A lot of good the increase will do for higher graded people in most high-cost areas! Unless this bill lifts the maximum pay limit of $149,000 for GS employees, those hitting that limit will see little or nothing.
Re: GS Pay Cap
everyman dod Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:11 AM
Sure wish I had the problem of hitting that $149,000 cieling!! After 35 years of service I come NOWHERE near that amount.
Re: GS Pay Cap
Analyst State Dept in Washington DC Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:24 AM
You are going to feel some heat for this comment. Although true.
Re: GS Pay Cap
Computer Specialist Forest Service Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:54 AM
poor ole EPA supervisor your work probably is consistant with your ungreatfullness... you were just forced into that area at gun point.
Re: GS Pay Cap
Engineer USACE Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:38 PM
This is free country, if you think you are under paid, hit the road!! I do not want anybody working for the Feds who could be making more money in the private sector. The private work sector force needs the smartest people available, and pays them well. Thanks for your contribution to the fed Government, thanks for forgoing the substantial pay increases you deserve. God Bless and good luck.
Re: GS Pay Cap
QAS DCMA Wed Oct 1, 2008 7:23 AM
TO:Supervisor EPA
What a pompous Azz you are! For those of us who are considered "the Rest of the Nation" 3.9% sounds good, we would like more to bring us up to the level of you elite folks but don't expect it in today's world.
Re: GS Pay Cap
fed fed govt Wed Oct 1, 2008 8:40 AM
Why attack her/him b/c they've done well for themselves...don’t we all aspire to this level one day? Maybe instead of berating EPA Sup...people who've been with the gov't for 30+ years and are GS-6 should be asking for some pearls of wisdom to pass on to their kids/grandkids about how to excel as a fed employee!
I’ve been with the gov’t just a few months shy of two years and I’m a GS-11…EPA Sup, any general principles you can pass along on how we can all one day have this “problem” :O)
Re: GS Pay Cap
Supreme Mongo Bureau of Mongo Wed Oct 1, 2008 10:29 AM
I just wish you were an NSPS employee so you could really enjoy pay for performance!
Re: GS Pay Cap
Federal Worker Interior Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:37 PM
$149,000 is the 2008 Executive Schedule Level IV annual rate of compensation. General Schedule employees Basic Pay plus Locality is limited by 5 USC 5304 to this rate.
The Executive Schedule pay scale has seen increases every year since 2000.
Here are some other federal employees paid EX IV:
Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture
Assistant Secretaries of Commerce
Assistant Secretaries of Defense
Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force
Assistant Secretaries of the Army
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy
Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretaries of the Interior
Assistant Attorneys General
Assistant Secretaries of Labor
And last but not least:
Assistant Administrators EPA
EPA Supervisor could aspire to the Deputy Administrator EPA position (EX-III $158,000), or Administrator EPA (EX-II $172,200). If that won't ease the pain, EPA Sup could be a Cabinet Secretary (EX-I $191,300).
pay raise
biologist us forest service Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:35 AM
I am very happy, and grateful, that we might receive a 3.9% raise in January. It would almost, but not quite, make up for the additional $40/month that I will be paying for health insurance. Woo hoo.
Re: pay raise
Diversity Manager DOL Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:20 PM
It would be better for all around if CS could perform simple math calculations when they post. Otherwise the general public will start thinking that we don't even have GED's
Re: pay raise
analyst government Tue Oct 7, 2008 1:25 PM
You really hit the mark! I just laughed out loud at the truthfulness of this comment.....
Don't Count Your Chickens
Retired DoC Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:33 PM
With the recent collapse of the financial sector and the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of taxpayers that will loose their jobs as a result, I wouldn't count on any federal raise. You will be thankful if you still have a job.
Remember when Clinton canceled the federal pay raise? Oh, I forgot - the Democrats are federal worker's friends! Maybe that just didn't happen and I dreamed it.
Forget about the stock market as a barometer of the economy. The market is not the economy. The complete loony tunes in our congress, who are the cause of this mess, have insured, one way or the other, that the Great Depression II will be upon us within the next 6 months.
I'm just glad I'm retired and not starting out right now. It could be a very long haul back up. Now, back to tending to my TSP!
