Pay & Benefits

Biden’s 2023 Budget Would Pay for TSA Raises and the Move to General Schedule

The Transportation Security Administration has begun the process of granting its employees full federal civil service rights, although it needs more than $1 billion in additional funding to end the pay disparity with General Schedule workers.

Pay & Benefits

Biden Proposes a 4.6% Raise for Federal Workers for 2023

If enacted, the figure would mark the largest pay increase for federal employees in two decades.

Pay & Benefits

The Numbers That Matter in 2022

Key figures that might affect your retirement planning this year. 

Pay & Benefits

The Federal Pay Advisory Panel Can Finally Weigh In on Locality Pay and Other Issues Again

Biden nominates members to the Federal Salary Council, allowing it to move forward with compensation-related recommendations.

Pay & Benefits

4 Women Who Shaped Modern Retirement

Stories of pioneers in creating the federal government’s retirement safety net, and reaping its benefits.

Pay & Benefits

The White House and OPM Say They Will ‘Address’ Salary History in Federal Hiring

Although the federal gender pay gap is much smaller than the disparity in the private sector, officials vowed to push to eliminate it altogether.

Pay & Benefits

The Labor Department Seeks to Update Prevailing Wage Regulations

Department officials said this is the “most comprehensive review” of a contractor construction wage law in 40 years.

Pay & Benefits

Ahuja Appoints Former OPM Director to Oversee the Federal Blue Collar Job Panel

Janice Lachance will chair an advisory committee governing the Federal Wage System, a pay scale that has long been criticized by employee groups for its outdated map of locality pay areas.

Pay & Benefits

Nearly All TSP Funds Have Fallen for a Second Straight Month

Only two of the portfolios in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program ended February in the black.

Pay & Benefits

Make a Plan to Save, and Watch Your Money Grow

Setting a goal and sticking to it is the path to a comfortable retirement.