Acompa - ratio of 100 per cent means that actual and policy pay are the same. Compa-
ratios which are higher or lower than 100 per cent mean that, respectively, pay is
above or below the policy target rate. For example, if the target (policy) rate in a range
were £20,000 and the average pay of all the individuals in the grade were £18,000, the
compa-ratio would be 90 per cent.