Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

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

Impact dates

Date TBD
OPM publish locality pay notice in Federal Register
Jan 1, 2025
Schedule 8 (uniformed services) effective
Jan 1, 2025
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

OPM Director · OPM

Timeline

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