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title: "Edit Grade Bands & Assign Jobs to Grades"
description: "In a grades-based band set, you manage compensation at the grade level and assign jobs to inherit those bands. This guide covers editing grade bands and assigning jobs to grades."
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# Edit Grade Bands & Assign Jobs to Grades

In a grades-based band set, you manage compensation at the grade level and assign jobs to inherit those bands. This guide covers editing grade bands and assigning jobs to grades.


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## Overview

**Grades-based approach:**

* Define compensation ranges for grades (e.g., Engineering 2, G&A 3) 
* Assign jobs to grades
* All jobs in a grade share the same compensation bands


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## Editing Grade Bands

Grade band editing works the same as jobs-based band editing, but at the grade level.

### Access Grade Band Editing


1. Navigate to **Market Pricing**
2. Open your grades-based band set
3. Click the **Bands** tab
4. Toggle **View by: Grades**
5. Select the grades you want to edit (checkboxes)

### Edit Operations

Grade bands use the same edit operations as jobs-based bands:

**1. Align to market data** - Snap bands to benchmark percentiles

**2. Apply midpoint progression** - Create consistent pay progressions across ranks

**3. Adjust band width** - Set min/max spreads around midpoints

**4. Apply pay zone differential** - Adjust bands across locations

**5. Adjust bands** - Increase/decrease by percentage

**6. Round bands** - Clean up values to standard increments

See **Edit Bands (Jobs-Based)** article for detailed workflows and modal screenshots.

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### Grade View Features

The Bands tab shows grade rows (e.g., BUS1, BUS2, BUS3, BUS4):

* **Grade name** - e.g., "BUS1"
* **→ icon** - Expand to see jobs assigned to this grade
* **# bands** - Number of pay zone × grade combinations (e.g., "5" for Brazil zone)
* **Pay zone** - Geographic zone (e.g., Brazil)
* **Range** - Visual bar showing min to max
* **Min, Mid, Max** - Compensation values
* **Benchmark** - Market data comparison
* **Delta to Benchmark** - Percentage difference



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## Assigning Jobs to Grades

The key operation in grades-based band sets: moving jobs to grades so they inherit grade compensation bands.

### Assign to Grade

**Access:**


1. Go to **Bands** tab
2. Select one or more jobs (checkboxes)
3. Click **Assign to grade** button in toolbar

**Assign to grade modal:**

**Fields:**

**Grade dropdown**

* Shows existing grades (e.g., "CX8", "BUS1")
* Type to search
* **+ Add "\[grade name\]"** option appears at bottom
  * Example: Type "CX8" → "+ Add 'CX8'" option appears
  * Click to create new grade on the fly

**Group dropdown** (optional)

* Select or create grade group
* Example: "CX"
* Organizes grades into groups

**Rank field**

* Numeric rank for grade ordering
* Example: 8
* Determines progression order

**Impact of changes** section (expands when grade selected):

Shows impact for each pay type (e.g., Base pay):

**Dropdown: Base pay** ▼

* Shows impact metrics for selected pay type

**Employees affected**

* Count: e.g., "3"
* Number of employees impacted by this assignment

**Cost to bring employees to min**

* Dollar amount: e.g., "$0"
* Cost to adjust employees below new minimum to the minimum

**Cost to maintain employees' C/R**

* Dollar amount: e.g., "$0"
* Cost to maintain employees' current compa-ratio in the new band

**Buttons:**

* **Cancel** - Close without assigning
* **Assign** (blue button) - Confirm assignment

### How Assignment Works

**Important:** When you assign a job to a grade, the assignment happens **per pay zone**.

**Example:**

```
Job: Associate Account Manager
Current state: In pay zone "Brazil"

Action: Assign to grade "BUS1"

Result:
- Associate Account Manager in Brazil → BUS1 grade in Brazil pay zone
- The job inherits BUS1's Brazil pay zone bands
- If the job exists in other pay zones, those assignments are separate
```

**Key point:** You're assigning the job within a specific pay zone to the grade within that same pay zone. The grade + pay zone combination determines the actual compensation band.

### Creating New Grades During Assignment

You can create new grades without leaving the assign modal:


1. Select job(s)
2. Click **Assign to grade**
3. In the grade dropdown, type a new grade name (e.g., "CX8")
4. Click **+ Add "CX8"** option
5. Fill in Group and Rank
6. Review impact
7. Click **Assign**

The new grade is created and the job is assigned in one step.

### Impact Modal Details

The **Impact of changes** section helps you understand the consequences before assigning:

**What it shows:**

* Which pay type is being analyzed (toggle dropdown to see different pay types)
* How many employees will be affected
* Financial impact of bringing anyone below minimum up to minimum
* Financial impact of maintaining employees' current compa-ratio

**Use this to:**

* Verify the assignment makes sense financially
* Identify if you need to budget for adjustments
* Check if employees will fall outside the new bands
* Decide whether to proceed with the assignment

**Example scenario:**

```
Assigning "Senior Engineer" jobs to IC3 grade:

Base pay impact:
- Employees affected: 25
- Cost to bring to min: $45,000
- Cost to maintain C/R: $0

This tells you:
- 25 employees will move to IC3 bands
- Some are currently below IC3 minimum
- Would cost $45K to bring them to minimum
- Everyone else already at or above minimum
```



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## Related Articles

* **Edit Bands (Jobs-Based)**: Detailed edit operation workflows
* **Manage & Edit Grade Structure**: Creating and managing grades
* **Manage & Edit Jobs**: Creating jobs to assign to grades
* **Add Bands**: Adding initial grade bands
* **Reviewing Benchmarks**: Benchmarking grades against market


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