Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

This executive order adjusts federal pay rates across statutory pay systems, the Senior Executive Service, executive/legislative/judicial salaries, uniformed services, and administrative law judges for 2026. It also directs the OPM Director to assess providing up to 3.8% total increase for certain federal civilian law enforcement personnel, and supersedes the prior year's pay adjustment order (EO 14132).

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 60521

Impact dates

Date TBD
OPM Director assessment of law enforcement pay increase (no explicit deadline specified)
Jan 1, 2026
Schedule 8 (uniformed services pay) effective
Jan 1, 2026
Other schedules effective on first day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after this date

Key directives

Set rates of basic pay for statutory pay systems per attached schedules
Set Senior Executive Service pay ranges per Schedule 4
Set Executive Schedule, Vice President, Congressional, and judicial salaries per attached schedules
Set uniformed services monthly basic pay and cadet/midshipman pay per Schedule 8
OPM Director to assess whether to provide up to 3.8% total increase for certain federal civilian law enforcement personnel
Implement locality-based comparability payments per Schedule 9
Set administrative law judge pay rates per Schedule 10
Supersede EO 14132 as of effective dates

Who is ordered

Director of the Office of Personnel Management · OPM

Timeline

Immediate

EO signed; supersession of EO 14132 takes effect on schedule effective dates

Near term (90d)

Schedule 8 (military pay) effective January 1, 2026; other schedules effective first day of first applicable pay period on or after January 1, 2026; OPM Director assessment of law enforcement pay increase

Long term

Annual pay adjustments continue precedent of automatic federal pay system updates; potential 3.8% law enforcement increase pending OPM determination

Risks & tensions

No explicit deadline for OPM Director's law enforcement pay assessment creates implementation uncertainty
3.8% figure is ceiling for assessment, not guaranteed increase
Pay adjustments follow statutory formulas; limited presidential discretion in base rates