OPM’s Series of Memos Concerning Federal Employee’s Pay, Occupational Series
The President signed an Executive Order (EO) implementing the pay adjustments for federal employees in January 2022. As previously reported by FEDmanager, the EO authorizes an increase in statutory pay systems and locality pay systems of 2.2 percent across-the-board and 0.5 percent of basic payroll, representing an overall average pay increase of 2.7 percent.
Federal Employees Earn Raise in the New Year
In an executive order, President Biden has approved an average 2.7 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees on December 22, 2021. The increase will be reflected in the first pay period of 2022 and restores pay parity between civilian employees and military personnel.
Laptops & Locality Pay
Locality pay exists because some areas have significantly different costs of living from others. Before telework, this was not a complicated issue.