A job family is a group of jobs having the same nature of work (e.g. engineering)
but requiring different levels of skill, effort, responsibility, or working conditions
(e.g. entry-level vs. senior engineer). Job families are used to classify positions that
do not have benchmarks readily available.
Definition of a Benchmark
A benchmark is a job that is commonly found and defined, used to make pay comparisons,
either within the organization or to comparable jobs outside the organization.)