Re: Don't Count Your Chickens
NWA NCA Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:41 PM
1. "Retired", everyone who has a job can be thankful they have the job; that doesn't mean you don't expect to be adequately compensated.
2. While Clinton may have cancelled the increase on occasion, every President in the FEPCA era has low-balled the recommended increase one time or another; you can thank the "loony tunes in Congress" for typically restoring to the full amount, contrary to the President's stated desire.
3. You can be thankful you'll still be receiving your annuity. Your smug, condescending attitude toward those of us who are still working is not appreciated. Have fun tending your TSP "garden". I'm satisfied knowing that you won't live forever.
4. Kansas Girl, bureaucrats are themselves taxpayers.
Re: Don't Count Your Chickens
Analyst DoD Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:01 PM
What year did Clinton cancel the pay raise?
I've got a spreadsheet of a GS-11/3 back to 1990 for the Seattle area and it looks like every year there was a raise.
Ronald Reagan canceled the pay raise, not Clinton. The largest increase ever was given by Jimmy Carter at the end of his term.
Re: Don't Count Your Chickens
Analyst DOD Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:01 AM
Remember when Clinton left us in the black??? Seems like the spend, spend philosophy of the Republicans for the last 8 years has caused us to go so deeply in the red that we will never recover. So do not blame the current mess and whining about a very small or no cost of living increase on Clinton.
Oh by the way, it wasn't Clinton that cancelled the pay raise, it was Ronald Regan...
Bureaucrats' not fearful.
KansasGirl ME Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:42 PM
Another example of why taxpayers have turned against bureaucrats.
The F Funds
Test Control Officer Air Force Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:00 PM
You mentioned in your article, "the I fund is down almost 30% for the year; the C fund is down more than 23% and the S fund is down almost 19%."
What about the F Fund???
Robbie Sheehy
382 TRS/TRR
Sheppard AFB TX
Re: The F Funds
editor FedSmith.com Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:36 PM
You can see the daily and yearly rate of return for all of the funds on the top section of the FedSmith.com home page. (The F fund is up 2.08% for the year as of 9/30/08.)
3.9% is Pretty Good
Fed Worker DOD Wed Oct 1, 2008 7:00 AM
3.9% is better than nothing, Thank you taxpayers. I appreciate this. I know some of you won't see that much this year, and I know some of you are looking for work. I work hard for you everyday. I am thinking about you in the decisions I make.
Pay raise
federal worker bee BLM Wed Oct 1, 2008 9:46 AM
EAP sup, sorry that you are being"cheeted" I feel that myself, as an fed. gov employee, I make a very decent salary. But guess what, in my grade/location, as a rest of us, we don't even get the 3.9% . We will be lucky if it is 2.4%, It does not cover the health care increase, which is same rate for you or me, regardless of location. Tighten your bell, disconnect you cable, scale down your eating out.....Times are harder, stop whinning.
3.9% Average Pay Raise for Feds in 2009
research Engineer DOD Wed Oct 1, 2008 11:44 AM
99% of American are worried about just keeping there job, buy hey those who work for Uncle Sam are getting a significant raise, and so these rich and connected get rewarded again, what was average pay and benefits for a federal worker, about $100,000. What a great place to work.
Federal Employees's 2009 pay Raise
Admin asst DoD Wed Oct 1, 2008 2:29 PM
Why does everyone assume that federal employees are not taxpayers? We are - just as much as the folks in the private sector who whine when they read about our raises. Sometimes we pay more than our fair share. Everything we make is taxed. I am one of the 'rest of the US' - by the time money is taken out for the raise in our health care premiums - there is NO RAISE! If you are one of those who are living off "the system" - quit your complaining when I get a piddling raise and do something useful with your time - like volunteer to help those less fortunate than you.
Oh, and, one more thing - for those of you who think the President put us in this mess - go back and re-read your government/history books - it's Congress - not the President who has all the power. He can only veto what they vote on.
