Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
Headline: Adjusts Federal Pay Rates Across Multiple Government Pay Systems
What it does: Federal agencies must implement the adjusted pay rates and locality payments listed on the attached schedules.
- Sets official pay rates for many federal civilian employees and senior executives.
- Establishes monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services and cadets.
- Requires the Office of Personnel Management to implement and announce locality payments.
Summary
This order sets the official pay rates and salary tables for many federal workers and members of the uniformed services by attaching specific pay schedules.
It covers basic pay for statutory civilian pay systems, the Foreign Service, Veterans Health Administration, Senior Executive Service ranges, executive and congressional salaries, judges and justices, military monthly pay and cadet/midshipman pay, locality-based comparability payments, and administrative law judges.
The Office of Personnel Management must implement and publish locality payments; the schedules take effect January 1, 2021, and the order supersedes a prior pay order.
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