Pave's career tracks and job levels define a hierarchy of roles spanning individual contributors, managers, and executives. When you search for compensation benchmarks, you select a track and level to find the right match for your roles.

Pave's career tracks and job levels define a hierarchy of roles spanning individual contributors, managers, and executives. When you search for compensation benchmarks, you select a track and level to find the right match for your roles.

For details on how the job catalog is organized by function, blend, and family, see [Explore the Pave job catalog](https://support.pave.com/en-us/articles/explore-the-pave-job-catalog-PzGA37zFL9). You can also download the full job catalog [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NJRq_TLNQ95DTZ5yQP6ymoXCx1cPwLYI/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=112568741175214200181&rtpof=true&sd=true).

## Career tracks and levels


### Executive

- E9: C-Level
- E8: Senior Vice President (SVP)
- E7: Vice President (VP)

### Management

- M6: Senior Director
- M5: Director
- M4: Senior Manager
- M3: Manager

### Professional (individual contributor)

- P6: Principal
- P5: Expert
- P4: Senior
- P3: Career
- P2: Developing
- P1: Entry

### Support

- S3: Senior
- S2: Intermediate
- S1: Entry

## Choosing the right level


The scope of responsibilities for a given title varies across companies. To match to the right level, review the detailed leveling guide here. The guide describes the scope, responsibilities, and expertise expected at each level, along with common job titles.

## Comparing to other survey providers


Pave's leveling system maps to other common compensation survey frameworks, including Radford and Mercer/Comptryx. If your company currently uses one of these frameworks, you can use the mapping to find the equivalent Pave level.


Pave, Radford, and Mercer/Comptryx all use a similar four-track structure (Executive, Management, Professional, and Support), but the number and labeling of levels within each track differs.

**Executive**: Pave uses three levels (E7 through E9), Radford uses six (E1 through E6), and Mercer uses three (ET1 through ET3). Pave E9 (C-Level) corresponds to the top of the Radford executive range (E5-E6) and Mercer ET1. Pave E8 (SVP) corresponds to Radford E3-E4 and Mercer ET2. Pave E7 (VP) corresponds to Radford E1-E2 and Mercer ET3.

**Management**: All three frameworks use M-level numbering. Pave M3 through M6 map directly to the same levels in Radford and Mercer (M3 = Manager, M4 = Senior Manager, M5 = Director, M6 = Senior Director). Radford and Mercer also include M1 and M2, which have no direct equivalent in Pave's Management track.

**Professional**: Pave uses P1 through P6, and Radford and Mercer use P1 through P7. Pave P6 (Principal) corresponds to Radford and Mercer P6. Each subsequent Pave level maps to the same levels in Radford and Mercer (Pave P5 corresponds to Radford P5 and to Mercer P5)

**Support**: Pave uses S1 through S3, while Radford uses S1 through S5 and Mercer uses S1 through S4. Pave S3 (Senior) corresponds to the highest Support levels in Radford (S5) and Mercer (S4), with each lower Pave level mapping to the correspondingly lower level in the other frameworks.


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