# Budget Ranges Budget ranges represent what a candidate is recommended to use when budgeting a full time salary for a specific term of time. The range provides guidance values from junior to senior. It is up to the contributor to provide evidence of where they are on the budget range in terms of their seniority. The initial budget range is for a 6 month funding time frame. ### Process for setting budget range **Current**: The budge range is calculated looking at the tasks and skills of a specific role and then looking at the market value of that type of role. Engaged community members define these initial budget ranges. **Mid term future**: A community governance solution could be added that helps with ensuring the roles are well defined and market data is available to inform the voters. The community then can vote on the lower and upper budget ranges. **Long term future**: Budget ranges represent the base salary of contributors and an impact bonus could be introduced to incentivise contributors or other community members to maximise their impact whilst being a full time contributor. Governance is needed to oversee the allocation of impact bonus values and to use sensible values. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.catalystcontributors.org/infrastructure-contributors/infrastructure-contributor/roles/budget-ranges.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.