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Last Updated: 2026-05-01
Steps: Set Up Compensation Grades and Grade Steps

Steps: Set Up Compensation Grades and Grade Steps

Set up compensation elements and eligibility rules.
Configure and manage compensation guidelines:
  • Grades, pay ranges, and grade profiles.
  • Grade steps and adjustments to them.
  • Grade step progression schedules.
  1. Create compensation ranges for jobs and job profiles.
  2. Create the grade steps that assign specific monetary amounts to workers. Configure the length of time that workers must remain in a step before progressing.
  3. Make adjustments to compensation steps associated with a compensation grade. Workday automatically adjusts the amount for all employees with those steps.
  4. Create a superior-subordinate relationship between grades.
  5. Configure automatic compensation grade step progression schedules to ensure that regulatory or workplace policies for step progression occur on time.
  6. Keep managers informed of upcoming automatic step progressions with notifications for both eligible and ineligible workers.
  7. Request a change in grade for an employee.
  8. Update the grade assigned to a job profile or to employees in that job profile.