[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58198-58200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15653]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


January 2024 Pay Schedules

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The President adjusted the rates of basic pay and locality 
payments for certain Federal civilian employees effective in January 
2024. The Executive Order authorizes a 4.7 percent across-the-board 
increase for statutory pay systems and locality pay increases costing 
approximately 0.5 percent of basic payroll, reflecting an overall 
average pay increase of 5.2 percent. This

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notice serves as documentation for the public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tameka Gillis; Pay, Leave, and 
Workforce Flexibilities; Workforce, Policy and Innovation; Office of 
Personnel Management; (202) 606-2858 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 21, 2023, the President signed 
Executive Order (E.O.) 14113 (88 FR 89259), which implemented pay 
adjustments for certain Federal civilian employees in January 2024. 
E.O. 14113 provides an overall average pay increase of 5.2 percent for 
the statutory pay systems. This is consistent with the President's 
alternative pay plan issued under 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5304a on August 
31, 2023. The pay rates in E.O. 14090 have been superseded.
    The publication of this notice satisfies the requirement in Section 
5(b) of E.O. 14113 that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 
publish appropriate notice of the 2024 locality payments in the Federal 
Register.
    Schedule 1 of E.O. 14113 provides the rates for the 2024 General 
Schedule (GS) and reflects a 4.7 percent increase from 2023. Executive 
Order 14113 also includes the percentage amounts of the 2024 locality 
payments. (See Section 5 and Schedule 9 of Executive Order 14113.)
    General Schedule 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 2024, locality 
payments ranging from 16.82 percent to 45.41 percent apply to GS 
employees in the 58 locality pay areas. The 2024 locality pay area 
definitions \1\ can be found on OPM's website.
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    \1\ Office of Personnel Management. ``2024 Locality Pay Area 
Definitions.'' https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/locality-pay-area-definitions/.
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    The 2024 locality pay percentages became effective the first day of 
the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2024 (January 14, 
2024). 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.)
    Executive Order 14113 establishes the new Executive Schedule (EX), 
which incorporates a 4.6 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 14113 establishes the 2024 range of rates of basic 
pay for members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) under 5 U.S.C. 
5382. The minimum rate of basic pay for the SES is $147,649 in 2024. 
The maximum rate of the SES rate range is $221,900 (level II of the 
Executive Schedule) for SES members who are covered by a certified SES 
performance appraisal system and $204,000 (level III of the Executive 
Schedule) for SES members who are not covered by a certified SES 
performance appraisal system.
    The minimum rate of basic pay for the senior-level (SL) and 
scientific and professional (ST) rate range was increased by 4.7 
percent ($147,649 in 2024), which is the amount of the across-the-board 
GS increase. The applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST rate range is 
$221,900 (level II of the Executive Schedule) for SL or ST employees 
who are covered by a certified SL/ST performance appraisal system and 
$204,000 (level III of the Executive Schedule) for SL or ST employees 
who are not covered by a certified SL/ST performance appraisal system. 
Agencies with certified performance appraisal systems for SES members 
and employees in SL and ST positions must also apply a higher aggregate 
limitation on pay--up to the Vice President's salary ($284,600 in 
2024.)
    Note that section 747 of title VII of division B of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-47, March 23, 2024), 
contains a provision that continues the freeze on the payable pay rates 
for the Vice President and certain senior political appointees at the 
rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates of pay 
throughout calendar year 2024. Unless extended by new legislation, the 
pay freeze will end on the last day of the last pay period that begins 
in calendar year 2024 (i.e., January 11, 2025, for those on the 
standard biweekly payroll cycle.) Future Congressional action will 
determine whether the pay freeze continues beyond that date. OPM 
guidance on the continued pay freeze for certain senior political 
officials can be found in CPM 2024-09.\2\ OPM also provided guidance on 
the continued pay freeze for certain senior political officials in CPM-
2024-02 \3\ and CPM-2024-07.\4\
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    \2\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Continued Pay Freeze for 
Certain Senior Political Officials.'' https://www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-pay-freeze-certain-senior-political-officials-12.
    \3\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Continued Pay Freeze for 
Certain Senior Political Officials.'' https://www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-pay-freeze-certain-senior-political-officials-9.
    \4\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Continued Pay Freeze for 
Certain Senior Political Officials.'' https://www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-pay-freeze-certain-senior-political-officials-11.
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    Executive Order 14113 provides that the rates of basic pay for 
administrative law judges (ALJs) under 5 U.S.C. 5372 are increased by 
4.7 percent (rounded to the nearest $100) in 2024 (except for those at 
AL-1 who received a 4.6 percent increase). The rate of basic pay for 
AL-1 is $191,900 (equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule). The rate of basic pay for AL-2 is $187,300. The rates of 
basic pay for AL-3/A through 3/F range from $128,200 to $177,600.
    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 are 
increased by 4.6 percent in 2024.
    On November 29, 2023, OPM issued a memorandum \5\ on behalf of the 
President's Pay Agent (the Secretary of Labor and the Directors of the 
Office of Management and Budget and OPM) that continues GS locality 
payments for ALJs and certain other non-GS employee categories in 2024. 
By law, EX officials, SES members, employees in SL/ST positions, and 
employees in certain other equivalent pay systems are not authorized to 
receive locality payments. (Note: An exception applies to certain 
grandfathered SES, SL, and ST employees stationed in a nonforeign area 
on January 2, 2010. See CPM 2009-27).\6\
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    \5\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Continuation of Locality 
Payments for Non-General Schedule Employees.'' https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2023/extension-of-locality-payments-for-non-general-schedule-employees-november-29-2023.pdf.
    \6\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Nonforeign Area Retirement 
Equity Assurance Act.'' https://www.chcoc.gov/content/nonforeign-area-retirement-equity-assurance-act.
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    On December 21, 2023, OPM issued a memorandum (CPM 2023-20) \7\ on 
the 2024 pay adjustments. The memorandum transmitted Executive Order 
14113 and provided the 2024 salary tables, locality pay areas and 
percentages, and information on general pay administration matters and 
other related guidance. The 2024 ``Salaries &

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Wages'' posted on OPM's website \8\ are the official rates of pay for 
affected employees and are hereby incorporated as part of this notice.
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    \7\ Office of Personnel Management. ``January 2024 Pay 
Adjustments.'' https://chcoc.gov/content/january-2024-pay-adjustments.
    \8\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Salaries & Wages.'' http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/

Office of Personnel Management.
Kayyonne Marston,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2024-15653 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
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