This. There is a $4 delta between minimum PG35 and minimum PG45. If you make more than the minimum, you won’t see a raise. You make the minimum, you’ll always be moved up to the new minimum.
Additionally, $4 is the amount that gets taken from you when you step down from PG45 to PG35.
I fully expect $14/$18 to be the new minimums on 5/31, seeing as that is when my current pay is supposedly ending. I’ll be genuinely shocked if it goes all the way to $15/19.