members requested more detailed spreadsheets and comparisons to the city’s current salary ranges before considering ordinance language.
Battaglia summarized the firm’s two main objectives as establishing internal equity among city…
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