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Are government salaries merit based or tenure based?

• kenjackson 16y ago
  Both. Often times in places like the military merit is only achievable as a function of seniority. So after x number of years after getting a grade you qualify to be promoted to the next. Whether or not the promotion happens at that point in time is a function of merit (and social skills).
• megamark16 16y ago
  They're grade based, and moving up a grade can depend on both merit and tenure, although I think it's mostly about tenure.