Re: Federal Employees's 2009 pay Raise
Diversity Manager DOL Wed Oct 1, 2008 8:51 PM
That's some convoluted logic. The taxpayers pay you and by default they are getting a refund on their tax dollars. I like Fed Taxpayers to a Discover card where the REAL taxpayers get 2/3% back on their purchases
Re: Federal Employees's 2009 pay Raise
Dudley DoRight GSA Mon Oct 6, 2008 6:14 PM
If you're paying any part of your income for taxes, then by definition you're a REAL taxpayer, whether you're employed by the public or private sector. I don't want to see innocent people in the private sector suffering, but I'm a little tired of (1) non-Feds who look down their noses at Federal employees & (2) self-hating, self-loathing Fed employees who insist on sucking up to the Fed-haters on the outside. If you can't support & get behind the majority of Feds who do their jobs to the best of their ability, then get the hell out & DON'T wait until retirement to do so.
Re:Federal Employee's 2009 pay Raise
Fed Worker DOD Thu Oct 2, 2008 6:45 AM
You start out complaining, and then whine about people who complain. The President has a lot of power, he can propose Tax cut legislation, Education bills, the budget, and influence the Fed Chairman to lower interest rates, start wars, Bailouts, etc.... 2.9% is still a pretty good raise, when we are on the brink of total financial system destruction. You should get on your knees and kiss the taxpayers feet, and do everything you can to help them keep their jobs. That way they can maybe be ok with you getting a 2.9% raise when many of them will see no raise and increased insurance costs. Your logic is so convoluted that maybe you would benefit from using some of those benefits and talk to a counselor.
Re: Re:Federal Employee's 2009 pay Raise
Worker DoD Tue Oct 7, 2008 8:00 AM
Kiss the taxpayers feet? Doyou really think this way? If so, you need to seek professional assistance..... Oh, and if people in the private sector are envious of my job, they can apply for positions just like I and every other Fed did.
GS 15 Step 10 pay
Dir . OFF of FF Remediation and SA US EPA Mon Oct 6, 2008 8:09 AM
Will my pay which is now at the GS max of $149,000 go up the 3.9% ?
Re: GS 15 Step 10 pay
Claims Rep SSA Mon Oct 6, 2008 6:10 PM
No, the raise will be 2.9% and the cap will be $153,300. Will that be enough for you?
Alleged Whiners
GS DOJ Mon Oct 6, 2008 1:24 PM
Every time I see someone make a posting in response to someone else that has hit the pay cap I notice that it is always negative comment. Jealousy is a dangerous thing. If you hit the pay cap and most people do not; however, those who do deserve a raise as well. Maybe they have moved and made other sacrifices to get to where they are and it is not fair that some get a raise and others do not. If it is earned it is earned and people should not be told they should be happy with what they have…by the way I am a GS-9 and I am working to get to the top and I don’t want to be capped when I get there….
Re: Alleged Whiners
Worker DoD Tue Oct 7, 2008 8:05 AM
While I agree with the gist of your posting, I believe that people who have reached their cap should be more discreet when they ask pay questions. It just makes them seem ungrateful or as if they are looking down on others. Not saying they are, but appearances mean alot and if they are at that level, it is assumed they know how to navigate the waters. Besides, do they really think that lower level workers are going to have those kind of answers?
Re: Alleged Whiners
intspec DoD Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:22 AM
If you think a guy who's reached his pay cap is so out of touch with reality that he/she doesn't know whether the annual cost of living adjustment (not pay raise) affects them or not, then you're the one that's out of touch. The question was inflammatory for a reason and it wasn't written by somebody who's reached his pay cap.
Whiners they are not!
GS DOJ Tue Oct 7, 2008 11:41 AM
If they do not speak up for themselves nobody else will...just look at all the negative responses that have been posted. As I said earlier, jealousy is a very dangerous sentiment. Congress needs to act and get it together....I have friends that actually see a comment in their leave and earnings statement that tells them how many hours of work they are not being paid for because of the pay cap. To me, that sounds illegal....work and not get paid for the hours put in...maybe they should just work the hours they are getting paid for and go home when the clock stops paying them.....
Alaska and Hawaii are Missing?
physical scientist DOI Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:09 PM
the calculator list of localities for pay calculation do not include Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico. Why not include them in the pay calculator?
Re: Alaska and Hawaii are Missing?
