General Employee Wage Study Services

The Vendor is required to provide to conduct a general employee wage study services.
- The goal of this study is to evaluate the competitiveness of the City's compensation levels by comparing the minimum, midpoint, and maximum salaries for non-bargaining classifications with those with similar roles in peer organizations.
- This study is an important step in maintaining the City’s compensation philosophy of targeting the 50th percentile of the labor market and supporting recruitment and retention of a qualified workforce.
- Approximately 2,453 budgeted positions:
•    2,183 full-time regular
•    40 part-time regular
•    11 full-time temporary
•    219 part-time temporary
- Approximately 790 positions are represented by collective bargaining units and are excluded from this study.
- Non-exempt employees are placed in a pay grade and step system.
•    The step system consists of 15 steps.
•    There is 3% between steps 1-8 and 2.5% between 8-15.
•    There are 23 pay grades
- Since then, compensation benchmarking has been conducted internally, on a case-by-case basis.
- Study
•    All non-bargaining job classifications will be included in this study.
•    Positions covered by collective bargaining units are not included.
•    Only minimum, midpoint, and maximum compensation levels are to be analyzed and reported.
- Compensation Benchmarking
•    Identify and document compensation data from approved public sector peer agencies.
•    For each job classification, report:
o    Minimum salary
o    Midpoint salary
o    Maximum salary
•    Match positions based on job content, not just job titles.
•    Provide a brief narrative description of the methodology used for job matching and data validation.

- Contract Period/Term: 3 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: February 19, 2026