Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

This executive order implements annual cost-of-living adjustments to federal pay rates across multiple government pay systems, including the General Schedule, Senior Executive Service, military personnel, judges, and members of Congress, with most schedules taking effect in January 2015.

Federal Register Open PDF 79 FR 77361

Impact dates

Date TBD
OPM to publish Federal Register notice for locality-based comparability payments
Jan 1, 2015
Schedule 8 (uniformed services pay) effective
Jan 1, 2015
First day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2015 for all other schedules

Key directives

Set adjusted rates for General Schedule, Foreign Service, VA health schedules
Set Senior Executive Service pay ranges
Set Executive Schedule, Vice President, Congressional, and judicial salaries
Set uniformed services monthly basic pay rates
Implement locality-based comparability payments under alternative authority
Set administrative law judge pay rates
OPM to publish Federal Register notice for locality payments
Supersede Executive Order 13655

Who is ordered

Director of the Office of Personnel Management · OPM

Timeline

Immediate

EO signed December 19, 2014
Supersedes prior Executive Order 13655

Near term (90d)

Schedule 8 (military pay) effective January 1, 2015
All other schedules effective first day of first applicable pay period on or after January 1, 2015
OPM to publish Federal Register notice for locality pay

Long term

Annual pay adjustments continue until superseded

Risks & tensions

No explicit deadline for OPM Federal Register publication—timing uncertain
Congressional pay adjustments may attract political scrutiny despite automatic statutory formula
Military pay effective date (Jan 1) precedes civilian pay effective date (first pay period), creating minor disparity