Presidents Pay Agent

4 ways federal pay has changed in the last year

Although OPM has made various tweaks to the federal pay system — such as removing a cap on higher pay rates, and shifting the onus for approving pay…

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Dispelling some confusion around the new locality pay areas

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Federal pay falls even further behind the private sector

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Pay agent renews calls for ‘major legislative reforms’ to federal pay

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House bill aims to reduce effects of pay compression for senior-level feds

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Locality tweaks are only the tip of the federal pay iceberg, managers coalition warns

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Thousands of feds one step closer to a bigger raise in 2024

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

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Feds’ pay lags 22.5% behind private sector, the Federal Salary Council reports

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

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Locality pay remains stable and GS system is still broken, says pay agent

In the President’s Pay Agent’s annual report to Congress released Dec. 17, the three presidentially appointed leaders emphasized the same concerns…

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Federal locality pay: Broken or underfunded?

The Federal Salary Council is not recommending any new areas for 2022. But the council did engage in debate over the future of the federal locality program.

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As locality pay list grows longer, feds may see ‘relatively lower pay increases,’ OPM says

The Trump administration will add Des Moines, Iowa, to its list of locality pay areas, bringing the total to 54. Adding a locality pay area will directly impact 3,100 federal employees, but the move could also have broader effects on the rest of the federal workforce, the Office of Personnel Management said.

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