Pay Workbench · §7451 / §7431 / SSR
Set and review pay — localized and defensible.
Pick an occupation and a facility; the workbench localizes the market range to that labor market, computes the compa-ratio against current VHA pay, and records a defensible determination to the audit trail. The analyst's core tool.
Inputs
Pay systemTitle 38
FamilyNursing
Locality index191 (nat=100)
Registered Nurse (Staff)
localized to San Francisco, CA
Localized market range (P25–P75)compa-ratio 0.46
VHA now
Local P50
$153,430$186,321$214,589
VHA current
$86,500
Local median
$186,321
Gap to median
$99,821
Basis: BLS OEWS national P25–P75 aged & localized by the San Francisco cost-of-labor index (191); Title 38 authority. VHA-current pay is illustrative until the VA HR extract loads.
A pay determination is decision-support, reviewed and signed off by a credentialed analyst (the AI/Expert Reconciliation Log) before it is final. Percentiles are real BLS OEWS 2025; VHA-current pay and the locality index are illustrative until the VA HR extract and §7451 facility surveys are loaded.