Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

This executive order implements annual federal pay adjustments for 2017, updating salary schedules for civilian employees, senior executives, military personnel, judges, and elected officials. It incorporates pay raises authorized by existing statute and the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act, with most schedules taking effect in early 2017.

Federal Register Open PDF 81 FR 97099

Impact dates

Date TBD
OPM Director to publish locality payment notice in Federal Register
Jan 1, 2017
Schedule 8 (military pay) effective
Jan 1, 2017
First applicable pay period begins on or after this date for all other schedules

Key directives

Set updated General Schedule rates (Schedule 1)
Set updated Foreign Service Schedule rates (Schedule 2)
Set updated VA health professionals schedules (Schedule 3)
Set updated Senior Executive Service pay ranges (Schedule 4)
Set updated Executive Schedule, Vice President, and congressional salaries (Schedules 5-6)
Set updated judicial salaries (Schedule 7)
Set updated military basic pay and cadet/midshipman pay (Schedule 8)
Implement locality-based comparability payments per Schedule 9
Set updated administrative law judge pay rates (Schedule 10)
OPM Director to implement locality payments and publish Federal Register notice

Who is ordered

Director of the Office of Personnel Management · OPM

Timeline

Immediate

EO signed December 27, 2016
Supersedes prior EO 13715 upon effective dates

Near term (90d)

Schedule 8 (military pay) effective January 1, 2017
All other schedules effective first pay period on or after January 1, 2017—typically mid-January 2017

Long term

Ongoing annual pay system maintenance

Risks & tensions

No specific deadline stated for OPM Federal Register publication—only 'such actions as may be necessary'
Pay period start dates vary by agency, creating slight implementation inconsistency
Routine annual adjustment; no policy controversy embedded in text