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SUBJECTS › PERSONNEL › Washington Cities with Merit Only or Combination Step/Merit Pay Systems
Published 01/07; Reviewed 11/07

Washington Cities with "Merit Only" or "Combination Step/Merit Pay" Systems

According to the 2007 Washington City & County Employee Salary & Benefit Survey published by the Association of Washington Cities, the following cities have either "merit only" or "combination step/merit" pay systems:

Merit Only Systems (Jurisdiction has a formal merit pay system. Employees do not automatically achieve higher pay steps based on time in service):

  • Black Diamond
  • Friday Harbor
  • Gig Harbor
  • Issaquah
  • Kenmore
  • Lakewood
  • Maple Valley
  • Mill Creek
  • Mountlake Terrace
  • Newcastle
  • Normandy Park
  • Palouse
  • Port Angeles
  • Rainier
  • Richland

Combination Step/Merit Pay (Jurisdiction has a pay system that includes both automatic steps and a merit pay component):

    • Airway Heights
    • Bellevue
    • Bingen
    • Brewster
    • Cathlamet
    • Colfax
    • Cosmopolis
    • Covington
    • Dayton
    • Ellensburg
    • Federal Way
    • Fircrest
    • Forks
    • La Conner
    • Langley
    • Marysville
    • Mukilteo
    • North Bend
    • Prosser
    • Redmond
    • Roy
    • Spokane Valley
    • Stanwood
    • Sultan
    • Sunnyside
    • Toppenish
    • University Place
    • Washougal
    • Woodinville