Presidential Actions

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

SignedDecember 22, 2021
EO 14061·Joe Biden·Pay Adjustments
Why This Matters

This executive order adjusts the rates of pay for various federal pay systems, including the General Schedule, Senior Executive Service, and salaries for certain government officials and uniformed services.

The adjustments aim to ensure that federal salaries remain competitive and fair, impacting the financial well-being of federal employees.
Federal employees across various pay systems, including those in the Senior Executive Service and uniformed services, are most affected by these changes.
Summary

1. Establishes new pay rates for the General Schedule, Senior Executive Service, and other federal positions. 2. Includes locality-based comparability payments to ensure competitive salaries. 3. Supersedes a previous executive order regarding pay adjustments.

Who is affected?

Federal employees across various pay systems, including those in the Senior Executive Service and uniformed services, are most affected by these changes.

What does it revoke?

Executive Order 13970 of December 31, 2020.

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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, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1Statutory 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, 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, 7401, 7404; section 301(a) of Public Law 102–40) at Schedule 3.

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

Sec. 3Certain Executive, Legislative, and Judicial 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. 5311–5318) at Schedule 5;

(b)  The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the Congress (2 U.S.C. 4501) at Schedule 6; and

(c)  Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 252, and 461(a)) at Schedule 7.

Sec. 4Uniformed Services and Other.  The rates of monthly basic pay (37 U.S.C. 203(a)) for members of the uniformed services, as adjusted under 37 U.S.C. 1009, 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.  Additionally, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (Director) is directed to assess whether to provide up to a total increase of 3.8 percent (inclusive of the increase provided under Section 1) to the rates of pay of certain Federal civilian law enforcement personnel, as determined by the Director following coordination with agencies and consistent with 5 U.S.C. 5305.

Sec. 5Locality-Based Comparability Payments.  (a)  Pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and my authority to implement an alternative level of comparability payments under section 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 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. 6Administrative Law Judges.  Pursuant to section 5372 of title 5, United States Code, the rates of basic pay for administrative law judges are set forth on Schedule 10 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Sec. 7Effective Dates.  Schedule 8 is effective January 1, 2026.  The other schedules contained herein are effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2026.

Sec. 8Prior Order Superseded.  Executive Order 14132 of December 23, 2024 (Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay), is superseded as of the effective dates specified in section 7 of this order.

                             DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    December 18, 2025.

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