Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
Adjusts Pay Rates for Federal Employees and Uniformed Services
What it does
Agencies must adopt the attached updated pay schedules and the federal personnel director must implement and publish locality payments.
Real-world impact
- Adjusts pay rates for federal civilian workers, judges, and elected officials.
- Sets new monthly basic pay for uniformed service members effective January 1, 2025.
- Requires the federal personnel director to publish and implement locality payments.
Topics
Summary
This order sets adjusted pay rates for multiple federal pay systems by attaching updated pay schedules. It covers the General Schedule, the Foreign Service, Veterans Health Administration pay, senior executives, judges, elected officials, and members of the uniformed services. It also establishes locality-based comparability payments and directs the federal personnel director to implement and publish notice of those payments.
Uniformed service rates take effect January 1, 2025; other schedules take effect on the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2025. The order supersedes the December 21, 2023 pay-adjustment order as of those dates.
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