It's the case since forever in many companies I though? As an example level E42 at $LOCAL_BANK has pay range 125-145k/year target bonus 12-15% which means vari

It's the case since forever in many companies I though? As an example level E42 at $LOCAL_BANK has pay range 125-145k/year target bonus 12-15% which means variability is only (or whopping) 15% for the 'same' job title. I think very rigid predefined pay bands are very common for large companies, at least in Canada.