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How does locality pay actually work, and where did it come from?

Explaining the history of locality pay and how it affects federal employees on the General Schedule.

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Advocacy groups raise concerns about federal pay system amid growing wage gap

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For feds, 2020 pay raise depends a lot on your location

Pay

COLA clock moves to 2.1 percent

Federal Report

FILE - In this June 6, 2015, file photo, a customer, bottom, pays for goods while shopping at the Atlanta Farmers Market in Atlanta. Wage growth has been perhaps the job market's biggest weakness since the recession ended. Pay increases have been both slow and uneven, highly dependent on your field of employment and, for many, not enough to keep pace even with a slow-rising cost of living. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Retiree COLA likely to trump federal pay raise

Federal Report

Money and stethoscope to illustrate the cost of health care

January health premium hike cuts into pay raise, retiree COLA

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