Thousands of blue-collar feds are set for a federal pay bump
“For too long, workers hired under the Federal Wage System were paid less money than their counterparts hired under a different pay system to work in the same area,” President Joe Biden said in a statement in October.. For instance, at Tobyhanna Army Depot, the creation of a new GS pay area in 2005 led to an immediate 12% locality-based pay raise for workers on the GS system.
Pay & Leave : Salaries & Wages - OPM.gov
Federal Wage System; Special Rates Requests; Nonforeign Areas; Salaries & Wages Toggle submenu. Special Rate; ... Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase. Effective January 2025. ... Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 ...
Federal Wage System (FWS) Pay Scale for 2025 - FederalPay.org
Federal Wage System (FWS) Payscales for 2025 The Federal Wage System (FWS) is a pay scale system that applies to blue-collar Federal government workers. The Office of Personnel Management, with the help of local labor unions, establishes hourly FWS pay tables for every major Government facility in the United States.
Finalized: Blue-collar Wage Grade Pay Raise, VA Bonuses ... - FEDweek
Federal Manager’s Handbook; 2025 GS Locality Pay Tables ... Blue-collar Wage Grade Pay Raise, VA Bonuses, Relocation Payments ... The change regarding wage grade—formally, Federal Wage System ...
OPM Issues Final Rule Giving Some FWS Federal Employees a Pay Raise
The pay increases will vary considerably, based on wage area and grades. For example, pay increases for FWS employees in Monroe County, PA, who will be moved to the New York, NY, wage area, will vary from around $0.49 per hour at grade WG-01 to $7.85 per hour at grade WG-15 based on current wage levels.
Wage and Salary
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Salaries & Wages - U.S. Office of Personnel Management
The Office of Personnel Management provides policy leadership and expertise on a variety of Governmentwide pay programs for Federal employees, including the General Schedule (GS), Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) Pay Schedules, and the Federal Wage System (FWS).. For more information on the pay tables and related materials posted on our website, agencies may email PayPolicy@opm.gov.
The actual pay raises feds will see for 2025, based on locality pay
The 2% federal pay raise for 2025 is an average. Based on locality pay, civilian federal employees may see raises slightly above or below that number. ... Although FEPCA allows for a large enough annual federal pay raise to bring the federal-private sector wage gap down to 5%, no president since 1994 has incorporated the fully authorized amount.
WG Pay Scale 2025
WG Pay Scale 2025 – The Federal Wage System (FWS) was created to ensure that the payment and payment schedule of Federal blue-collar workers were up to par with the prevailing rates offered by the private sector in each local wage area.. Prior to the introduction of FWS, no central authority existed for establishing wage equity for Federal craft, trade, and laboring employees.
Biden Issues Executive Order on 2025 Federal Pay Raise - FedSmith
The 2025 General Schedule (GS) pay scale is based on the 2025 federal pay raise. The GS pay table incorporates a base pay increase of 1.7% and an additional 0.3% for locality pay. The pay cap for some higher GS grades will be $195,200 in 2025 as limited by the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
2025 Federal Pay Raise Bidding Opens at 7.4% - FedSmith
The annual political debate over the amount of the 2025 federal pay raise has begun. The bidding process has opened at 7.4% in legislation introduced this week in both the House and the Senate ().Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced their annual Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act which would give federal employees a 7.4% raise in 2025.
Executive Order Issued on 2025 Pay Raise; Pay Tables Released
Federal employees will receive an average 2 percent raise in 2025 according to the executive order issued by President Biden. As part of his budget request, Biden proposed giving civilian federal employees an average a 1.7 percent across-the-board pay increase with a 0.3 percent average bump in locality pay.
Fiscal Year 2025 Prevailing Rate Pay Adjustments - chcoc.gov
Section 737(a) provides that pay increases for wage employees in FY 2025 may not exceed 2.04 percent—the sum of the GS across-the-board percentage adjustment and ... applicable Federal, State, or local minimum wage rate is not subject to the limitation in section 737(a). Rates established as the result of an adjustment in an applicable
Biden Finalizes Federal Pay Increases for 2025 – NARFE
In the last week of 2024, President Joe Biden signed an executive order providing an average 2% federal civilian employee pay raise applicable to statutory pay rates, including the General Schedule. The pay increase includes a 1.7% across-the-board increase, plus an average 0.3 percentage point increase in locality pay rates.
Pay Raise Finalized; Increases to Range from 1.88 to 2.35 Percent - FEDweek
President Biden has signed an executive order finalizing a 2 percent average federal employee pay raise in January, with increases to vary by locality from 1.88 to 2.35 percent.
2025 Federal Pay Raise is One Step Closer to Reality - FedSmith
The 2025 federal pay raise took another small step forward recently with movement on appropriations bills that are working their way through Congress. The Senate Armed Services Committee approved the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act which contains a 2% pay raise for Defense Department civilian federal employees.
OPM set to finalize rules standardizing General Schedule, blue collar ...
In a previous filing, the agency said around 15,000 employees will see their pay increase, and that the 2,000 employees who will be moving into a lower wage schedule will be able to maintain their ...
2025 Federal Pay Raise: White House Releases ... - My Federal Retirement
The letter proposes an the across-the-board 2025 federal employee pay raise of 1.7 percent and locality pay increases will average 0.3 percent, “resulting in an overall average increase of 2.0 percent for civilian federal employees.” This proposal is consistent with the 2025 White House budget released earlier this year.
Federal workers to get a pay raise in 2025: Here’s how much ... - silive
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Federal civilian workers will receive an “across-the-board” base pay increase in 2025, according to a statement from the White House, and government workers can expect ...