Obama Orders Pay Raise for Federal Employees

The Weekly Standard ^ | 12/28/2012 | Daniel Halper

[House Atreides]

President Barack Obama issued an executive order to end the pay freeze on federal employees, in effect giving some federal workers a raise. One federal worker now to receive a pay increase is Vice President Joe Biden.

[GreyFriar]

I mentioned that there were pay adjustments based upon location, but I only posted the base pay because it was simpler and took up less space than listing base and then locality pays for a couple of dozen areas.

I wonder if there are more federal workers in the DC area than the rest of the country? I know that most places in the south, exculding hi-cost of living Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Tampa are at the base pay level.

Having spent time in DC while in the Army, the COLA is needed by lower GS families/folks unless you are “dual income no kids.”

[DarkSavant]

Detroit had a large differential, which surprised me given the comparatively low cost of living here. I’d be interested to see how they got the numbers.

[marsh2]

Very telling. Our County government TOOK about 8% of prior increases away from employees at last negotiation. They also made them pay 10 % more of their medical care and reduced retirement benefits for new hires.