Classification and Compensation Study Service

The City of Park Ridge, Illinois, is seeking a qualified vendor to conduct a comprehensive compensation and classification study for its non-represented, full- and part-time employee group. This group includes staff, management, and elected officials, specifically the mayor, clerk, and alderpersons. The agency needs to develop updated salary structures and pay ranges that support recruitment, retention, career progression, and organizational sustainability. The project covers collecting compensation, tenure, demographic, and organizational data to identify positions requiring reclassification, consolidation, or restructuring. The selected vendor must establish a recommended list of comparable municipalities and public-sector employers based on population, service levels, organizational complexity, labor market competition, and geographic location. The scope requires comparing salary ranges, actual compensation, and compensation practices while evaluating the city's existing pay plan and salary range structure. The agency requires an assessment of grade relationships, range spreads, midpoint progression, and pay administration practices. The study must address employee-to-supervisor compression as well as compression between newly hired and long-tenured employees. The final deliverables must include practical implementation options and cost projections that recognize budgetary constraints, featuring immediate, priority-based, and compression-specific implementation strategies. The vendor must also provide recommendations for starting salary practices, promotional compensation practices, salary range adjustment methodologies, and a schedule for future compensation reviews. To be eligible, bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency allows the work to be performed offsite, and bidders must submit their proposals digitally via email or online. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget for this project. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than June 29, 2026.