Prevailing Wage This is not about wages. This is about pay grade. •This is not about locality pay.•This is not about wages.•This is not about cost-of-living or locality pay.•This is about Equal Pay Grade for Equal Work in a job that mostly women do.•Women dominate the low end of the field at the NYRO making this a women’s issue.•This is about Equal Pay Grade for Equal Work – a Human Right This is about GS Grade level for doing the exact same job in the same environment and having a lower grade status.Using Prevailing Wages as a reason for higher grade is contrary to why the General Schedule GS framework was established. Next Decennial Pay