Editor FedSmith.com Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:01 PM
We have a very small staff that works hard on a part-time basis to provide a free site for our readers. The calculations for Wage Grade employees and other pay systems outside the GS system use different calculations. We use our limited resources to provide the information that will be as useful as we can make it for the largest number of readers.
Usefulness of calculator
ASI FAA Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:01 AM
Your calculator is of great help to all of us!
Clinton is the culprit, not the Savior. Reagan trickle down economics and lower taxes kicked in during a good economic cycle during the immoral regime.
CALCULATOR QUESTION
retired FDIC Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:17 PM
Using calculator, the increase for Minneapolis calculates to about a 3.7%... i.e. something less than the 3.9% base increase. Is this casued by a change in the locality adjustment, or is there some other reason?
Re: CALCULATOR QUESTION
editor FedSmith.com Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:01 PM
The 3.9% is not a base--it is an average increase. The base increase will probably be in the range of 2.9%.
PAY INCREASE FOR GOVERNMENT WORKERS
LOGISTICS/PROCUREMENT OFFICER DOD Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:32 PM
i'm willing to forgo a pay increase, if it will help our economy and my fellow brothers and sisters who have lost their jobs.
Federal Employee Ignorance
PM USMC Sat Nov 1, 2008 10:31 AM
For some of you whiners, it appears that fundamental skills like math and spelling are stunting your career progression. I implore you to take the time to develop your point and clearly articulate said point with the depth of insight that would make the taxpayers of this great nation proud that you are willing to perform as a U.S. civil servant.
Re: Federal Employee Ignorance
Emergency Essential Department of the Army Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:57 AM
PM USMC excellent writing skills but you have issues. Please share them with a counselor.
Salary Caps
Emergency Essential Department of the Army Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:48 AM
I read the posts here quite often; however I rarely post an opinion. I do however want to address the pay cap issue. The pay cap has a large effect on people in my profession. I am a GS-12 world wide deployable, emergency essential. I spend most of my time in Iraq working side by side with the soldiers. We sacrifice lives, blood and tears along side the fighter. The compensation we receive for being here in harms way consists of overtime, hazardous duty pay and post differential. Some of us spend so much time here we hit the pay cap. DFAS calculates what we are making each pay period and if they believe we could hit the pay cap in that year they cut our pay. This is great for workers that stay here year in and year out but my team deploys every six months. That means we were not getting paid for some of our time here even though we never got close to the cap at the end of the year. The new rules were written for those of us in these conditions. I think we earned it and deserve it.
Re: Salary Caps
Div Dir DoD Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:05 AM
The salary cap is based on a biweekly paycheck. With the current limit of $149,000 for a GS-15/10 a sinlge bi-weekly pay check cannot exceed $5711.55 in totla compensation. The math for this is (149000/2087)*80. The total compensation includes base pay, overtime pay, compensatory time caluculated at your base rate and other comepnsations.
Unfortunately it does not take into consideration whether this is a one-time or a frequent occurence. Some of my folks can earn less than 3 hours of compensatory time or overtime pay in any one pay period.
pay raises
Mr. Moore American patriot Sun Mar 8, 2009 8:00 PM
I wont begrudge you your job with Government but pay is another matter civil servants should not be living better than the people they serve. Henceforth the title servant and lets face it the government has lost touch with the people. The government doesn't make money they spend it. Judging on there performance they should all be canned because in the real world if this was how you did your job you wouldn't last 30 days.
why does government deserve raises for mistakes?
Ernie Lang retired lineman in the USA Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:05 PM
I find it very funny that the people who make wages off the backs of the rest of us seem to do good only for themselves.If they can find a 6% raise for retired government employees why is it so hard to find it for people on social security.Is it because they have a special fund somewhat like hour great politians who have a pension fund they dont put a dime in but they get the best pension the working class can or even cannot afford.It is to bad that washington doesnt have to live within a budget like most hard working and non working people in this country have to.Of course if thats all you have to do is crank up those printing presses and make some more or just build another bridge to no where.I believe if they can find a raise for government workers they should find some for the people that actually pay there wages.But I suppose that would take some responsibility which washington has forgot how to use.
