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Consultants recommend market‑anchored pay structure, step model for hourly staff
Summary
Total Rewards Consulting presented a districtwide compensation study recommending a market‑anchored pay structure (50th percentile), a step structure for nonexempt employees and open pay ranges for exempt staff, and a phased "soft red circle" approach for incumbents above new maximums.
Total Rewards Consulting told the Urbandale Community School District board that it has completed an internal job‑evaluation and market‑pricing study and recommends a pay structure anchored to the 50th percentile of the chosen market.
The consultants, Krista Evans and Jenna Benwell, said the study used job description questionnaires (JDQs) completed by employees, supervisor review and external market sources to benchmark roughly 80% of district positions, covering 85% of employees. ‘‘The correlation coefficient was 97%,’’ Evans said, describing a strong statistical match between the internal job evaluation points and market estimates.
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