Fed pay catch up with inflation?

[Anonymous]

4.6 percent is pretty good! Joe got it right this year. I won't complain at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine being at the top of your field and only making 176k. Jesus

176k is a nice salary. But in DC/NY/BOS/SF/SEA/LA it feels like you barely make six figures. Imagine anything less in these areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4.6 percent is pretty good! Joe got it right this year. I won't complain at all.

Miles and miles to go yet, and it will probably end up lower than that. But a good start.

[Anonymous]

So, when W gave a 4.6 percent raise so many years ago, it was split as 3.6 p,us 1.0 locality. That'll most likely be the same this time. So that means for capoed 15s, you'll be seeing no more than 3.6 percent if the ES scale is adjusted accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine being at the top of your field and only making 176k. Jesus

You sound angry.

DP. I love how DCUM posters look down their noses at Fed jobs and at the same time claim that GS15’s make a lot and don’t deserve a raise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.6 percent is pretty good! Joe got it right this year. I won't complain at all.

Miles and miles to go yet, and it will probably end up lower than that. But a good start.

Huh? Didn’t we get our raises already?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.6 percent is pretty good! Joe got it right this year. I won't complain at all.

Miles and miles to go yet, and it will probably end up lower than that. But a good start.

Huh? Didn’t we get our raises already?

The topic under discussion here is next year’s raise. Raises were given for 2022. Next year will be 2023. Still confused?

[Anonymous]

I believe, surprisingly, the Federal employees tend to do worst in terms of pay when a Democrat is the President. Democrats often seem worried about what Republicans will say if it looks like they are doing anything that helps "overpaid and under worked" federal employees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe, surprisingly, the Federal employees tend to do worst in terms of pay when a Democrat is the President. Democrats often seem worried about what Republicans will say if it looks like they are doing anything that helps "overpaid and under worked" federal employees.

Yes. And to be sure, 4.6 is still way too low.

[Anonymous]

so people will never be satisfied.

[Anonymous]

It’s an unreasonably low raise in light of inflation and years of low or no raises under the preceding two presidents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe, surprisingly, the Federal employees tend to do worst in terms of pay when a Democrat is the President. Democrats often seem worried about what Republicans will say if it looks like they are doing anything that helps "overpaid and under worked" federal employees.

The word is “optics.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s an unreasonably low raise in light of inflation and years of low or no raises under the preceding two presidents.

Agreed! and the proposed raise could have been less than 3% as it has been since 2008 and many years before that. can we at least acknowledge the 4.6 is on the right path to a decent raise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s an unreasonably low raise in light of inflation and years of low or no raises under the preceding two presidents.

Agreed! and the proposed raise could have been less than 3% as it has been since 2008 and many years before that. can we at least acknowledge the 4.6 is on the right path to a decent raise?

It’s better than 2.7, yes.

[Anonymous]

If GOP wins the House, the 2024 raise will be 1.6 percent.