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OPM typically publishes official GS pay tables and any locality adjustments in December for the coming year, and many outlets say the final 2026 pay tables and executive order implementing the White H...
Federal employees should look to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as the primary official source for 2026 pay tables and effective dates; OPM posts GS, locality, special rate and related pay m...
Federal retirees and current federal employees should expect the official 2026 cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) for most federal retirement systems to be in the mid‑to‑high 2 percent range: several ou...
Federal employees should watch the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website for official 2026 GS and special-rate tables; OPM posts final pay tables on opm.gov and typically releases tables in Dec...
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) follows the Social Security Administration’s COLA determination and implements annuity adjustments effective December 1, with the new payment appearing the fir...
The official 2025 General Schedule (GS) base pay table — the nationwide, non-locality annual rates by grade (GS‑1 to GS‑15) and step (1–10) — was published by the Office of Personnel Management and in...
The official 2026 retiree COLA was publicly announced in October 2025 and takes effect December 1, 2025 with higher annuity payments appearing in January 2026 for beneficiaries . Operational implement...
The official 2026 federal pay tables are published by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on its salaries & wages and General Schedule pages; OPM also posts Federal Wage System and special-r...
Federal employees and retirees should consult the Office of Personnel Management’s website and its retirement/COLA pages for official notices — OPM posts finalized pay tables, special-rate notices, an...
Federal civilian pay for 2026 is unsettled in public reporting: several outlets report President Trump submitted an Alternative Pay Plan proposing a 1% across‑the‑board GS raise and a 3.8% boost for s...
The available reporting shows the 2026 federal pay action under the Trump alternative pay plan calls for a 1.0% across‑the‑board GS base pay increase for most General Schedule employees, with locality...
The 2025 GS pay tables reflect a 2.0% average increase made up of a 1.7% across‑the‑board base pay raise and a 0.3% average locality increase; OPM published locality tables for each pay area and speci...
Federal employees should expect official 2026 pay and locality tables to be published by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and related agencies in late December or by the end of the calendar ye...
Retroactive COLA for federal retirement benefits is set by the change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI‑W) from the third quarter of the base year to the thi...
Official, authoritative sources for 2026 federal pay adjustments and locality determinations are led by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — which publishes pay tables, special-rate notices and ...
OPM says it will publish the 2026 special-rate and updated pay tables before the end of calendar year 2025, with the changes tentatively effective the first pay period of 2026 (January 11, 2026) for t...
The 2025 GS locality pay percentage is an annual geographic adjustment applied to the GS base pay: an employee’s locality-adjusted salary equals GS base pay × (1 + Locality Percentage). OPM publishes ...
Employees who move from CSRS to FERS do not get a single “blended” new pension that erases the prior CSRS credits; instead, retirement pay is determined by which portions of service are covered under ...
Retired federal employees (including Members of Congress who meet FEHB retirement rules) generally pay the enrollee share of FEHB plan premiums — historically around 25–28% of total premiums, meaning ...