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Job Architecture Agent
Benchmarks every role and pay band against the market. Flags drift.
Hours1 (modeled outcome) to re-benchmark a job family, down from 4 to 6 weeks
Glossary
Pay band
Definition
A pay band is the range of base salary an organization will pay for roles at a given level and location, usually defined by a minimum, midpoint, and maximum.
Pay bands translate market data into policy. The midpoint is typically anchored to a market percentile from compensation surveys; the minimum and maximum define the acceptable spread, often 80% to 120% of midpoint. An employee's position in the band is expressed as a compa-ratio (salary divided by midpoint) or a range penetration percentage.
Bands are set by level and geography and reviewed annually or when the market moves. Employees below the minimum are a compliance and retention risk; employees above the maximum signal a leveling problem or a market shift. Consistent bands are also the primary defense in pay-equity analysis.
Meridian's Job Architecture Agent proposes band midpoints and ranges from licensed survey data and flags employees outside band before the merit cycle.
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Agents that use this
Meridian agents whose work depends on pay band. Each is scoped to one workflow and logs every action.
- 1.Modeled outcomes from design-partner deployments. Results vary by data quality, workflow scope, and approval policy. ↩
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