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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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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

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Federal locality pay: Broken or underfunded?

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

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Federal locality pay has always been flawed, president’s pay agent says

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Is securing a new federal locality pay area worth it?

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OPM finalizes 6 new locality pay areas in time for 2019

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OPM takes next long-awaited steps to establish 4 new locality pay areas

Trump administration made few changes to locality pay in 2018. What happened?

Federal employees looking for major changes to locality pay will be disappointed in 2018, as the entities that typically make small but significant moves…

President’s Pay Agent signs off on 2 new locality pay areas

The President’s Pay Agent approved a recommendation to add Burlington, Vermont, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, to the list of separate locality pay areas…

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Lack of movement on new locality pay locations frustrates feds, unions

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The Federal Salary Council voted Friday to add 13 cities to a list of municipalities where federal employees are paid more, in an effort to close a growing wage gap between feds and private-sector counterparts in certain regions of the country. 12 of the 13 recommendations had been approved previously but have gone unimplemented by the President’s Pay Agent, frustrating federal employees and the unions representing feds in those areas.