NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 3100.1C Effective Date: December 21, 2020 Expiration Date: December 21, 2025

Subject: Management of the Senior Executive Service (SES) Updated to include Change 2.

Responsible Office: Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer

Appendix C. NASA Pay Structure for the SES: Tier Positions

C.1 An executive may be paid at any salary from the entry salary of the tier to the top of the tier. Tier maximum rates will increase if the pay caps are increased.

• Associate Administrator, Associate Deputy Administrator, and Deputy Associate Administrator
• Agency Chief of Staff
• Mission and Mission Support Associate Administrators
• Center Directors
• Other key Associate/Assistant Administrators with Agency-wide functional responsibility
• Heads of Major Agency Programs and Initiatives and Deputy Associate/Assistant Administrators with Tier 1 programs and initiatives reporting to them of significant scope and importance to the NASA mission, as approved by the Administrator.

• Full Deputies to positions in the above category
• Associate Center Directors
• Other direct reports to positions in the above category such as heads of major divisions at Headquarters or major organizations at the "director for" level at NASA Centers (consider depth and scope of responsibility)

C.4 Tier 3: Lower Range: Other high performing individuals whose positions do not fit in the above Tiers but are making key contributions to mission success.

C.5 Tier 4: All other SES positions.

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