[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4592-4593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1714]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
January 2010 Pay Adjustments
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The President adjusted the rates of basic pay and locality
payments for certain categories of Federal employees effective in
January 2010. This notice documents those pay adjustments for the
public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Dismond, Pay and Leave, Employee
Services, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; (202) 606-2858; FAX
(202) 606-0824; or email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 2009, the President signed
Executive Order 13525 (74 FR 69231), which implemented the January 2010
pay adjustments. The President made these adjustments consistent with
Public Law 111-117, December 16, 2009, which authorized an overall
average pay increase of 2.0 percent for the ``statutory pay systems,''
including the General Schedule (GS).
Schedule 1 of Executive Order 13525 provides the rates for the 2010
General Schedule and reflects a 1.5 percent across-the-board increase.
Executive Order 13525 also includes the percentage amounts of the 2010
locality payments. (See Section 5 and Schedule 9 of Executive Order
13525.)
The publication of this notice satisfies the requirement in section
5(b) of Executive Order 13525 that the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) publish appropriate notice of the 2010 locality
payments in the Federal Register.
GS employees receive locality payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304.
Locality payments apply in the United States (as defined in 5 U.S.C.
5921(4)) and its territories and possessions. In 2010, locality
payments ranging from 4.72 percent to 35.15 percent apply to GS
employees in the 32 locality pay areas, Alaska, Hawaii, and the
territories and possessions.
The 2010 locality pay percentages, which replaced the 2009 locality
pay percentages, became effective on the first day of the first pay
period beginning on or after January 1, 2010 (January 3, 2010). An
employee's locality rate of pay is computed by increasing his or her
scheduled annual rate of pay (as defined in 5 CFR 531.602) by the
applicable locality pay percentage. (See 5 CFR 531.604 and 531.609.)
(The 2010 locality pay area definitions can be found at http://www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/locdef.asp. The Non-Foreign Area Retirement
Equity Assurance Act of 2009 contained in subtitle B (sections 1911-
1919) of title XIX of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2010 (Pub. L. 111-84, October 28, 2009) extends coverage of the
locality pay program to employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and the other
nonforeign areas beginning in 2010. For 2010, the statute provides that
employees in each of these areas receive one-third of the locality pay
percentage approved for the Rest of United States locality pay area.)
Executive Order 13525 establishes the new Executive Schedule, which
incorporates a 1.5 percent increase required under 5 U.S.C. 5318
(rounded to the nearest $100). By law, Executive Schedule officials are
not authorized to receive locality payments.
Executive Order 13525 establishes the range of rates of basic pay
for senior executives in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as
established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5382. The minimum rate of basic pay
for the SES may not be less than the minimum rate payable under 5
U.S.C. 5376 for senior-level positions ($119,554 in 2010). The maximum
rate of the SES rate range is level II of the Executive Schedule
($179,700 in 2010) for SES members covered by a certified SES
performance appraisal system and level III of the Executive Schedule
($165,300 in 2010) for SES members covered by an SES performance
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appraisal system that has not been certified.
The minimum rate of basic pay for the senior-level (SL) and
scientific and professional (ST) rate range was increased by 1.5
percent ($119,554 in 2010), which is the amount of the across-the-board
GS increase. The applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST rate range is
level II of the Executive Schedule ($179,700 in 2010) for SL or ST
employees covered by a certified SL/ST performance appraisal system and
level III of the Executive Schedule ($165,300 in 2010) for SL or ST
employees covered by an SL/ST performance appraisal system that has not
been certified. Agencies with certified performance appraisal systems
in 2010 for SES members and employees in SL and ST positions also must
apply a higher aggregate limitation on pay--up to the Vice President's
salary ($230,700 in 2010).
By law, SES members and employees in SL and ST positions are not
authorized to receive locality payments.
Note: An exception applies to SES, SL, and ST employees
stationed in a nonforeign area on January 2, 2010, which is
explained in an OPM memorandum, CPM 2009-27. (See http://www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/index.asp.)
The Executive order adjusted the rates of basic pay for
administrative law judges (ALJs) by 1.5 percent, rounded to the nearest
$100. The maximum rate of basic pay for ALJs is set by law at the rate
for level IV of the Executive Schedule, which is now $155,500. The rate
of basic pay for AL-2 is $151,800. The rates of basic pay for AL-3/A
through 3/F range from $103,900 to $143,700. (See 5 U.S.C. 5372.)
The rates of basic pay for members of Contract Appeals Boards are
calculated as a percentage of the rate for level IV of the Executive
Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C. 5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic pay
were increased by approximately 1.5 percent.
On October 23, 2009, the President's Pay Agent extended the 2010
locality-based comparability payments to certain categories of non-GS
employees. The Governmentwide categories include ALJs and Contract
Appeals Board members. The maximum locality rate of pay for these
employees is the rate for level III of the Executive Schedule ($165,300
in 2010).
On December 23, 2009, OPM issued a memorandum (CPM 2009-23) on the
January 2010 pay adjustments. (See http://www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/index.asp.) The memorandum transmitted Executive Order 13525 and
provided the 2010 salary tables, locality pay areas and percentages,
and information on general pay administration matters and other related
information. The ``2010 Salary Tables'' posted on OPM's Web site at:
http://www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/index.asp are the official rates of pay
for affected employees and are hereby incorporated as part of this
notice.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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