pay grade

Noun

Meaning

A level indicating a base salary (in the US applying to military and government employees).

(figuratively) Level of authority or responsibility (since pay rate, authority and responsibility generally increase similarly).

Examples

Well, I think that you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective. Answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade. But let me just speak more generally about the issue of abortion, because this is something that obviously the country wrestles with. Barack Obama

I married way out of my pay grade. I have no idea how that happened. Chris Pratt

A strategy coordinates action to address a specific challenge. It is not defined by the pay grade of the person authorizing the action. Richard Rumelt

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