federal pay raise

In 2025, pay raises could range from 2% to 20%

Both chambers are now on board with the idea of an extra pay raise for junior military members, but House measures target civilian workforce

Federal Report

Proposed 2% federal pay raise gets support in 2025 defense authorization bill

Pay

Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts

Budget

Hatch Act, political activity, elections

Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget request

Budget

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Budget

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FILE - This Feb. 2, 2015, file photo, depicts a part of a U.S. $100 bill. A new government report estimates that government will be paying nearly half the nation’s health care tab within 10 years. That’s even without “Medicare-for-all,” the government-run plan for all Americans that some Democratic presidential contenders are calling for. Driving the increase is traditional Medicare, experiencing a surge in enrollment as aging baby boomers shift out of private coverage. The report comes from nonpartisan experts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Are federal employees headed for another big raise next year?

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As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats propose a 7.4% pay raise for feds

Pay

Here are the actual 2024 federal pay raises, based on employees’ locations

Pay

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Biden finalizes 2024 federal pay raise for civilian employees

Pay & Benefits

Agencies have a chance to propose new special salary rates, but budget uncertainty can cause hesitation

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Federal contract workers’ calls for higher wages reveal deeper questions of contractor pay

Workforce Rights/Governance

After a summer break, Congress has a lot on its plate this fall

The House and Senate appropriations packages are far from the only priority for Congress this fall — and many of the other to-do items have direct impacts…

Congress

Biden makes formal plans for 2024 federal pay raise

President Biden has officially recommended a 5.2% federal pay raise for most civilian employees in 2024, including a 0.5% locality pay adjustment.

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FILE - In this June 6, 2015, file photo, a customer, bottom, pays for goods while shopping at the Atlanta Farmers Market in Atlanta. Americans finally got a raise in 2015 after seven years of stagnating incomes, driven by big gains among the poorest households, according to information provided by the Census Bureau, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Higher minimum wages in many states and tougher competition among businesses to fill jobs pushed up pay, while low inflation made those paychecks stretch further. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Data Dive

Federal pay raises have lagged private sector for more than a decade, data shows

Pay & Benefits

The 2023 federal pay raise was the largest civilian employees have seen since 2002, and the largest military raise since 2003. But it’s still not keeping up with private sector wage growth.