Or you could just give the more qualified person a different title/level since they are clearly in a different role. A role that might be superset of role x, but a different role nonetheless.
This is how the US Federal Government does it, with 15 'levels' (Paygrade) and 10 'levels' within each grade (Steps). Salaries scale up by 20-30% by Step, and a GS-1 step 10 makes more than a GS-3 step 1.
> The General Schedule (GS) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees. An employee's base pay depends on two factors - the GS Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance).
The job's pay grade range (from step 1 lowest to step 10 highest) is what would be published to comply with Washington's laws. What's missing in the private sector is, at most employers, any communication whatsoever on which 'step' one is at; while HR often has this data, it is almost universally withheld except upon request, and often gated behind an HR conversation and verbal-only replies.
altairprime|4 years ago
> The General Schedule (GS) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees. An employee's base pay depends on two factors - the GS Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance).
— https://www.federalpay.org/gs/2022
The job's pay grade range (from step 1 lowest to step 10 highest) is what would be published to comply with Washington's laws. What's missing in the private sector is, at most employers, any communication whatsoever on which 'step' one is at; while HR often has this data, it is almost universally withheld except upon request, and often gated behind an HR conversation and verbal-only replies.