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Executive Order 14132

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

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In simple terms

This executive order implements annual federal pay adjustments for 2025, covering civilian employees under statutory pay systems, Senior Executive Service, executive/legislative/judicial branch officials, uniformed service members, and administrative law judges. It also establishes locality-based comparability payments and supersedes the prior year's pay adjustment order.

Federal Register Open PDF 89 FR 106963

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 89 FR 106963

    Federal Register PDF

  3. OPM publish locality pay notice in Federal Register

  4. Schedule 8 (uniformed services) effective

  5. Schedules 1-7, 9-10 effective: first day of first applicable pay period on or after January 1, 2025

Key directives

  • Set statutory pay system rates (General Schedule, Foreign Service, VA schedules)
  • Set Senior Executive Service pay ranges
  • Set Executive Schedule, Vice President, Congressional, and judicial salaries
  • Set uniformed services monthly basic pay and cadet/midshipman pay
  • Implement locality-based comparability payments per Schedule 9
  • Set administrative law judge pay rates
  • OPM Director to implement locality payments and publish Federal Register notice
  • Supersede Executive Order 14113 (December 21, 2023)

Who is ordered

Prior policy

  • supersedeExecutive Order 14113 of December 21, 2023 (Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay)

Related orders

What to expect

Immediate

  • EO signed and published; supersession of prior order takes effect on schedule effective dates

Near term (90d)

  • Schedule 8 (uniformed services) effective January 1, 2025
  • Schedules 1-7, 9-10 effective first day of first applicable pay period on or after January 1, 2025 (typically mid-January 2025 for most federal employees)
  • OPM must publish locality pay notice in Federal Register

Long term

  • Annual pay adjustments continue under existing statutory frameworks; next adjustment expected December 2025

Risks & tensions

  • Pay raise magnitude not stated in text; actual percentages in attached schedules not reproduced in Federal Register excerpt
  • Effective date for non-military schedules depends on agency pay period calendars, creating slight variability across government
  • No apparent tension or controversy in text; routine annual administrative action under established statutory authority
Executive Order 14132: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay · Executive Orders