Ohio Rev. Code § 124.152

Current with legislation from 2024 received as of August 15, 2024.
Section 124.152 - Exempt employee salary schedules
(A)
(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, each exempt employee shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of division (B) of this section.
(2) Each exempt employee who holds a position in the unclassified civil service pursuant to division (A)(26) or (30) of section 124.11 of the Revised Code may be paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of division (B) of this section, as applicable.
(B)
(1) Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period that includes July 1, 2021:

Schedule E-1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

A

Pay Ranges and Step Values

B

C

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

D

Range

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

A

1

Hourly

12.14

12.69

13.21

13.80

B

Annually

25251

26395

27476

28704

C

2

Hourly

14.73

15.36

16.01

16.72

D

Annually

30638

31948

33300

34777

E

3

Hourly

15.44

16.13

16.84

17.56

F

Annually

32115

33550

35027

36524

G

4

Hourly

16.20

16.93

17.75

18.51

H

Annually

33696

35214

36920

38500

I

5

Hourly

17.00

17.78

18.51

19.33

J

Annually

35360

36982

38500

40206

K

6

Hourly

17.91

18.66

19.47

20.27

L

Annually

37252

38812

40497

42161

M

7

Hourly

19.01

19.72

20.54

21.25

22.07

N

Annually

39540

41017

42723

44200

45905

O

8

Hourly

20.11

21.00

21.90

22.89

23.97

P

Annually

41828

43680

45552

47611

49857

Q

9

Hourly

21.45

22.56

23.67

24.85

26.11

R

Annually

44616

46924

49233

51688

54308

S

10

Hourly

23.13

24.41

25.72

27.20

28.64

T

Annually

48110

50772

53497

56576

59571

U

11

Hourly

25.20

26.66

28.20

29.80

31.49

V

Annually

52416

55452

58656

61984

65499

W

12

Hourly

27.80

29.36

30.93

32.64

34.46

36.34

37.82

39.60

X

Annually

57824

61068

64334

67891

71676

75587

78665

82368

Y

13

Hourly

30.64

32.32

34.09

35.92

37.95

39.99

41.63

43.59

Z

Annually

63731

67225

70907

74713

78936

83179

86590

90667

AA

14

Hourly

33.69

35.61

37.52

39.56

41.80

44.13

45.95

48.10

AB

Annually

70075

74068

78041

82284

86944

91790

95576

100048

AC

15

Hourly

37.02

39.10

41.30

43.57

45.99

48.51

50.50

52.88

AD

Annually

77001

81328

85904

90625

95659

100900

105040

109990

AE

16

Hourly

40.81

43.08

45.45

48.00

50.63

53.53

55.73

58.34

AF

Annually

84884

89606

94536

99840

105310

111342

115918

121347

AG

17

Hourly

44.96

47.44

50.10

52.86

55.83

58.94

AH

Annually

93516

98675

104208

109948

116126

122595

AI

18

Hourly

49.55

52.29

55.24

58.28

61.50

64.94

AJ

Annually

103064

108763

114899

121222

127920

135075

Schedule E-2

1

2

3

4

A

Range

Minimum

Maximum

B

41

Hourly

16.23

48.99

C

Annually

33758

101899

D

42

Hourly

17.89

54.09

E

Annually

37211

112507

F

43

Hourly

19.70

59.56

G

Annually

40976

123884

H

44

Hourly

21.73

65.08

I

Annually

45198

135366

J

45

Hourly

24.01

71.05

K

Annually

49941

147784

L

46

Hourly

26.43

77.65

M

Annually

54974

161512

N

47

Hourly

29.14

84.75

O

Annually

60611

176280

P

48

Hourly

32.14

92.45

Q

Annually

66851

192296

R

49

Hourly

35.44

99.83

S

Annually

73715

207646

(2) Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period that includes July 1, 2022:

