OPM salary scale with locality pay for 2024

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man you people act like you didn’t know government often pays less than private sector. No one is in government for the money. As a GS-15 step 6 supervisor, I’m delighted with the raise. Now I will finally make just over what I did when I left Biglaw as a fourth year associate 13 years ago! 😁

Seriously though I could have left any time. I love my work and the salary is enough to live the life I want. I have family members who wouldn’t make $190k with two salaries combined. Show some self-awareness.

Another tone-deaf manager. If you are a 15/6, you don't really know how capped salary feels like. After 10 years of capped salary, come back and tell us about your self-awareness.

If what you do is so valuable on the open market that private jobs pay more, go and get one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man you people act like you didn’t know government often pays less than private sector. No one is in government for the money. As a GS-15 step 6 supervisor, I’m delighted with the raise. Now I will finally make just over what I did when I left Biglaw as a fourth year associate 13 years ago! 😁

Seriously though I could have left any time. I love my work and the salary is enough to live the life I want. I have family members who wouldn’t make $190k with two salaries combined. Show some self-awareness.

Another tone-deaf manager. If you are a 15/6, you don't really know how capped salary feels like. After 10 years of capped salary, come back and tell us about your self-awareness.

DP. Yes. I just took my first supervisor role and I can only hope pay compression is addressed sometime in the next 15 years before I retire. There is a huge brain drain happening anyway, this just makes it worse. I can’t hire people to do what I need them to do, for less than I’m making. It’s kind of ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man you people act like you didn’t know government often pays less than private sector. No one is in government for the money. As a GS-15 step 6 supervisor, I’m delighted with the raise. Now I will finally make just over what I did when I left Biglaw as a fourth year associate 13 years ago! 😁

Seriously though I could have left any time. I love my work and the salary is enough to live the life I want. I have family members who wouldn’t make $190k with two salaries combined. Show some self-awareness.

Another tone-deaf manager. If you are a 15/6, you don't really know how capped salary feels like. After 10 years of capped salary, come back and tell us about your self-awareness.

If what you do is so valuable on the open market that private jobs pay more, go and get one.

Exactly, if what that person is so amazing and worth much more than what they are paid, they can go try the private sector.

Frankly, (outside of a select few who were good and competent) vast majority of fed employees I have met in the area have been fairly subpar.

[Anonymous]

Says the pp who can't get a job in government.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man you people act like you didn’t know government often pays less than private sector. No one is in government for the money. As a GS-15 step 6 supervisor, I’m delighted with the raise. Now I will finally make just over what I did when I left Biglaw as a fourth year associate 13 years ago! 😁

Seriously though I could have left any time. I love my work and the salary is enough to live the life I want. I have family members who wouldn’t make $190k with two salaries combined. Show some self-awareness.

Another tone-deaf manager. If you are a 15/6, you don't really know how capped salary feels like. After 10 years of capped salary, come back and tell us about your self-awareness.

If what you do is so valuable on the open market that private jobs pay more, go and get one.

Not only tone-deaf, you have a read comp issue too. That wasn't the point, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man you people act like you didn’t know government often pays less than private sector. No one is in government for the money. As a GS-15 step 6 supervisor, I’m delighted with the raise. Now I will finally make just over what I did when I left Biglaw as a fourth year associate 13 years ago! 😁

Seriously though I could have left any time. I love my work and the salary is enough to live the life I want. I have family members who wouldn’t make $190k with two salaries combined. Show some self-awareness.

Another tone-deaf manager. If you are a 15/6, you don't really know how capped salary feels like. After 10 years of capped salary, come back and tell us about your self-awareness.

If what you do is so valuable on the open market that private jobs pay more, go and get one.

Exactly, if what that person is so amazing and worth much more than what they are paid, they can go try the private sector.

Frankly, (outside of a select few who were good and competent) vast majority of fed employees I have met in the area have been fairly subpar.

