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Executive Order 13561

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

This executive order implements the federal pay raise authorized by the Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011, adjusting pay rates for civilian federal employees, senior executives, uniformed service members, judges, members of Congress, the Vice President, and administrative law judges. It supersedes the previous year's pay adjustment order (EO 13525) and sets specific effective dates for the new pay schedules.

Federal Register Open PDF 75 FR 81817

Impact dates

  1. OPM Director to publish locality pay notice in Federal Register

  2. Schedule 8 (uniformed services pay) effective

  3. Schedules 1-7, 9-10 effective on first day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2011

Key directives

  • Set statutory pay system rates per attached Schedules 1-3
  • Set Senior Executive Service pay ranges per Schedule 4
  • Set Executive Schedule, Vice President, and Congressional salaries per Schedule 6
  • Set judicial salaries per Schedule 7
  • Set uniformed services monthly basic pay per Schedule 8
  • Implement locality-based comparability payments per Schedule 9
  • Set administrative law judge pay rates per Schedule 10
  • OPM Director to implement locality payments and publish Federal Register notice
  • Supersede Executive Order 13525

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • EO signed December 22, 2010
  • supersedes prior EO 13525

Near term (90d)

  • Schedule 8 (uniformed services) effective January 1, 2011
  • all other schedules effective first day of first applicable pay period on or after January 1, 2011
  • OPM to publish locality pay notice in Federal Register

Long term

  • ongoing applicability of adjusted pay schedules until superseded

Risks & tensions

  • Pay period start dates vary by agency, creating staggered implementation
  • No specific deadline stated for OPM Federal Register publication—timing is discretionary
  • Attached schedules not included in text; actual percentage increases not verifiable from EO alone
  • Continuing resolution context suggests potential fiscal constraints or political negotiations underlying the adjustment
Executive Order 13561: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay · Executive Orders