Federal employees to receive raises of up to 3.2 percent in January

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Most federal employees in the Washington area will receive a pay raise of just above 3 percent in January under an order President Biden issued Thursday, which sets 2022 raises for executive branch workers that vary by geographic area.

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Federal employees to receive raises of up to 3.2 percent in January
President Biden issued an executive order Thursday setting the raises after Congress failed to act on the issue.

By Eric Yoder
Yesterday at 11:53 a.m. EST

Most federal employees in the Washington area will receive a pay raise of just above 3 percent in January under an order President Biden issued Thursday, which sets 2022 raises for executive branch workers that vary by geographic area.

Federal employees working in the Washington-Baltimore “locality” — which sprawls over most of Maryland and Northern Virginia and reaches into eastern West Virginia and south-central Pennsylvania — will receive a 3.02 percent increase effective with the start of their first pay period of 2022, which in most cases will be Jan. 2.

That is among the larger of the raises to be paid under the General Schedule pay system, which applies to most white-collar federal workers below senior levels. The largest raise, 3.21 percent, will be paid in the Seattle area, and the smallest, 2.42 percent, is in a catchall category called the “rest of the U.S.” for locations outside more than 50 city zones with their own rates.

Raises above 3 percent also will be paid in San Francisco; Los Angeles; San Jose; Laredo, Tex.; and New York City. ... The raises are set by comparisons of labor costs, not living costs, and are separate from the cost-of-living adjustments to be paid to federal retirees in January of either 5.9 or 4.9 percent, depending on which of the federal retirement systems applied to them.

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By Eric Yoder
Eric Yoder is a National reporter at The Washington Post. He has reported for The Post since 2000, concentrating on federal employee issues, the budget and government management policies. Twitter https://twitter.com/EricYoderWP

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1. Following Seattle-Tacoma, the largest raises will go to employees working in the San Francisco (3.14

Los Angeles (3.13), San Diego (3.04), Laredo, Texas (3.03), and the New York and Washington-Baltimore localities (3.02).

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2. K&R for federal employees. nt

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3. I work for a great contracting firm and got 5.25%

A friend just got a new role that she likes with a NGO despite not having enough experience. Now is a fantastic time for workers everywhere to ask for a raise or better benefits or apply for new roles.