But then again, working backwards, in 2019 I would be a 1 PQE assoc, and in Dec 2018 I was an NQ assoc? So if I had been with my present firm from when I was called, I would have gotten a pay increase in Jan 2019, assuming that was when a pay revision would be made?

That seems to be a very short period of being a NQ. Correct me if i'm wrong. Thanks!