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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I said it before--raise the SES Cap by $50-75k and it would temporarily fix the compression issue. That's an easier fix than overhauling the pay system (which needs to happen, but won't)[/quote]
That's not all the easy of a fix either, though.  $225-$250k would not be an unreasonable salary for level IV senior executives IMO.  But raising SES Level IV by $50,000 would be a 29% increase for political appointees.  That wouldn't be popular at all, especially if rank-and-file feds got only the usual 0%-3% raise.  I just don't see that getting political support.

If you're talking about raising the cap but not the SES itself—like saying the limit gets changed to 115% of SES Level IV—that would require a new law.  At that point, it might be easier (though by no means easy) to remove the cap entirely.  And it would have GS-15s making more than their SES bosses.  So that's probably not happening, either.

Allowing SES to get locality pay would make some sense and also fix the compression problem, but it could also be painted as giving political appointees a great big raise.

Honestly, I don't see a politically feasible fix short of a pay system overhaul (which, as you point out, isn't happening either).  No one other than GS-15s are all that converned about the plight of GS-15s (including many of us who are GS-15s and see it as part of the price of government service).

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well it's certainly the easiest of all of the solutions. They are already incrementally raising the SES pay anyway. No matter which way you slice it will be a tough sell to the taxpayer. I bet 90 percent of taxpayers don't think any federal employee SES or GS 5 should make more than $50k a year, lol. While the sell is tough, I think raising SES pay can easily be justified. If it were me--I'd focus on the career employee vs the political. every detail doesn't have to be divulged. I don't think a 15 should make more than any SES--the same way I think a 14 shouldn't make more than a 15 and so on. I am a 15. I manage 200+ million budget with 136 FT. I have zero SES aspirations. I have enough headache. I've had a few SES bosses that sucked, but even then I still don't think I should make more than them. at one point in my career I did make more than my SES (only for 2 years). he was pissed and delegated more things to me "since you make more than me." [/quote]

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