Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

This executive order implements annual pay adjustments for federal employees, military personnel, and certain officials across multiple pay systems, with most schedules taking effect in early 2018. It supersedes the previous year's pay adjustment order (EO 13756) and incorporates locality-based pay adjustments and military pay increases authorized by the FY2018 NDAA.

Federal Register Open PDF 82 FR 61431

Impact dates

Date TBD
OPM to publish locality pay notices in Federal Register
Jan 1, 2018
Schedule 8 (uniformed services pay) effective
Jan 1, 2018
All other schedules effective: first day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2018

Key directives

Set statutory pay system rates per attached schedules (General Schedule, Foreign Service, VA health schedules)
Set Senior Executive Service pay ranges
Set Executive Schedule, Vice President, Congressional, and judicial salaries
Set military basic pay rates per FY2018 NDAA section 601
Implement locality-based comparability payments
Set administrative law judge pay rates
OPM to publish locality pay notices in Federal Register
Supersede EO 13756 effective with new schedules

Who is ordered

Director of the Office of Personnel Management · OPM

Timeline

Immediate

EO signed December 22, 2017
Supersedes prior order EO 13756

Near term (90d)

Schedule 8 (military pay) effective January 1, 2018
All other schedules effective first day of first applicable pay period on or after January 1, 2018 (typically early January 2018)
OPM to publish locality pay notices in Federal Register

Long term

Annual pay rates established for ongoing federal employment
Baseline for future pay adjustment comparisons

Risks & tensions

No specific deadline stated for OPM Federal Register publication—vague implementation timing
Pay period start dates vary by agency, creating slight effective date variation across government
Routine annual adjustment with limited policy discretion; largely mechanical implementation of statutory formulas