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Consultant urges narrower steps and bigger annual raises in Takoma Park pay study
Summary
A consultant told the Takoma Park City Council that the city’s existing 32-step pay system leaves employees behind market rates at higher steps and recommended switching to an 18-step plan with 3% increases between steps, along with classification and job-description updates.
Evergreen Solution presented a compensation and classification study to the Takoma Park City Council on the evening’s agenda, recommending changes the firm said would bring the city roughly in line with peer jurisdictions.
The consultant said the city’s current pay ranges are relatively narrow: on average Takoma Park’s minimums are about 1.8% above peer minimums, midpoints about 1.7% below peers, and maximums about 3.9% below peers. Evergreen recommended moving general employees from a 32-step, 1.5% annual-step plan to an 18-step structure with 3% between steps, which the…
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