A pay scale is the ladder of rates a job can be paid at. Move up the pay scale, top of the pay scale.
It fixes progression by year or by grade rather than by negotiation, which is fairer and slower. A published pay scale is the simplest defence against people being paid differently for the same work.
1nounpay scaleThe ladder of rates a job can be paid at.
“She was at the top of the pay scale within six years.”
pay scale is a scale.
payscale comes from pay + scale.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Work & Careers