GS Pay Cap
EPA
Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:12 AM
A lot of good the increase will do for higher graded people in most high-cost areas! Unless this bill lifts the maximum pay limit of $149,000 for GS employees, those hitting that limit will see little or nothing.
Re: GS Pay Cap
dod
Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:11 AM
Re: GS Pay Cap
State Dept in Washington DC
Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:24 AM
Re: GS Pay Cap
Forest Service
Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:54 AM
Re: GS Pay Cap
USACE
Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:38 PM
Re: GS Pay Cap
DCMA
Wed Oct 1, 2008 7:23 AM
What a pompous Azz you are! For those of us who are considered "the Rest of the Nation" 3.9% sounds good, we would like more to bring us up to the level of you elite folks but don't expect it in today's world.
Re: GS Pay Cap
fed govt
Wed Oct 1, 2008 8:40 AM
I’ve been with the gov’t just a few months shy of two years and I’m a GS-11…EPA Sup, any general principles you can pass along on how we can all one day have this “problem” :O)
Re: GS Pay Cap
Bureau of Mongo
Wed Oct 1, 2008 10:29 AM
Re: GS Pay Cap
Interior
Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:37 PM
The Executive Schedule pay scale has seen increases every year since 2000.
Here are some other federal employees paid EX IV:
Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture
Assistant Secretaries of Commerce
Assistant Secretaries of Defense
Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force
Assistant Secretaries of the Army
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy
Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretaries of the Interior
Assistant Attorneys General
Assistant Secretaries of Labor
And last but not least:
Assistant Administrators EPA
EPA Supervisor could aspire to the Deputy Administrator EPA position (EX-III $158,000), or Administrator EPA (EX-II $172,200). If that won't ease the pain, EPA Sup could be a Cabinet Secretary (EX-I $191,300).
pay raise
us forest service
Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:35 AM
I am very happy, and grateful, that we might receive a 3.9% raise in January. It would almost, but not quite, make up for the additional $40/month that I will be paying for health insurance. Woo hoo.
Re: pay raise
DOL
Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:20 PM
Re: pay raise
government
Tue Oct 7, 2008 1:25 PM
Don't Count Your Chickens
DoC
Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:33 PM
With the recent collapse of the financial sector and the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of taxpayers that will loose their jobs as a result, I wouldn't count on any federal raise. You will be thankful if you still have a job.
Remember when Clinton canceled the federal pay raise? Oh, I forgot - the Democrats are federal worker's friends! Maybe that just didn't happen and I dreamed it.
Forget about the stock market as a barometer of the economy. The market is not the economy. The complete loony tunes in our congress, who are the cause of this mess, have insured, one way or the other, that the Great Depression II will be upon us within the next 6 months.
I'm just glad I'm retired and not starting out right now. It could be a very long haul back up. Now, back to tending to my TSP!
Re: Don't Count Your Chickens
NCA
Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:41 PM
2. While Clinton may have cancelled the increase on occasion, every President in the FEPCA era has low-balled the recommended increase one time or another; you can thank the "loony tunes in Congress" for typically restoring to the full amount, contrary to the President's stated desire.
3. You can be thankful you'll still be receiving your annuity. Your smug, condescending attitude toward those of us who are still working is not appreciated. Have fun tending your TSP "garden". I'm satisfied knowing that you won't live forever.
4. Kansas Girl, bureaucrats are themselves taxpayers.
Re: Don't Count Your Chickens
DoD
Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:01 PM
I've got a spreadsheet of a GS-11/3 back to 1990 for the Seattle area and it looks like every year there was a raise.
1990 31,883 3.60%
1991 33,190 4.10%
1992 34,585 4.20%
1993 35,865 3.70%
1994 37,271 3.92%
1995 38,717 3.88%
1996 39,716 2.58%
1997 40,699 2.48%
1998 41,915 2.99%
1999 43,465 3.70%
2000 45,635 4.99%
2001 47,403 3.87%
2002 49,695 4.84%
2003 51,852 4.34%
2004 54,196 4.52%
2005 56,232 3.76%
2006 58,103 3.33%
2007 59,416 2.26%
2008 61,501 3.51%
Re: Don't Count Your Chickens
FCC
Wed Oct 1, 2008 7:35 AM
Re: Don't Count Your Chickens
DOD
Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:01 AM
Oh by the way, it wasn't Clinton that cancelled the pay raise, it was Ronald Regan...
