federal employee pay raise 2025

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Anonymous wrote:Last year's was historically high. So we all got a morale boost and now it will average out to just normal bump in COLA. We really can't complain, that combined with reliable step increases not tied to performance is a pretty sweet deal.

It is? Maybe for a middling run of the mill employee. High performers are underpaid and will continue to be. The 5k max bonus at my agency for a 15 is sad.

The cola wasn’t a morale boost either. It didn’t even keep up with inflation. We need a few more 5% increases just to do that.

PP, how do you know the max bonus at your agency?

DP but my agency has an award policy and lists the max bonus. It is 7500 for non-SES.

Is this one of the financial agencies that are not on the GS scale?

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who was laid off in my mid-50s and many months later landed what I consider to be a plum government position (non-supervisory GS14s6), I will take the security over higher pay any day. And the pay isn’t bad, considering.

Not much difference between GS 14 and 15s these days. As such, a lot of the supervisory 15s are leaving when given the opportunity. I just lost two 15 attorneys to private and one 15 to a government agency not using the GS scale.

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Can someone answer the OPs question? Is it really 2% for 2025?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone answer the OPs question? Is it really 2% for 2025?

Yes

https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2024/06/feds-still-slated-2-average-pay-raise-2025-house-appropriations-bill/397389/

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Anonymous wrote:This is the trade off for never worrying about layoffs.

Government should also worry about retaining good employees.

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Last year's inflation rate was 4.1%, how would government justify a 2% raise?

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Dang. The gap for people with advanced degrees is 22%. That’s not going to keep top people working for the federal government.

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Problem is that federal Govt has too many positions and loafers and that's why top performers suffer. If they can base their performance appraisal more like a private sector then people won't leave.

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Anonymous wrote:A few years ago, we got no raise or 1% raise under Obama, so I'm sort of used to it.

There was no inflation at that time but the case now is different.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the trade off for never worrying about layoffs.

Government should also worry about retaining good employees.

Yeah, it happens and more specialized field such as Phd STEM, doctor, lawyer you are in, less you get paid as compared to your peers in private sector.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who was laid off in my mid-50s and many months later landed what I consider to be a plum government position (non-supervisory GS14s6), I will take the security over higher pay any day. And the pay isn’t bad, considering.

Not much difference between GS 14 and 15s these days. As such, a lot of the supervisory 15s are leaving when given the opportunity. I just lost two 15 attorneys to private and one 15 to a government agency not using the GS scale.

Yup, happened with me too. Two of my colleagues requested to be a GS14-10 as 15 wasn't worth the trouble.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who was laid off in my mid-50s and many months later landed what I consider to be a plum government position (non-supervisory GS14s6), I will take the security over higher pay any day. And the pay isn’t bad, considering.

Yeah, at 50 I feel I need to make 2x - 3x Fed salary to make a move worthwhile because there is such likelihood of being laid off for long periods — I’m not an executive

Doesn't matter. A lot of SESs are not there because of their potential but also because a lot of 15s didn't want to take the job.

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ay be DC area would get 2.5 to 2.7% raise and the gap between 14 and 15 would narrow more. LOL

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Biden don’t be shy and help us out hehe

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Update on this. Bump