How Can Locality Pay Be Smaller than a COLA?
Locality pay is determined using a complex system of comparing federal and private sector pay. It is not a COLA.
Locality pay is determined using a complex system of comparing federal and private sector pay. It is not a COLA.
The President’s Pay Agent has issued its report on locality pay areas for 2021.
OPM is proposing to add Des Moines, IA and Imperial County, CA to the locality pay area system.
Which locality pay areas will receive the biggest raise in 2020 and which will get the lowest? Here are all of the locality pay rates for 2020.
A new President’s Pay Agent report does not add locality pay areas in 2020 and finds the Salary Council’s method of comparing pay with private sector “lacks credibility”.
One Congressman is pushing to expand the current boundaries of the highest paying locality area in the country.
What are the differences in a COLA, pay raise and locality pay? Who is impacted by each of these?
The Federal Salary Council recommends new locality pay areas, but not all Council members agree on measuring pay disparity.
What are the chances of Imperial County being added as a new pay locality next year?
Why did federal employees get a smaller raise than the annual COLA? Here is a quick explanation.