Question: when will federal employees see their pay increase?
Answer: Executive Order Number 13901, dated December 26, 2019, authorizes an average 3.1 percent increase (combination of the base of 2.6 percent and a locality of 0.5 percent, for a total of 3.1 percent), depending upon locality, effective January 5, 2020, for employees under the General Schedule (GS) and Foreign Service ...