Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
Executive Order 14113, titled “Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay,” updates the pay scales for a broad range of federal employees and related positions. Authorized by the President under existing law, it sets updated basic pay rates for the major statutory pay systems (General Schedule, Foreign Service, and Veterans Health Administration schedules) and for several specialized pay scales, including Senior Executive Service, Executive Schedule, the Vice President and Congress, Justices and judges, and uniformed services. It also establishes locality-based adjustments and pay for Administrative Law Judges. Most schedules take effect on the first pay period after January 1, 2024 (Schedule 8, for uniformed services, is effective January 1, 2024). The order supersedes Executive Order 14090 as of the specified effective dates and directs the Office of Personnel Management to implement the payments and publish notice in the Federal Register. In short, this action adjusts federal pay across a wide spectrum of positions to reflect updated pay rates, with specific effective dates in early 2024 and formal implementation guidance from the OPM.
Key Points
- 1The order updates basic pay for the statutory pay systems defined in law, with increases reflected in Schedule 1 (General Schedule), Schedule 2 (Foreign Service), and Schedule 3 (Veterans Health Administration pay scales).
- 2It sets pay ranges for the Senior Executive Service (Schedule 4), the core executive pay band.
- 3It specifies pay for other high-level offices and bodies: Executive Schedule (Schedule 5), the Vice President and Congress (Schedule 6), and justices and judges (Schedule 7).
- 4It expands to the Uniformed Services pay (Schedule 8) and includes monthly cadet or midshipman pay (part of Schedule 8).
- 5It provides for Locality-Based Comparability Payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304/5304a, with the payments set out in Schedule 9.
- 6It covers Administrative Law Judges (Schedule 10) pay.
- 7Effective dates: Schedule 8 (uniformed services) is effective January 1, 2024; all other schedules become effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2024.
- 8The order supersedes Executive Order 14090 as of the specified effective dates, and the Director of OPM is tasked with implementing the payments and publishing notices in the Federal Register.