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Calculating Your 2010 Pay Rate: How Much Will You See in Your Paycheck?

2010 Pay raise

LMT
DOD
Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:24 AM

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Using your calculater, what is the difference between a 2.9 and a 3.4 raise? Somewhere around 400-500 dollars a year. Isn't that even less than what the stimulus promised us?

Re: 2010 Pay raise

IT Director
U.S. Department of State
Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:50 AM
Difference in value of %, depends on what your income is. Not everyone will be $400 to $500. Perhaps that is just you. The fools in Congress need to give up their % for the good of the social security and retirees and the federal employee.

what about the Pay Bands (DCIPS)

Senior Staff Officer
DoD
Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:44 AM

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This is great, except we are now under DCIPS and last year they did a wage in grade deal where we got a portion of the next step. How do we figure our raises on this ridiculoys system?

Re: what about the Pay Bands (DCIPS)

Diversity Manager
DOL
Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:49 PM
what ever you get its a gift from the taxpayers

RUS Raise

Manager
USDA
Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:10 AM

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Your calculator is not a good estimator for the RUS. We NEVER get the full raise. You estimate the increase at the total - for example I customized it to 2% and the calculator estimated a straght 2% for the RUS. It would be more like 1.5% - typically we receive at least .5% less than the stated raise.

I hope to come out even with a small raise and increase in LTC and health insurance. Given the fact a lot of companies are cutting wages, I can't complain - except I am entering the last three years of my employment prior to planned retirement and I had hoped for at least 2% net per year...well, still can't really complain.

Her we go again

Senior Manager
EPA
Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:14 AM

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I will start by saying that I don't really want to hear the bleeding hearts again this year about how much they make versus a GS 15-10's. Last year they thought it was rediculous that we were complaining about the pay cap ($153,200). I then mentioned that I was surprised about how many GS 12-14's were willing to do the work that we do as Senior Managers, with our education and expertise, for "their" current pay. (We all want to be paid for what we do in our respective grades and positions, especially when we reach the higher end of the scale.) My point: The scale did not calculate the cap for last year and is very telling. In actuality had there been no pay cap for 2009 the GS 15-10's would be making $161,636, however, we will instead be making $157,643 which is a 2.8% loss. This in conjunction with the 2.8% loss from last year and the current inflation rate, represents nearly a 8.6% loss in buying (living) power. Thanks Congress (IDMI)

All GS 15-8/9/10's will be over pay cap

Senior Information Manager
EPA
Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:28 AM

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It looks like all GS-15-8/8/10's will make the same amount next year. Congress has been wondering why they are finally starting to see a significant loss of long-term, highly-experienced managers. If the Executive Branch were like the Military, they would use "Stop-Loss" to make sure that inefficiency and ineffectiveness within of the executive branch would not set in. I Have dedicated my life (42 years) to the government because I felt a sense of mutual benefit. (I served with honor and they compensated be for my work.) I don't feel that way anymore and have started my paperwork. The real shame is that the excellent managers that I trained to take my place, left years ago, and quite honestly, the 'new' younger mid-level managers don't feel they can learn anthing from me. They lack respect and want us to leave our positions so they can get the promotions and attain the higher levels which they can not actually perform at. Good luck.....

Pay Cap

Attorney
IRS
Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:36 AM

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Well, if the pay cap isn't lifted this year, those of us at the cap and nearing retirement will be doubly screwed. My own pay will be nearly 10 grand below the calculated raise for my city. It's about 5 grand lower right now.

And, of course, this impacts my retirement pay calculation. I figure I will get 5 grand less in retirement pay if I retired at the end of next year, due to the cap, as compared to what I would have gotten with no cap.

About the best I can hope for is a 3000 increase in the cap. I'll bet it doesn't happen.

raise

Retired csrs
rural development
Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:16 PM

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what do you think will be the inflation factor fro 2009 for retirees to get an increase. I know inflation was low the first few months of this year.

Re: raise

Diversity Manager
DOL
Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:51 PM
Goose EGG nada nothing

Re: raise

Fed Peasant
DOD
Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:13 PM
Be very, very wary, of any estimations of current & especially future inflation rates.

Re: raise

Aviation Safety Inspector
FAA
Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:40 AM
Currently the CPI is negative. This means a zero COLA. However the good news is that even though the CPI is negative there will not be any decrease in retirement of SS benefits. And if you think you have it rough just think about those poor FERS retirees.
When there is an increase in the CPI the CSRS and SS folks get the full increase, FERS get 1% less than the CPI. Congress tied the CPI to the CSRS and SS years ago so retirees’ benefits wouldn’t erode with inflation. Yet somehow they think FERS can live on less. So with zero COLA on top of years of lower increases they really get slammed.
Go figure.
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