Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
Apr 11, 2013
Signed by: Barack Obama
Signed on: Apr 5, 2013
Published on: Apr 11, 2013
Apr 11, 2013
Signed by: Barack Obama
Signed on: Apr 5, 2013
Published on: Apr 11, 2013
Summary
Sets the pay rates for many federal workers, including military and judges, keeping them at 2010 levels as required by law through 2013.
What problem does this solve?
A law required that the pay for civilian federal workers stay at 2010 levels, but the official pay tables needed to be updated to reflect this. This order officially sets those pay schedules to follow the law.
What does this order do?
Sets pay for statutory pay systems
Establishes the official pay schedules for the General Schedule, the Foreign Service, and the Veterans Health Administration, keeping them at 2010 levels.
Sets pay for senior executives
Defines the pay ranges for senior executives in the Senior Executive Service.
Sets pay for top government officials
Establishes the salaries for high-level positions, including the Executive Schedule, the Vice President, members of Congress, and federal judges.
Sets pay for uniformed services
Defines the monthly basic pay rates for members of the military, as well as for cadets and midshipmen.
Establishes locality-based pay
Directs that locality-based comparability payments be paid according to an attached schedule to account for different costs of living.
Sets pay for administrative law judges
Establishes the rates of basic pay for administrative law judges.
Supersedes prior order
Replaces Executive Order 13635 from December 27, 2012, with this new order.
Who does this affect?
- Federal civilian employees
- Members of the uniformed services
- Federal judges and high-level officials
What is the real world impact?
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Ensures government-wide pay consistency
Formalizes the pay rates for different federal employee groups to follow the rules set by Congress. This makes sure everyone is paid according to the same plan.
When does this start?
This order has different start dates for its pay schedules.
Military pay
The pay schedule for uniformed services became effective on January 1, 2013.
Civilian and other pay
All other pay schedules became effective on the first day of the first pay period on or after January 1, 2013.