UGC Technical And Supervisory Pay Schedule.
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Using an ancient Terran model, the Inter Planetary Alliance adopted a civilian employee pay schedule based on skill sets and time in service; Much like the militry, there are two distinctive schedules, one for those with strictly technical skills (or lack thereof), and the other for those with university degrees (minimum of a Bachelors). Generally, the individual is paid Rate plus (half number of years of service%), for example a SG-8 (Superintendent 1) with 15 years of service would make 169,844 per month. To promote from Technical Grades (TG) to Supervisory Grade (SG) requires at least 4 years of service in the TG system and possession of a degree (at least a Bachelor's Of The Art); It doesn't matter if you have the degree before you enter the system or obtain it while in the system. The system thus emulates the militry requirement to serve in the enlisted ranks for a period, then to attend OCS. This system was an attempt to shoehorn three systems around each other with the least amount to change to the largest single system (the militry) so that anyone could look at the other systems and instantly 'read' other members to determine who stood where in the pecking order, a vital necessity when various agency have to cooperate (such as natural disasters and evacuations).
Pay Grade:	Militry Rank Equivalent:	General Title: 1	Police Services Rank: 2		Fire Services Rank: 2		Base Pay:
SG-13	O-11	Director	Chief Of Police/Sheriff		Commissioner		133,186
SG-12	O-10	Ass. Director.	Assistant Chief Of Police/ Undersheriff		Deputy Commissioner		129,269
SG-11	O-9	Inspector	Inspector		Chief		125,352
SG-10	O-8	Administrator	Department Commander		Deputy Chief		121,435
Everything above this paygrade requires a degree; It may or may not be applicable to the duties performed.
SG-09	O-7	Superintendent 2	District Commander		Division Chief		117,518
SG-08	O-6	Superintendent 1
SG-07	O-5	Supervisor 3	Precinct Commander		District Chief		84,546
SG-06	O-4	Supervisor 2					71,099
SG-05	O-3	Supervisor 1	Captain		Battalion Chief		59,319
TG-10/SG-04	E-10/O-2	Specialist 2/Officer					53,990
TG-09/SG-03	E-9/O-1	Specialist 1/Agent 2	Lieutenant		Station Captain		49,028
Everything above these paygrades requires technical skills with certification or a degree; Technical skills may not be applicable to the duties performed (for TG system), degrees must be applicable (to SG system).
TG-08/SG-02	E-8/WO-3 and 4	Technician 3/Agent 1	Lieutenant		Captain		44,389
TG-07/SG-01	E-7/WO-1 and 2	Technician 2/Ensign	Staff Sergeant/SAA		Lieutenant		40,082
TG-06	E-6	Technician 1	Sergeant		Team Commander		36,070
Everything above this paygrade requires technical skills with certification; Until you reach TG-08, it has to be applicable to the duties performed.
TG-05	E-5	Team Manager	Lance Corporal		Engineer		32,357
TG-04	E-4	Deputy Team Manager	Corporal		Apparatus Operator		28,921
TG-03	E-3	Personal Name Of Employee.	Patrolman/Deputy/ Marshal/Correctional Officer (constable in some areas)	No Insignia	Figherfighter	No Insignia	25,764
TG-01	E-1/Recruit Candidate.	Personal Name Of Employee.			Recruit		20,999
1: Another system for General Titles is based on duties, with the number growing by the relative level; For example, an new hire lawn mower is a Lawn Maintenance 1 (TG-01); Next is Lawn Maintenance 2 (TG-02). A new hire nurse, assuming she's done her TG time, laterals over from TG-05 to SG; The newly minted SG-01 is Nurse (RN, LVN, or other) 1. In five years, she is promoted one paygrade to Nurse (RN/LVN/other) 2. Only at the SG-10 level is the titles locked in; Also, at that level they are the equivalent of Flag Rank officers, and as such are required to have a UGC Clariont Flag in their office along with their agency flag with hypocycloids equal to their flag rank (one for an SG-10, two fo an SG-11, three for and SG-12, and four for an SG-13). The star's colors are normally the agency colors divided as evenly as is possible (which is why most are two-color agencies). 2: Whereas most agencies the titles are a bit more flexible, law enforcement and fire service ranks are not, since they require the ability to identify ranking instantly across a wide range of systems (and across galaxies as well). Moreso, rank insignias are EXACTLY the same across the entire UGC, so as to keep those chains of command clear. However, in most departments certain ranks are skipped over (for example, there has never been a "Station Captain" in actual practice anywhere within the UGC's territory, and the UGC has never gotten around to defining a "Station Captain's" duties). However, exact imagery and colors are not so set in stone; For example, the Uvie use REF Officer style pips in gold in place of stars, Blue-on-black chevrons (pointed down), straight bars in place of bugles, and gold for the fire Department Officer insignias. It is not so important that the exact same imagery be used than that the imagery can be instantly understood. Some police and sheriff's departments split Lance Corporal and Corporal with a diamond or other emblem centered under the chevrons. In the rare occasion when other services ranks must be known (such as disasters), Supervisory Grade use a blue armband with a yellow numeral, Technical Grade use a yellow armband with a blue numeral on both arms; As appropriate, symbols indicating professions are included as an emblem to the right of or written words underneath the numeral are included. The purpose for the system was so that anyone from anywhere that knows the system can walk into any situation and instantly know who is in charge, who is intake, where medical staff is, who public relations are, etc. and do so with the most minimal information; It needed to be so simple even a below-average Pakled could understand it.