The American government has long used a set salary scale based on rank and years of service. This has created problems where the salaries have come out of line with work performance and has been under reconsideration in recent years.
薪俸制度方面，美國長期採用以職等與年資為核心的定俸制，造成薪俸與工作績效脫節的困境，近年也備受檢討。