New Locality Pay Areas Likely for January 2019
What are the latest developments on new locality pay areas for 2019, and where does next year’s pay raise stand?
Locality Pay
Federal Employee Pay and the Federal Salary Council
The Federal Salary Council has renewed its call for adding new locality pay areas and added one more geographic area to its list of recommendations.
Salary Council Recommends More Locality Pay Areas
The Federal Salary Council has made a number of recommendations for expanding and increasing federal locality pay.
OPM Proposes Adding 64,000 New Federal Employees to Locality Pay
OPM is proposing to add about 64,000 federal employees to the locality pay system for GS employees.
Being a Fed in DC is Not The Same as the Rest of the Country
There are significant differences in being a federal employee in DC versus another part of the country, and this has an impact on pay.
Average Federal Employee Salary in States: How Do You Compare?
Which states have the highest average federal salary and which states have the lowest? Here is a complete list.
Does My Locality Pay Rate Include the Basic Percentage Increase?
Does the locality pay raise percentage cited for 2018 include the basic pay raise of 1.4%?
How Are Locality Pay Rates Computed?
How are the locality pay calculations done? The increase in my 2018 salary with locality pay factored in seems to be lower than what I was expecting.
Biggest and Smallest 2018 Raises for Federal Employees
Which federal employee locality pay areas will receive the highest raise in 2018? Which ones will receive the lowest raise?
Federal Employees’ 2018 Pay Raise Approved in Executive Order
The 2018 General Schedule federal employee pay tables have been released. Here is the pay raise you can expect in the new year.
