Summary
Changes the amount of money that many people working for the U.S. government get paid, including military members, judges, and other federal workers.
What problem does this solve?
Federal employee salaries need to be updated regularly to account for changes in the cost of living and to stay competitive. This order officially sets the new pay rates for the upcoming year as required by law.
What does this order do?
Sets new pay rates for statutory pay systems
Updates the basic pay rates for employees under the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and the Veterans Health Administration schedules.
Adjusts pay for the Uniformed Services
Establishes the new monthly basic pay rates for members of the uniformed services, as well as for cadets and midshipmen.
Updates salaries for top government officials
Sets the salaries for high-level positions, including the Executive Schedule, the Vice President, members of Congress, and federal justices and judges.
Sets pay ranges for the Senior Executive Service
Defines the new ranges for basic pay for senior executives in the Senior Executive Service (SES).
Implements locality-based pay adjustments
Authorizes locality-based comparability payments, which provide extra pay to federal employees based on the cost of living in their geographic area.
Adjusts pay for administrative law judges
Sets the new rates of basic pay for administrative law judges.
Replaces the previous year's pay order
Supersedes Executive Order 13715 from 2015, making this order the current authority on federal pay rates.
Who does this affect?
- Federal government employees
- Members of the uniformed services
- Federal judges and high-level officials
What is the real world impact?
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Provides a routine annual pay adjustment
Implements the annual cost-of-living adjustments and other pay raises for federal employees, military personnel, and officials. This is a standard administrative action taken by the President to ensure government pay rates are updated for the new year.
When does this start?
This order has different start dates for different pay schedules, beginning in January 2017.
Pay adjustment for Uniformed Services
The new pay rates for military members become effective on January 1, 2017.
Pay adjustments for all other federal employees
All other pay schedules take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period that begins on or after January 1, 2017.