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Pay raise for federal employees seems to be all but ensured

In today’s Federal Newscast, federal employees are one step closer to receiving the 2% pay raise the Biden administration proposed for fiscal 2025.

Federal Newscast

Welcome to the 2% year: Not as much for fewer people

Federal Report

(Amelia Brust/Federal News Network)

Federal employee groups want to know why civilians can’t get the same raise as military members this year

Federal Newscast

FILE — Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square, in New York, early Jan. 1, 2021, as the area normally packed with revelers remained closed off due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Crowds will once again fill New York's Times Square this New Year's Eve, with proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for revelers who want to watch the ball drop in person, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

The ball drops Sunday night, but (almost) everyone’s pay goes up

Federal Report

After walking down a gravel road to do recon on a fire cresting into the trees, a wildland firefighter grimaces as he walks back to his crew on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at the Bedrock Fire north of Lenore, Idaho. Lenore is about 30 miles east of Lewiston, Idaho. (Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP)

White House asks Congress to keep firefighters from falling off the pay cliff

Budget

Workers at the Social Security Administration are sounding the alarm

Federal Newscast

Drew Friedman, Federal News Network

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) at FAIR Act rally

Working for a living is hard, but have a little perspective

Tom Temin Commentary

NerdWallet-Millennial Money-Financial Insecurity Help

New data shows feds’ pay is lagging even more behind private sector counterparts

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo, Republican poll watcher Douglas Bucklin, center, observes as Schuylkill County Election Bureau Director Albert L. Gricoski, left, and staffer Christine Marmas, right, open provisional ballots in Pottsville, Pa. Even after he exits the White House, President Donald Trump's scorched-earth strategy of challenging the legitimacy of elections and seeking to overturn the will of the voters by any means necessary could have staying power. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP, File)

House of Representatives set to raise minimum salary for staffers

Federal Newscast

Members of Congress hoping to secure higher pay raise for federal employees next year

Federal Newscast

FILE - Gas prices are displayed at a gas station Friday, March 11, 2022, in Long Beach, Calif. Rebates or cash payments are being proposed in California, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and elsewhere as states are flush with cash and Americans are facing the highest inflation in four decades. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

With rising inflation, OPM to examine some employees current pay rate

Federal Newscast

Once again in 2022, your actual federal pay raise depends a lot on where you work

Actual 2022 federal pay raises for civilian employees will range from 2.42% to 3.21%, depending on where they work. See where you land based on your locality…

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Biden makes 2022 federal pay raise official for civilian employees

President Joe Biden signed an executive order implementing an average 2.7% federal pay raise for most civilian employees in 2022, the final step needed…

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Another year, another call for ‘major legislative reforms’ to the federal pay system

Pay

The most serious discussions about possible changes to the federal pay and locality system are on hold, at least until the president nominates new members to the Federal Salary Council.