December 29, 1997

EXECUTIVE ORDER
13071

ADJUSTMENTS OF CERTAIN RATES OF PAY

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the laws cited herein, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303(b), are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:
(a) The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at Schedule 1;
(b) The Foreign Service Schedule (22 U.S.C. 3963) at Schedule 2; and
(c) The schedules for the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. 7306, 7404; section 301(a) of Public Law 102-40) at Schedule 3.

Sec. 2. Senior Executive Service. The rates of basic pay for senior executives in the Senior Executive Service, as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5382, are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Sec. 3. Executive Salaries. The rates of basic pay or salaries for the following offices and positions are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:
(a) The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5312-5318) at Schedule 5;
(b) The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the Congress (2 U.S.C. 31) at Schedule 6; and
(c) Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 252, and 461(a)) at Schedule 7.

Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. Pursuant to sections 601 and 604 of Public Law 105-85, the rates of monthly basic pay (37 U.S.C. 203(a)) for members of the uniformed services and the rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37 U.S.C. 203(c)) are set forth on Schedule 8 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Sec. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments. (a) Pursuant to sections 5304 and 5304a of title 5, United States Code, locality-based comparability payments shall be paid in accordance with Schedule 9 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
(b) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement these payments and to publish appropriate notice of such payments in the Federal Register.

Sec. 6. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective on January 1, 1998. The other schedules contained herein are effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1998.

Sec. 7. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order No. 13033 of December 27, 1996, is superseded.

 

WILLIAM J. CLINTON 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 		  

December 29, 1997 		  
 

 

SCHEDULE 1--GENERAL SCHEDULE
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 1998)
GS     1       2        3       4        5       6       7       8       9      10
1  $12,960 $13,392 $13,823 $14,252 $14,685 $14,938 $15,362 $15,791 $15,809 $16,214
2   14,571  14,918  15,401  15,809  15,985  16,455  16,925  17,395  17,865  18,335
3   15,899  16,429  16,959  17,489  18,019  18,549  19,079  19,609  20,139  20,669
4   17,848  18,443  19,038  19,633  20,228  20,823  21,418  22,013  22,608  23,203
5   19,969  20,635  21,301  21,967  22,633  23,299  23,965  24,631  25,297  25,963
6   22,258  23,000  23,742  24,484  25,226  25,968  26,710  27,452  28,194  28,936
7   24,734  25,558  26,382  27,206  28,030  28,854  29,678  30,502  31,326  32,150
8   27,393  28,306  29,219  30,132  31,045  31,958  32,871  33,784  34,697  35,610
9   30,257  31,266  32,275  33,284  34,293  35,302  36,311  37,320  38,329  39,338
10  33,320  34,431  35,542  36,653  37,764  38,875  39,986  41,097  42,208  43,319
11  36,609  37,829  39,049  40,269  41,489  42,709  43,929  45,149  46,369  47,589
12  43,876  45,339  46,802  48,265  49,728  51,191  52,654  54,117  55,580  57,043
13  52,176  53,915  55,654  57,393  59,132  60,871  62,610  64,349  66,088  67,827
14  61,656  63,711  65,766  67,821  69,876  71,931  73,986  76,041  78,096  80,151
15  72,525  74,943  77,361  79,779  82,197  84,615  87,033  89,451  91,869  94,287
 
SCHEDULE 2--FOREIGN SERVICE SCHEDULE
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 1998)
 
      Class    Class    Class    Class    Class    Class    Class    Class   Class
Step    1        2        3        4        5        6        7        8      9 
1   $72,525  $58,767  $47,619  $38,586  $31,266  $27,951  $24,987  $22,338  $19,969 
2    74,701   60,530   49,048   39,744   32,204   28,790   25,737   23,008   20,568 
3    76,942   62,346   50,519   40,936   33,170   29,653   26,509   23,698   21,185 
4    79,250   64,216   52,035   42,164   34,165   30,543   27,304   24,409   21,821 
5    81,628   66,143   53,596   43,429   35,190   31,459   28,123   25,142   22,475 
6    84,076   68,127   55,203   44,732   36,246   32,403   28,967   25,896   23,150 
7    86,599   70,171   56,860   46,074   37,333   33,375   29,836   26,673   23,844 
8    89,197   72,276   58,565   47,456   38,453   34,376   30,731   27,473   24,559 
9    91,873   74,444   60,322   48,880   39,607   35,407   31,653   28,297   25,296 
10   94,287   76,678   62,132   50,346   40,795   36,470   32,602   29,146   26,055 
11   94,287   78,978   63,996   51,856   42,019   37,564   33,580   30,020   26,837 
12   94,287   81,347   65,916   53,412   43,279   38,691   34,588   30,921   27,642 
13   94,287   83,788   67,893   55,014   44,578   39,851   35,625   31,849   28,471 
14   94,287   86,301   69,930   56,665   45,915   41,047   36,694   32,804   29,325 
 
