Contact: Raisa Dunton or Dylan Morris
Attachment: JCATs and Ranges effective 10.1.2025 (.xlsx file)
An updated JCAT Matrix with EHRA grades and modifiers is now available via the linked file. Adjustments this month span a broad cross section of JCATs including a number of administrative leadership positions and various facilities-related and operational roles. Reflected changes were shared on Oct. 14 with HRIS liaisons and should now be available within your ERP and other HR data systems. These should be used for your October monthly data submissions.
As part of this effort, redundant or unused JCATs have been earmarked for elimination effective June 30, 2026. The current list of JCATs slated for elimination can be found on the second tab of the attached Excel spreadsheet. Please review the list of JCATs scheduled to become inactive at the end of the fiscal year, and work with your institution’s departmental leaders to reclassify any employees/positions that may fall into these categories. Decisions regarding JCATs to discontinue were made due to a variety of factors including historical lack of use, policy changes, and in instances where a logical alternative is available. Should your campus believe that a JCAT that has been identified as part of this group should remain in an active status, please submit your request along with any supporting evidence to SystemComp@northcarolina.edu.
— Original Message from Oct. 8, 2025 follows below —
At the end of August, there were a total of 1,161 active JCATs available for use by University employees. Of those, 648 had been assigned to an EHRA Non-Faculty A-grade salary range or were assigned a grade of N (negotiable). The balance of 513 JCATs are presently under review for alignment with the Exempt Professional Staff salary grade system. The System Office HR and Operational Policy teams aim to have all non-academic and non-athletic JCATs assigned to an appropriate base range by the end of 2025. We may assess previously submitted requests for new JCATs or modifiers when feasible, but we cannot guarantee that these requests will be evaluated prior to the end of 2025. We will assess any remaining requests along with campus-based athletics ranges, faculty ranges, and the majority of academic leadership JCATs in the first half of 2026.
You can expect updates forthcoming in October, November, and December with several dozen JCATs under assessment each month. HRIS contacts will continue to receive their regular monthly update from Suzanne Crockett around the 14th of each month with any JCAT structure and other HR Data Mart updates. As always, these items should be updated in your ERP or other internal systems prior to submitting your monthly HR data uploads. A revised JCAT / Salary Grade Matrix will be shared via the final HR Council Digest email each month and will be available for download from the Class and Comp section of the System Office HR website.
As part of this effort, JCATs are also being assessed for potential elimination. In most cases, a JCAT will only be identified for sunsetting if it is not or has not been used for an extended period, if there are logical alternatives already available, and/or if newly expanded alternatives will be created through this process. A list of JCATs that are currently slated to be eliminated will be shared later this month, along with the revised JCAT / Salary Grade Matrix. Items scheduled for elimination should be phased out over the next 6-9 months, with a sunset date of June 30, 2026.
A basic outline of this work can be found below. Note that this schedule is not intended to be fully inclusive and is subject to change.
- September (for October updates) — Administrative leadership positions and Facilities/Operations positions
- October (for November updates) — Student Affairs positions; Business Operations and Support positions; Law Enforcement
- November (for December updates) — Research positions
- December (for January updates) — IT positions; miscellaneous operational or administrative roles not yet assessed
- Early 2026 — Athletics positions and ranges
- Spring 2026 — Academic Affairs positions; Library positions; Faculty ranges