Pay System |
Basic Pay |
Locality Pay |
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General Schedule |
2.5 percent increase 5 U.S.C. 5303. |
Cumulative locality payments range from 13.18 percent (Rest of U.S.) to 32.53 percent (San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA) 5 U.S.C. 5304, Executive Order 13454, and Section 740 of Division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008. |
Foreign Service |
2.5 percent increase Same as GS |
Same locality pay percentages as GS employees Pay Agent's memo, 11/02/07 |
Veterans Health Administration (VHA) |
2.5 percent increase Select VHA positions receive same base increase as GS |
Selected VHA positions receive same locality pay percentages as GS employees Pay Agent's memo, 11/02/07 |
Federal Wage System |
Under section 740(b) of Division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, blue-collar Federal employees are entitled to receive pay adjustments in FY 2008 at least equal to the pay adjustments received by GS employees in the same location. The issuance of certain wage schedules will be delayed until after the President issues an Executive order 13454 on January 2008 pay adjustments and OPM issues guidance to agencies. Delayed FY 2008 wage schedules will be retroactive to their normal effective dates. FY 2007 wage schedules are available on the Department of Defense Web site at http://www.cpms.osd.mil/wage. |
Not applicable |
Executive Schedule (EX) |
2.5 percent increase 5 USC 5318. |
Not applicable |
Senior Executive Service (ES) |
Under current law, the maximum rates of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service (SES)-i.e., the rate for level II of the Executive Schedule for certified SES appraisal systems and the rate for level III of the Executive Schedule for noncertified SES appraisal systems-will be increased by 2.5 percent in January 2008, the same as the increase in the Executive Schedule. In addition, the minimum rate of the SES rate range will increase by 2.5 percent under current law, the same amount as the across-the-board GS pay increase authorized by current law. |
Not applicable |
Senior-Level (SL) and Scientific or Professional (ST) Positions |
2.5 percent increase in minimum and maximum of rate range 5 U.S.C. 5376(b)(1). |
Same locality pay percentages as GS employees, but locality-adjusted rate may not exceed $158,500 Pay Agent's memo, 11/02/07 |
Administrative Law Judges (AL) |
2.5 percent increase 5 U.S.C. 5372 and Executive Order 13454. |
Same locality pay percentages as GS employees, but locality-adjusted rate may not exceed $158,500 Pay Agent's memo, 11/02/07 |
Contract Appeals Board Members (CA) |
2.5 percent increase 5 U.S.C. 5372a(b). |
Same locality pay percentages as GS employees, but locality- adjusted rate may not exceed $158,500 Pay Agent's memo, 11/02/07 |