Pay & Benefits

Feds saw year-long roller coaster ride instead of straight answer on pay raise question in 2018

Federal employees wondering whether they'll see a pay raise in 2019 were in for a year-long roller coaster ride rather than a straight answer. One week before t...

Daisy Thornton@dthorntonWFED

December 28, 2018 11:53 am

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**8. House Republicans say they’re on track to give federal employees a pay raise next year**

Just a week later, House Republicans said they’d struck a tentative deal on a federal pay raise for civilian federal employees in 2019. The raise would mirror the Senate’s proposed 1.9 percent average raise — and matches what federal employees received in 2018. But although some House Republicans were quick to announce a deal had been struck, a 1.9 percent pay raise was far from a done deal.

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Daisy Thornton

Daisy Thornton is Federal News Network’s digital managing editor. In addition to her editing responsibilities, she covers federal management, workforce and technology issues. She is also the commentary editor; email her your letters to the editor and pitches for contributed bylines.

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