Classification and Compensation Study Service

The City of Park Ridge, Illinois, is seeking a compensation consulting firm to conduct a comprehensive Compensation and Classification Study for its non-represented, full-time and part-time employee group. This group includes approximately forty-five staff and management employees, as well as elected officials consisting of the Mayor, Clerk, and Alderpersons. The agency needs to evaluate its organizational structure, address potential salary compression, and ensure its compensation practices remain competitive within the regional public sector. The project scope begins with project initiation and data collection, which requires a kickoff meeting with City staff to review organizational structure, compensation policies, collective bargaining agreements, job descriptions, and salary schedules. The selected partner will collect all necessary compensation, tenure, demographic, and organizational data, while identifying any additional information required for the analysis. The classification review requires evaluating the appropriateness of existing job classifications and identifying positions that may require reclassification, consolidation, or restructuring. For the market compensation analysis, the agency requires the development of a recommended list of comparable municipalities and public-sector employers, with an emphasis on the Chicago metropolitan region. This analysis must compare salary ranges, actual compensation, and compensation practices, evaluating competitiveness at the minimum, midpoint, and maximum salary levels. The agency also requires a comprehensive salary compression analysis covering employee-to-supervisor compression, compression between new hires and long-tenured employees, and compression resulting from collective bargaining adjustments, represented versus non-represented positions, and market adjustments. Eligible bidders must be onshore entities located within the United States, and the performance of the work will take place offsite. The contract period will span one year, and the agency is looking for proposals to establish the budget. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than June 29, 2026.