Same Exact Job, Different Position Descriptions. Management Pays differently for no justifiable reason.
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If you have been reading the website, I live in the lowest grade for this position, GS-6 area. It’s only 10-miles away from GS-7 territory. The job of an FS GS-6 is exactly the same as FS GS-7. Same recruitment bulletins, same difficulty, same position. It’s not because of tech skills or business skills. Performance reviews can be stellar, but because you live in a rural part of the state, they can take advantage of you by treating you with limited promotion opportunities – even for remote work. This is an equal pay grade for equal work issue. Women make-up 95% of lower grade positions.
Here’s the census data of demographics and geography of the Three Pay-Grades.
Geography is important because it is possible management wanted to lower the salaries of certain areas to lower the cost of acquisition to pay for driving expenses. The problem with this is it gives lower opportunities to rural workers in order to lower the business costs. There are many problems with this thinking. Can you use salary to pay for the cost-of-doing business. However, that’s not my issue. My issue is my demographics (hard-to-count) and geography is identical to other GS-7 areas. And because of those factors. 7354 should be categorized as the higher GS-7 position.
The census data of demographics and geography of the 3 Pay-Grades.
GS-6 can not be promoted to GS9. GS-7 can be promoted to GS-9.
Census uses Geography to lower the salaries of certain areas to pay for the the cost of acquisition to pay for driving expenses. The problem with this is it gives lower opportunities to rural workers in order to lower the business costs. There are many problems with this thinking. Can you use salary to pay for the cost-of-doing business. However, that’s not my issue. My issue is my demographics (hard-to-count) and geography is identical to other GS-7 areas. And because of those factors. 7354 should be categorized as the higher GS-7 positi
Demographic and Geography Comparison Grade 6, Grade 6-7, Grade 7
| Geography & Demographics | Square Miles | Population | Under 5 yo | Not English | Income | Per/HH | College |
| 7354 – GS6 | |||||||
| Westchester (GS6 Above 287) | 494 mi² | 990,427 | 5.1% | 34% | $105,387 | 2.6 | 50% |
| Westchester – Ossining | 27,542 | 4.8% | 48% | $85,538 | 2.6 | 35% | |
| Westchester – Peekskill | 25,524 | 5.4% | 41% | $75,000 | 2.4 | 33% | |
| Rockland (me) | 199.3 mi² | 339,022 | 8.5% | 43% | $99,707 | 3.2 | 42% |
| Ramapo | 151,244 | 11.9% | 57.0% | $77,901 | 3.9 | 31% | |
| Orange | 405,941 | 6.6% | 25.0% | $85,640 | 2.9 | 34% | |
| 7155, 7156, CT – GS-6/7 | |||||||
| Nassau | 453 mi² | 1,383,726 | 5.1% | 28.0% | $126,576 | 3.3 | 48% |
| Suffolk | 2,373 mi² | 1,525,426 | 5.1% | 22.5% | $111,660 | 2.9 | 38% |
| Connecticut | 3,605,942 | 5.0% | 22% | $83,572 | 2.5 | 41% | |
| 7353 – GS7 | |||||||
| Westchester (GS7 below 287) | 494 mi² | 990,427 | 5.1% | 34% | $105,387 | 2.6 | 50% |
| Westchester – Mt Vernon | 71,714 | 4.5% | 26% | $68,300 | 2.5 | 32% | |
| Westchester – Scarsdale | 17,822 | 5.1% | 25% | $250,000+ | 2.5 | 90% | |
| Westchester – New Rochelle | 79,734 | 4.3% | 40.0% | $87,159 | 2.6 | 46% | |
| Westchester – Yonkers | 208,121 | 5.1% | 47.0% | $72,400 | 2.5 | 34% | |
| Bronx Riverdale/Kingsbridge | 109,361 | 5.1% | 53% | $62,300 | 2.3 | 44% |
No Substantial Difference in Demographics and Geography between 7354, 7155,7155, and 7353 – All in New York State.