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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, I complain about it.

https://federalnewsradio.com/pay/2017/01/feds-miss-pay-raise-salary-compression-worsens/

I work on a special pay table. That means we don't get locality pay raises (as in the average DC fed's pay went up around 3% last year while I got a 1% increase, this is by design for special pay).  Since I am pay capped, I have only had a 4% pay increase since 2010. That means I don't get step increases (3% pay increase) every 1-3 years like others do depending on where they fall on steps 1-10 on their salary table. Likewise as the paycap is set by SES pay, which doesn't get locality pay raises, the pay for highly paid feds doesn't go up as much as uncapped feds.

My performance in no way effects my pay increase.  Even when I wasn't pay capped, I got the same pay increase being rated outstanding, as someone who is rated fully successful.  My position is somewhat unusual, as my work is quantified being that we are on a production quota.

There may be opportunities to get an WGI (step increase), if you aren't pay capped. If I were to go SES, they only make about 10k more than I do, due to lagging SES pay.  Its a poorly designed system if you are a high performer to be pay capped because you don't get the full raise. In my salary table, the pay cap starts around a GS-15/5, about the same for San Jose feds with locality pay.

All I want is for my pay to meet inflation at this point, but the joke increases under Obama did not help. The official CPI calculation is that inflation has increased 13% since Jan 2010 (the reality is likely closer to 20%), so I'm effectively loosing ground each year. For example, my property tax increase each year on my townhouse alone eats about half my raise, and child care expense increases eat the entirety of it alone for 2 kids.

This is a serious problem, as long term if you don't keep federal pay to match inflation, you increase the risk of corruption.  We're not there yet, but it could happen down the line.[/quote]

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