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Executive Order 13454

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

This executive order implements annual federal pay adjustments for 2008, covering civilian employees, senior executives, military personnel, judges, members of Congress, the Vice President, and administrative law judges. It sets specific effective dates for military pay (January 1, 2008) and other federal pay systems (first pay period on or after January 1, 2008), while superseding the previous year's pay order.

Federal Register Open PDF 73 FR 1481

Impact dates

  1. OPM to publish locality-based comparability payment notice in Federal Register

  2. Schedule 8 (military pay) effective

  3. Other schedules effective first day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2008

Key directives

  • Set General Schedule pay rates per Schedule 1
  • Set Foreign Service Schedule pay rates per Schedule 2
  • Set Veterans Health Administration pay schedules per Schedule 3
  • Set Senior Executive Service pay ranges per Schedule 4
  • Set Executive Schedule, Vice President, and Congressional salaries per Schedules 5-6
  • Set judicial salaries per Schedule 7
  • Set military basic pay and cadet/midshipman pay per Schedule 8
  • Implement locality-based comparability payments per Schedule 9
  • Set administrative law judge pay rates per Schedule 10
  • OPM to publish locality payment notice in Federal Register
  • Supersede Executive Order 13420

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Military pay rates effective January 1, 2008
  • Supersession of Executive Order 13420

Near term (90d)

  • Civilian pay schedules effective first pay period on or after January 1, 2008
  • OPM publication of locality-based comparability payments in Federal Register

Long term

  • Annual pay adjustment precedent for federal workforce compensation structure

Risks & tensions

  • No specific deadline provided for OPM Federal Register publication—only 'such actions as may be necessary' language
  • Relative effective date for civilian pay depends on individual agency pay period schedules, creating staggered implementation
  • Pay adjustments for Congress and senior political officials may attract limited political scrutiny despite routine nature
Executive Order 13454: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay · Executive Orders