Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

2014-12-24Executive Order 13686
Signed by: Barack Obama
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Headline: Adjusts Federal Pay Rates for Civilian and Military Personnel

What it does: Federal agencies must use the new pay schedules, and the Office of Personnel Management must implement and publish locality pay changes.

Real World Impact:
  • Adjusts pay rates for civilian federal employees under multiple salary schedules.
  • Sets new monthly basic pay for uniformed service members and cadets effective Jan 1, 2015.
  • Requires the Office of Personnel Management to implement and announce locality pay adjustments.
Topics: federal employee pay, military pay, government salaries, pay administration

Summary

This order sets new pay rates and salary schedules for many federal positions. It lists adjusted rates for the General Schedule, Foreign Service, Veterans Health Administration, senior executives, certain elected and appointed offices, judges, administrative law judges, and members of the uniformed services in the attached schedules.

The Office of Personnel Management must implement locality-based pay and publish notice in the Federal Register. Most schedules take effect on or after January 1, 2015, while the uniformed services schedule is effective January 1, 2015.

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