Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

2013-01-03Executive Order 13635
Signed by: Barack Obama
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Headline: Adjusts Federal Pay Rates for Civilian and Uniformed Personnel

What it does: Federal agencies must adopt the attached pay schedules and the Office of Personnel Management must implement and publish locality-based payments.

Real World Impact:
  • Updates salaries for most federal civilian employees across multiple pay systems.
  • Adjusts monthly pay rates for uniformed service members effective January 1, 2013.
  • Requires the Office of Personnel Management to implement and announce locality payments.
Topics: federal pay, military pay, government salaries, locality pay

Summary

This executive order sets updated pay rates and attached salary schedules for many federal positions. It specifies pay for the General Schedule, Foreign Service, Veterans Health Administration, Senior Executive Service, executive and judicial offices, and uniformed service members, and it establishes locality-based comparability payments.

The order directs the Office of Personnel Management to implement those locality payments and publish notice in the Federal Register. Schedule 8 for uniformed services is effective January 1, 2013; other schedules take effect as specified in Public Law 112-175.

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