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This is more common than not. Typical hierarchies only have 3-5 career stages, each of which has the breadth to cover many more levels and salary ranges. One could effectively spend many years over several promotions in a single career stage.
I suggest that you research the specifics of your role, band , and career stage in internal documentation. You'll either be able to validate what I am saying, or it will be clear that you are ready for the next career stage. If the latter is the case, bring your research to your manager and ask them what the path is to that next career stage.
Mentor
This is true based on my experience!
There are several common reasons why an employee might receive a promotion with a new title and salary increase but remain in the same career grade or level. In many cases, organizations adjust titles to better align with industry standards or to reflect the evolving responsibilities of the role, even if the change doesn’t warrant a move to the next career band. Sometimes, an employee takes on additional responsibilities or more complex work that merits recognition and compensation, but not enough to justify reclassification into a higher level. Employers also make these adjustments to address internal pay equity or to ensure competitiveness with market salaries. In other instances, a title and pay adjustment may be used as a way to recognize strong performance and retain valuable employees when a higher-level promotion is not available due to organizational structure or budget constraints. Some companies also design career paths with incremental steps within the same grade, such as moving from an “Analyst I” to an “Analyst II,” to demonstrate growth and progression without changing the overall level.
Like people said this happens all the time. My company only has one role above the one I am in in terms of grade/level. However, I have been promoted twice.
Mentor
You and me both. I only associate “promotions” with salary increases and title change. I understand title changes due to different work expectations. But, not higher level promotions. It doesn’t make sense to me. I guess we’re learning new things.