I feel this way about folks I have met in the private sector. Especially consulting and the like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man you people act like you didn’t know government often pays less than private sector. No one is in government for the money. As a GS-15 step 6 supervisor, I’m delighted with the raise. Now I will finally make just over what I did when I left Biglaw as a fourth year associate 13 years ago! 😁

Seriously though I could have left any time. I love my work and the salary is enough to live the life I want. I have family members who wouldn’t make $190k with two salaries combined. Show some self-awareness.

Another tone-deaf manager. If you are a 15/6, you don't really know how capped salary feels like. After 10 years of capped salary, come back and tell us about your self-awareness.

If what you do is so valuable on the open market that private jobs pay more, go and get one.

Exactly, if what that person is so amazing and worth much more than what they are paid, they can go try the private sector.

Frankly, (outside of a select few who were good and competent) vast majority of fed employees I have met in the area have been fairly subpar.

Way to miss the point smarty pants. Whewwwww, right over your head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man you people act like you didn’t know government often pays less than private sector. No one is in government for the money. As a GS-15 step 6 supervisor, I’m delighted with the raise. Now I will finally make just over what I did when I left Biglaw as a fourth year associate 13 years ago! 😁

Seriously though I could have left any time. I love my work and the salary is enough to live the life I want. I have family members who wouldn’t make $190k with two salaries combined. Show some self-awareness.

Another tone-deaf manager. If you are a 15/6, you don't really know how capped salary feels like. After 10 years of capped salary, come back and tell us about your self-awareness.

If what you do is so valuable on the open market that private jobs pay more, go and get one.

Exactly, if what that person is so amazing and worth much more than what they are paid, they can go try the private sector.

Frankly, (outside of a select few who were good and competent) vast majority of fed employees I have met in the area have been fairly subpar.

I feel this way about folks I have met in the private sector. Especially consulting and the like.

The people I know in government are amazing and tip top credentials. Plus extremely hard workers. They could make triple or more elsewhere. So, there's another perspective for you.

[Anonymous]

I did the calculations… and after all my deductions- tsp FSA autopilot savings - my net take home pay shakes out to be 57 increase biweekly. I think Kaiser healthcare high option really ate into the raise we got. I’m not due for another wgi until 2025. After it was all said and done - this didn’t feel as impactful as I thought it would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did the calculations… and after all my deductions- tsp FSA autopilot savings - my net take home pay shakes out to be 57 increase biweekly. I think Kaiser healthcare high option really ate into the raise we got. I’m not due for another wgi until 2025. After it was all said and done - this didn’t feel as impactful as I thought it would.

I know but 57 every two weeks is better than no 57 every two weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did the calculations… and after all my deductions- tsp FSA autopilot savings - my net take home pay shakes out to be 57 increase biweekly. I think Kaiser healthcare high option really ate into the raise we got. I’m not due for another wgi until 2025. After it was all said and done - this didn’t feel as impactful as I thought it would.

I know but 57 every two weeks is better than no 57 every two weeks.

DP. 57 every two weeks covers the increase in groceries prices, but not the increases in utilities, kids' necessities, work clothes and grooming schedule for our big Fed RTO, home maintenance or rent, etc.
Gov consultants simply earn more money and do less work.

[Anonymous]

really? then Deloitte must have changed then...

[Anonymous]

Well, as a GS-12 getting promoted to 13 after New Year's, I couldn't be happier with this raise! Combined with the grade increase it will make a real difference for me.

[Anonymous]

When does it go into effect?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man you people act like you didn’t know government often pays less than private sector. No one is in government for the money. As a GS-15 step 6 supervisor, I’m delighted with the raise. Now I will finally make just over what I did when I left Biglaw as a fourth year associate 13 years ago! 😁

Seriously though I could have left any time. I love my work and the salary is enough to live the life I want. I have family members who wouldn’t make $190k with two salaries combined. Show some self-awareness.

Another tone-deaf manager. If you are a 15/6, you don't really know how capped salary feels like. After 10 years of capped salary, come back and tell us about your self-awareness.

So you would rather take the lower 15/6 salary now just so you can look forward to a better raise? I'd rather be at max as early as possible. You're at the legal maximum and still getting a raise. Sounds great to me. (DP)