From Longman Business Dictionarysalary scaleˈsalary ˌscale [countable] (also pay scale)HUMAN RESOURCES a scale showing the rates of pay for employees working at each level of an organization. It also shows the increases in pay an employee gets when they spend a certain length of time at a particular levelSYNPAY SPINE BrEGeoff is almost at the top of his salary scale.The company’s policy is to emphasize job security and incremental pay scales (=salaries that increase in stages). → scale