pay grade
pay class

The pay grade for the rank of major is O-4.

So she and I ended up on the same pay grade.

Too far above my pay grade for me to say.

Roughly 90 percent of the positions in the Government's top pay grades are held by white men.

"How come he's already two whole pay grades above you?"

Code Eight made reference to the fact that a major general was in pay grade 0-8.

It's way above my pay grade to know how to fix the problem.

"You have a habit of asking questions above your pay grade."

"That's above my pay grade, sir, but we have to think hard about possible action of some sort."

Data from the tables on page 51 are used to derived the average rate in each pay grade.