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Pay Agent Adding to Locality Pay—Lays Groundwork for Higher Pay in 2023

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithDecember 19, 2021 12:01 PM Categories Pay & Benefits Leave a comment

The President’s Pay Agent has issued its annual report on locality pay and adds one county in Illinois into the locality pay system.

How Can Locality Pay Be Smaller than a COLA?

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithFebruary 10, 2021 3:47 PM Categories Pay & Benefits Leave a comment

Locality pay is determined using a complex system of comparing federal and private sector pay. It is not a COLA.

New Locality Pay Areas in 2021?

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithUpdated: December 23, 2020 1:43 PM Categories Pay & Benefits Leave a comment
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The President’s Pay Agent has issued its report on locality pay areas for 2021.

No New Locality Pay Areas in 2020

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithDecember 24, 2019 3:36 PM Categories Pay & Benefits Leave a comment

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”.

When Might We See Imperial County Get Locality Pay?

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithJuly 11, 2019 6:05 PM Categories Pay & Benefits, Q&A Leave a comment

What are the chances of Imperial County being added as a new pay locality next year?

Winners and Losers in Locality Pay Areas

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithApril 1, 2019 11:18 AM Categories Pay & Benefits Leave a comment
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Which areas received the biggest locality pay increases in 2019 and which ones received the smallest increases?

New Pay Systems Proposed for Some Federal Jobs

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithMarch 19, 2019 2:33 PM Categories Pay & Benefits Leave a comment
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The President’s Management Agenda calls for action to establish special occupational pay systems for some federal jobs.

Pay Agent: Pay Disparity Gap Lacks Credibility

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithFebruary 24, 2019 11:29 AM Categories Pay & Benefits Leave a comment
Man's hands helping balance a scale with a percentage on one side and a piggy bank on the other depicting a balance between locality pay percentages and pay raises

The President’s Pay Agent report for 2019 has been released outlining approval of new and expanded locality pay areas.

How Will the Pay Raise Impact Locality Pay?

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithFebruary 18, 2019 7:26 AM Categories Pay & Benefits Leave a comment
Numbers '2019' pictured over a growing stack of cash depicting a pay raise for 2019

How will the 2019 pay raise impact locality pay, and what does the Pay Agent have to say about new locality pay areas?

Federal Employee Pay and the Federal Salary Council

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithNovember 14, 2018 5:09 PM Categories Pay & Benefits Leave a comment
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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.

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