Biden Issues Alternative Pay Letter for 2022 Pay Raise
President Biden has released an alternative pay plan for the 2022 pay raise for federal employees. Here are the details.
Locality Pay
Federal Pay Raise 2013-2021: 13.1%. Actual Increase: 18.1% (DC Increase: 21%)
Federal pay raises granted over 8 years totaled 13.1%, however, the actual average salary went up 18.6%. In DC, the average salary went up 21%.
Using Telework to Make Higher Salary While Living in Different Locality Pay Area
If an employee is engaging in a work situation using telework, and is outside the locality pay area for the office, will the employee receive locality pay?
New Locality Pay: Move and Get a Raise?
Can a federal employee increase purchasing power by moving to a remote area and staying assigned to a more generous locality pay area?
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.
50 Years of Federal Pay: Democrats v. Republicans
How have pay raises for federal employees fared under each political party in the last half-century?
Changes in Pay Rates for Federal Employees
President Trump’s Executive Order on 2021 pay impacts a number of federal employee pay schedules.
Federal Employees’ 2021 Pay Raise Finalized
After an unusual series of events, federal employees now have a final answer on what their 2021 pay raise will be.
New Locality Pay Areas in 2021?
The President’s Pay Agent has issued its report on locality pay areas for 2021.
New Locality Pay Areas Proposed
OPM is proposing to add Des Moines, IA and Imperial County, CA to the locality pay area system.