Bureaucrats' not fearful.
ME
Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:42 PM
Another example of why taxpayers have turned against bureaucrats.
The F Funds
Air Force
Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:00 PM
You mentioned in your article, "the I fund is down almost 30% for the year; the C fund is down more than 23% and the S fund is down almost 19%."
What about the F Fund???
Robbie Sheehy
382 TRS/TRR
Sheppard AFB TX
Re: The F Funds
FedSmith.com
Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:36 PM
3.9% is Pretty Good
DOD
Wed Oct 1, 2008 7:00 AM
3.9% is better than nothing, Thank you taxpayers. I appreciate this. I know some of you won't see that much this year, and I know some of you are looking for work. I work hard for you everyday. I am thinking about you in the decisions I make.
Pay raise
BLM
Wed Oct 1, 2008 9:46 AM
EAP sup, sorry that you are being"cheeted" I feel that myself, as an fed. gov employee, I make a very decent salary. But guess what, in my grade/location, as a rest of us, we don't even get the 3.9% . We will be lucky if it is 2.4%, It does not cover the health care increase, which is same rate for you or me, regardless of location. Tighten your bell, disconnect you cable, scale down your eating out.....Times are harder, stop whinning.
3.9% Average Pay Raise for Feds in 2009
DOD
Wed Oct 1, 2008 11:44 AM
99% of American are worried about just keeping there job, buy hey those who work for Uncle Sam are getting a significant raise, and so these rich and connected get rewarded again, what was average pay and benefits for a federal worker, about $100,000. What a great place to work.
Federal Employees's 2009 pay Raise
DoD
Wed Oct 1, 2008 2:29 PM
Why does everyone assume that federal employees are not taxpayers? We are - just as much as the folks in the private sector who whine when they read about our raises. Sometimes we pay more than our fair share. Everything we make is taxed. I am one of the 'rest of the US' - by the time money is taken out for the raise in our health care premiums - there is NO RAISE! If you are one of those who are living off "the system" - quit your complaining when I get a piddling raise and do something useful with your time - like volunteer to help those less fortunate than you.
Oh, and, one more thing - for those of you who think the President put us in this mess - go back and re-read your government/history books - it's Congress - not the President who has all the power. He can only veto what they vote on.
Re: Federal Employees's 2009 pay Raise
DOL
Wed Oct 1, 2008 8:51 PM
Re: Federal Employees's 2009 pay Raise
GSA
Mon Oct 6, 2008 6:14 PM
Re:Federal Employee's 2009 pay Raise
DOD
Thu Oct 2, 2008 6:45 AM
You start out complaining, and then whine about people who complain. The President has a lot of power, he can propose Tax cut legislation, Education bills, the budget, and influence the Fed Chairman to lower interest rates, start wars, Bailouts, etc.... 2.9% is still a pretty good raise, when we are on the brink of total financial system destruction. You should get on your knees and kiss the taxpayers feet, and do everything you can to help them keep their jobs. That way they can maybe be ok with you getting a 2.9% raise when many of them will see no raise and increased insurance costs. Your logic is so convoluted that maybe you would benefit from using some of those benefits and talk to a counselor.
Re: Re:Federal Employee's 2009 pay Raise
DoD
Tue Oct 7, 2008 8:00 AM
GS 15 Step 10 pay
US EPA
Mon Oct 6, 2008 8:09 AM
Will my pay which is now at the GS max of $149,000 go up the 3.9% ?
Re: GS 15 Step 10 pay
SSA
Mon Oct 6, 2008 6:10 PM
Alleged Whiners
DOJ
Mon Oct 6, 2008 1:24 PM
Every time I see someone make a posting in response to someone else that has hit the pay cap I notice that it is always negative comment. Jealousy is a dangerous thing. If you hit the pay cap and most people do not; however, those who do deserve a raise as well. Maybe they have moved and made other sacrifices to get to where they are and it is not fair that some get a raise and others do not. If it is earned it is earned and people should not be told they should be happy with what they have…by the way I am a GS-9 and I am working to get to the top and I don’t want to be capped when I get there….