Schedule E-1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

A

Pay Ranges and Step Values

B

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

C

Range

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

A

1

Hourly

12.50

13.07

13.61

14.21

B

Annually

26000

27185

28308

29556

C

2

Hourly

15.17

15.82

16.49

17.22

D

Annually

31553

32905

34299

35817

E

3

Hourly

15.90

16.61

17.35

18.09

F

Annually

33072

34548

36088

37627

G

4

Hourly

16.69

17.44

18.28

19.07

H

Annually

34715

36275

38022

39665

I

5

Hourly

17.51

18.31

19.07

19.91

J

Annually

36420

38084

39665

41412

K

6

Hourly

18.45

19.22

20.05

20.88

L

Annually

38376

39977

41704

43430

M

7

Hourly

19.58

20.31

21.16

21.89

22.73

N

Annually

40726

42244

44012

45531

47278

O

8

Hourly

20.71

21.63

22.56

23.58

24.69

P

Annually

43076

44990

46924

49046

51355

Q

9

Hourly

22.09

23.24

24.38

25.60

26.89

R

Annually

45947

48339

50710

53248

55931

S

10

Hourly

23.82

25.14

26.49

28.02

29.50

T

Annually

49545

52291

55099

58281

61360

U

11

Hourly

25.96

27.46

29.05

30.69

32.43

V

Annually

53996

57116

60424

63835

67454

W

12

Hourly

28.63

30.24

31.86

33.62

35.49

37.43

38.95

40.79

X

Annually

59550

62889

66268

69929

73819

77854

81016

84843

Y

13

Hourly

31.56

33.29

35.11

37.00

39.09

41.19

42.88

44.90

Z

Annually

65644

69243

73028

76960

81307

85675

89190

93392

AA

14

Hourly

34.70

36.68

38.65

40.75

43.05

45.45

47.33

49.54

AB

Annually

72176

76294

80392

84760

89544

94536

98446

103043

AC

15

Hourly

38.13

40.27

42.54

44.88

47.37

49.97

52.02

54.47

AD

Annually

79310

83761

88483

93350

98529

103937

108201

113297

AE

16

Hourly

42.03

44.37

46.81

49.44

52.15

55.14

57.40

60.09

AF

Annually

87422

92289

97364

102835

108472

114691

119392

124987

AG

17

Hourly

46.31

48.86

51.60

54.45

57.50

60.71

AH

Annually

96324

101628

107328

113256

119600

126276

AI

18

Hourly

51.04

53.86

56.90

60.03

63.35

66.89

AJ

Annually

106163

112028

118352

124862

131768

139131

Schedule E-2

1

2

3

4

A

Range

Minimum

Maximum

B

41

Hourly

16.23

50.46

C

Annually

33758

104956

D

42

Hourly

17.89

55.71

E

Annually

37211

115876

F

43

Hourly

19.70

61.35

G

Annually

40976

127608

H

44

Hourly

21.73

67.03

I

Annually

45198

139422

J

45

Hourly

24.01

73.18

K

Annually

49941

152214

L

46

Hourly

26.43

79.98

M

Annually

54974

166358

N

47

Hourly

29.14

87.29

O

Annually

60611

181563

P

48

Hourly

32.14

95.22

Q

Annually

66851

198057

R

49

Hourly

35.44

102.82

S

Annually

73715

213865

(3) Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period that includes July 1, 2023:

