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Nov 25, 2025
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What are the 2025 GS base pay rates by grade and step?

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...

Nov 22, 2025
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What are the age and service requirements to receive a federal congressional pension under FERS vs. CSRS?

CSRS is the older, generally more generous defined‑benefit system for employees hired before 1987; FERS applies to most hires after 1983/1987 and combines a smaller pension, Social Security and TSP (t...

Nov 18, 2025
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What is the 2025 GS pay table for DHS employees, including locality adjustments for ICE ERO officers?

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...

Nov 23, 2025

How is the FERS pension formula applied specifically for members of Congress?

Members of Congress who entered service under FERS have their pension computed with the same basic formula FERS uses generally: pension = high‑3 average pay × accrual rate × years of service, with som...

Dec 16, 2025

How does vesting in congressional retirement and health benefits compare to other federal employees after 1, 5, or 20 years of service?

Members of Congress under older rules historically accrued higher pension rates and paid larger employee retirement contributions than most federal workers; reforms since P.L. 112‑96 and later laws na...

Dec 6, 2025

how much is a government retirement annuity reduced by employment?

Federal retirement annuities can be reduced when an annuitant returns to work or earns above certain limits: the FERS Special Retirement Supplement (SRS) is subject to Social Security’s earnings test ...

Dec 7, 2025

How do retirement account contributions and distributions affect MAGI for taxable benefits?

Retirement account contributions that are pre‑tax (traditional 401(k), traditional IRA when deductible) reduce AGI and therefore reduce MAGI for purposes like Roth eligibility and some Medicare/ACA ca...

Dec 6, 2025

What is the formula for calculating 2025 GS locality pay percentages?

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 ...

Nov 29, 2025

Can employees who switched from CSRS to FERS receive blended or dual benefits, and how are they computed?

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 ...

Nov 26, 2025

How does jurisdiction differ between retirees on the retired list and those drawing pensions as civilians?

Retirees on the military retired list and former civilians drawing federal pensions live under different statutory schemes: military retired pay is governed by DoD and Title 10 rules while civilian an...