Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
Headline: Adjusts Federal Pay Rates for Civilian and Military Personnel
What it does: Federal departments and pay offices must apply the attached updated pay schedules and the Office of Personnel Management must implement and publish locality payment details.
- Adjusts salaries for General Schedule and Foreign Service civilian employees.
- Updates pay ranges for Senior Executive Service, judges, and administrative law judges.
- Sets monthly basic pay for uniformed service members effective January 1, 2019.
Summary
This order sets updated pay schedules for many federal workers and members of the armed forces. It lists new basic pay rates for civilian workers, including the General Schedule, the Foreign Service, the Veterans Health Administration, Senior Executive Service ranges, judges, and uniformed service members.
It directs the agency that manages federal pay to implement locality-based pay adjustments and publish notice in the Federal Register. Military pay rates are effective January 1, 2019; other schedules take effect on the first pay period on or after January 1, 2019.
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