Schedule E-1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

A

Pay Ranges and Step Values

B

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

C

Range

D

1

Hourly

12.88

13.46

14.02

14.64

E

Annually

26790

27996

29161

30451

F

2

Hourly

15.63

16.29

16.98

17.74

G

Annually

32510

33883

35318

36899

H

3

Hourly

16.38

17.11

17.87

18.63

I

Annually

34070

35588

37169

38750

J

4

Hourly

17.19

17.96

18.83

19.64

K

Annually

35755

37356

39166

40851

L

5

Hourly

18.04

18.86

19.64

20.51

M

Annually

37523

39228

40851

42660

N

6

Hourly

19.00

19.80

20.65

21.51

O

Annually

39520

41184

42952

44740

P

7

Hourly

20.17

20.92

21.79

22.55

23.41

Q

Annually

41953

43513

45323

46904

48692

R

8

Hourly

21.33

22.28

23.24

24.29

25.43

S

Annually

44366

46342

48339

50523

52894

T

9

Hourly

22.75

23.94

25.11

26.37

27.70

U

Annually

47320

49795

52228

54849

57616

V

10

Hourly

24.53

25.89

27.28

28.86

30.39

W

Annually

51022

53851

56742

60028

63211

X

11

Hourly

26.74

28.28

29.92

31.61

33.40

Y

Annually

55619

58822

62233

65748

69472

Z

12

Hourly

29.49

31.15

32.82

34.63

36.55

38.55

40.12

42.01

AA

Annually

61339

64792

68265

72030

76024

80184

83449

87380

AB

13

Hourly

32.51

34.29

36.16

38.11

40.26

42.43

44.17

46.25

AC

Annually

67620

71323

75212

79268

83740

88254

91873

96200

AD

14

Hourly

35.74

37.78

39.81

41.97

44.34

46.81

48.75

51.03

AE

Annually

74339

78582

82804

87297

92227

97364

101400

106142

AF

15

Hourly

39.27

41.48

43.82

46.23

48.79

51.47

53.58

56.10

AG

Annually

81681

86278

91145

96158

101483

107057

111446

116688

AH

16

Hourly

43.29

45.70

48.21

50.92

53.71

56.79

59.12

61.89

AI

Annually

90043

95056

100276

105913

111716

118123

122969

128731

AJ

17

Hourly

47.70

50.33

53.15

56.08

59.23

62.53

65.97

AK

Annually

99216

104686

110552

116646

123198

130062

137217

AL

18

Hourly

52.57

55.48

58.61

61.83

65.25

68.90

AM

Annually

109345

115398

121908

128606

135720

143312

AN

19

Hourly

57.83

61.03

64.47

68.01

71.78

75.79

AO

Annually

120286

126942

134097

141460

149302

157643

Schedule E-2

1

2

3

4

A

Range

Minimum

Maximum

B

41

Hourly

16.23

51.97

C

Annually

33758

108097

D

42

Hourly

17.89

57.38

E

Annually

37211

119350

F

43

Hourly

19.70

63.19

G

Annually

40976

131435

H

44

Hourly

21.73

69.04

I

Annually

45198

143603

J

45

Hourly

24.01

75.38

K

Annually

49941

156790

L

46

Hourly

26.43

82.38

M

Annually

54974

171350

N

47

Hourly

29.14

89.91

O

Annually

60611

187012

P

48

Hourly

32.14

98.08

Q

Annually

66851

204006

R

49

Hourly

35.44

105.90

S

Annually

73715

220272

(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Exempt employee" means a permanent full-time or permanent part-time employee paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management whose position is included in the job classification plan established under division (A) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code but who is not considered a public employee for the purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. "Exempt employee" also includes a permanent full-time or permanent part-time employee of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general who has not been placed in an appropriate bargaining unit by the state employment relations board.
(2) "Base rate of pay" means the rate of pay established under schedule E-1 of this section, plus the supplement provided under division (E) of section 124.181 of the Revised Code, plus any supplements enacted into law that are added to schedule E-1 of this section.

(D) Notwithstanding any division of this section to the contrary, or division (E) or (G) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code with respect to requirements for step placement and advancement, no exempt employee other than a captain or equivalent officer in the state highway patrol shall be placed in step value 7 in range 17 of schedule E-1 of division (B)(3) of this section.

R.C. § 124.152

Amended by 135th General Assembly, HB 23,§101.01, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 134th General Assembly, HB 462,§1, eff. 4/3/2023.
Amended by 134th General Assembly, HB 110,§101.01, eff. 9/30/2021.
Amended by 132nd General Assembly, HB 292,§1, eff. 9/13/2018.
Amended by 131st General Assembly, HB 390,§101.01, eff. 9/28/2016.
Amended by 131st General Assembly, HB 64,§101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.
Amended by 128th General Assembly, HB 1, §101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
Effective Date: 06-29-2004; 03-30-2006; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007.
See 135th General Assembly, HB 23, §812.15.
The amendment to this section by 129th General Assembly, SB 5, §1was rejected by voters in the November, 2011 election.