Re: Alleged Whiners
DoD
Tue Oct 7, 2008 8:05 AM
Re: Alleged Whiners
DoD
Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:22 AM
Whiners they are not!
DOJ
Tue Oct 7, 2008 11:41 AM
If they do not speak up for themselves nobody else will...just look at all the negative responses that have been posted. As I said earlier, jealousy is a very dangerous sentiment. Congress needs to act and get it together....I have friends that actually see a comment in their leave and earnings statement that tells them how many hours of work they are not being paid for because of the pay cap. To me, that sounds illegal....work and not get paid for the hours put in...maybe they should just work the hours they are getting paid for and go home when the clock stops paying them.....
Alaska and Hawaii are Missing?
DOI
Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:09 PM
the calculator list of localities for pay calculation do not include Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico. Why not include them in the pay calculator?
Re: Alaska and Hawaii are Missing?
FedSmith.com
Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:01 PM
Usefulness of calculator
FAA
Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:01 AM
Your calculator is of great help to all of us!
Clinton is the culprit, not the Savior. Reagan trickle down economics and lower taxes kicked in during a good economic cycle during the immoral regime.
CALCULATOR QUESTION
FDIC
Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:17 PM
Using calculator, the increase for Minneapolis calculates to about a 3.7%... i.e. something less than the 3.9% base increase. Is this casued by a change in the locality adjustment, or is there some other reason?
Re: CALCULATOR QUESTION
FedSmith.com
Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:01 PM
PAY INCREASE FOR GOVERNMENT WORKERS
DOD
Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:32 PM
i'm willing to forgo a pay increase, if it will help our economy and my fellow brothers and sisters who have lost their jobs.
Federal Employee Ignorance
USMC
Sat Nov 1, 2008 10:31 AM
For some of you whiners, it appears that fundamental skills like math and spelling are stunting your career progression. I implore you to take the time to develop your point and clearly articulate said point with the depth of insight that would make the taxpayers of this great nation proud that you are willing to perform as a U.S. civil servant.
Re: Federal Employee Ignorance
Department of the Army
Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:57 AM
Salary Caps
Department of the Army
Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:48 AM
I read the posts here quite often; however I rarely post an opinion. I do however want to address the pay cap issue. The pay cap has a large effect on people in my profession. I am a GS-12 world wide deployable, emergency essential. I spend most of my time in Iraq working side by side with the soldiers. We sacrifice lives, blood and tears along side the fighter. The compensation we receive for being here in harms way consists of overtime, hazardous duty pay and post differential. Some of us spend so much time here we hit the pay cap. DFAS calculates what we are making each pay period and if they believe we could hit the pay cap in that year they cut our pay. This is great for workers that stay here year in and year out but my team deploys every six months. That means we were not getting paid for some of our time here even though we never got close to the cap at the end of the year. The new rules were written for those of us in these conditions. I think we earned it and deserve it.
Re: Salary Caps
DoD
Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:05 AM
Unfortunately it does not take into consideration whether this is a one-time or a frequent occurence. Some of my folks can earn less than 3 hours of compensatory time or overtime pay in any one pay period.
pay raises
American patriot
Sun Mar 8, 2009 8:00 PM
I wont begrudge you your job with Government but pay is another matter civil servants should not be living better than the people they serve. Henceforth the title servant and lets face it the government has lost touch with the people. The government doesn't make money they spend it. Judging on there performance they should all be canned because in the real world if this was how you did your job you wouldn't last 30 days.
why does government deserve raises for mistakes?
retired lineman in the USA
Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:05 PM
I find it very funny that the people who make wages off the backs of the rest of us seem to do good only for themselves.If they can find a 6% raise for retired government employees why is it so hard to find it for people on social security.Is it because they have a special fund somewhat like hour great politians who have a pension fund they dont put a dime in but they get the best pension the working class can or even cannot afford.It is to bad that washington doesnt have to live within a budget like most hard working and non working people in this country have to.Of course if thats all you have to do is crank up those printing presses and make some more or just build another bridge to no where.I believe if they can find a raise for government workers they should find some for the people that actually pay there wages.But I suppose that would take some responsibility which washington has forgot how to use.