  
SCHEDULE 3--VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay
period beginning on or after January 1, 1998)
Schedule for the Office of the Under Secretary for Health
(38 U.S.C. 7306)*

Deputy Under Secretary for Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . $123,168 **
Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health . . . . . . 117,971 ***
Assistant Under Secretaries for Health . . . . . . . . . . .. 114,494 ***
    Minimum  Maximum 
Medical Directors   $97,687 $110,714 ***
Service Directors   85,059 105,636  
Director, National Center for Preventive Health  72,525 105,636  
         
Physician and Dentist Schedule 
Director Grade    . $85,059 $105,636   
Executive Grade   78,543 100,100   
Chief Grade   72,525 94,287   
Senior Grade   61,656 80,151   
Intermediate Grade   52,176 67,827 
Full Grade   43,876 57,043   
Associate Grade   36,609 47,589   
 
Clinical Podiatrist and Optometrist Schedule 
Chief Grade   72,525 $94,287   
Senior Grade   61,656 80,151   
Intermediate Grade   52,176 67,827   
Full Grade    43,876 57,043   
Associate Grade    36,609 47,589   
           
Physician Assistant and Expanded-Function Dental Auxiliary Schedule **** 
Director Grade    $72,525 $94,287     
Assistant Director Grade    61,656 80,151     
Chief Grade   52,176 67,827     
Senior Grade   43,876 57,043     
Intermediate Grade   36,609 47,589     
Full Grade    30,257 39,338     
Associate Grade   26,037 33,849     
Junior Grade   22,258 28,936     
         
* This schedule does not apply to the Assistant Under Secretary for Nursing Programs or the Director of Nursing Services. Pay for these positions is set by the Under Secretary for Health under 38 U.S.C. 7451.
** Pursuant to section 7404(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, the rate of basic pay payable to this employee is limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule, which is $118,400.
*** Pursuant to section 7404(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code, the rate of basic pay payable to these employees is limited to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule, which is $110,700.
**** Pursuant to section 301(a) of Public Law 102-40, these postions are paid according to the Nurse Schedule in 38 U.S.C. 4107(b) as in effect on August 14, 1990, with subsequent adjustments.

 

SCHEDULE 4--SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 1998)

ES-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,200

ES-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,900

ES-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,600

ES-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,500

ES-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,400

ES-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,400

SCHEDULE 5--EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 1998)

 
level I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

level II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

level III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

level IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

level V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

 $151,800

136,700

125,900

118,400

110,700

SCHEDULE 6--VICE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 1998)
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Senators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Members of the House of Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Delegates to the House of Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

President pro tempore of the Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Majority leader and minority leader of the Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives . . . . . . . . 

Speaker of the House of Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

 $175,400

136,700

.136,700

136,700

136,700

151,800

151,800

.151,800

175,400
SCHEDULE 7--JUDICIAL SALARIES
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 1998)
Chief Justice of the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Circuit Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

District Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Judges of the Court of International Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 $175,400

167,900

145,000

136,700

136,700
 
SCHEDULE 8--PAY OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
 
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SCHEDULE 9--LOCALITY-BASED COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 1998)

Locality Pay Area1 Rate

Atlanta, GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.18%

Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH,ME,CT . . . . . . . . . .8.61%

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.21%

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.71%

Cleveland-Akron, OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.35%

Columbus, OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.90%

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.90%

Dayton-Springfield, OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.19%

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.46%

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.36%

Hartford, CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.13%

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.96%

Huntsville, AL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.84%

Indianapolis, IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.63%

Kansas City, MO-KS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.06%

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA . . . . . . . . .10.31%

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.86%

Milwaukee-Racine, WI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.19%

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.32%

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA . . 9.76%

Orlando, FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.42%

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD . . . .7.67%

Pittsburgh, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.21%

Portland-Salem, OR-WA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.17%

Richmond-Petersburg, VA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.12%

Sacramento-Yolo, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.64%

St. Louis, MO-IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.71%

San Diego, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.94%

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA . . . . . . . . . . . 12.06%

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.34%

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.27%

Rest of U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.42%

1Locality Pay Areas are defined in 5 CFR 531.603.

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