Mar 31, 2019 2019 GS Pay Scales General Schedule Pay Scale Wage Grade Pay Scale Executive Pay Scales. On this page you will find government pay scale & salary information for various pay grades & localities in 2019. All General Schedule (GS) government employees in the U.S. Earn more than the base rate pay through locality adjustments.
Series and grade is the Federal Government’s system for categorizing and defining jobs. The series is a numbered system for grouping similar occupations. For example, a Nurse is part of the 0610 series. A ‘grade’ refers to the General Schedule (GS) pay scale – it’s the pay level for the job. The higher the grade level, the higher the pay. The GS pay schedule is the most common pay schedule, but there are others, including the wage scale and special rates.
If you’ve never worked in the Federal Government, you don’t have to include a series or grade on your resume for previous, non-government jobs. However, when you apply, you might have to say the highest grade you’d like, or are eligible for.
Determining which grade is appropriate
Just starting out
If you’re just starting out in the workforce, and you have a high school diploma or as little as three months of general work experience, you can qualify for jobs at the GS-2. If you have more months of general experience, you can qualify for the GS-3 and GS-4 levels. Starting at GS-5, jobs generally require 1 year of specialized experience to qualify.
Graduates
When you have a degree but no specialized experience in a career field, you’re eligible for the GS-5 jobs. You can qualify for GS-7 jobs, if you maintained a B average, or met other academic credentials in college.
Experience
To qualify for jobs at the GS-7 and higher grades, you must have specific work experience related to the job you want and its responsibilities.
Advanced degree
You can qualify for GS-9 positions if you have a master’s degree, and for GS-11 positions if you have a doctorate.
Steps
A “step” is a raise in salary. In the GS pay scale, each grade has 10 steps.
Additional resources
Page updated 3/31/2019
2019 GS Pay Scales | General Schedule Pay Scale | Wage Grade Pay Scale | Executive Pay Scales
On this page you will find government pay scale & salary information for various pay grades & localities in 2019. All General Schedule (GS) government employees in the U.S. earn more than the base rate pay through locality adjustments. Locality pay rates for all areas are listed on this site. For those not in a specific locality area use the table titled Rest of U.S. The GS-9 step-1 pay on the Base Rate Chart is $44,471. The same grade pays $51,440 on the Rest of U.S. chart and $54,757 in the San Jose, San Francisco-Oakland areas. Look up the locality tables for your metropolitan area to determine the actual salary for your location.
2019 Pay Increase: The President signed the order for the 1.9% pay increase.The raise will be retroactive back to the first full pay period of 2019. The retroactive pay will be arriving soon in eveyone's paycheck.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to establish six new General Schedule locality pay areas, make certain changes to the definitions of existing locality pay areas, and make minor clarifying changes to the names of two locality pay areas. Those changes in locality pay area definitions are applicable on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2019. Locality pay rates for the six new locality pay areas will be set by the President.
New Performance Pay Plan For Federal Employees, article by Dr. Donna Day
2019 Annual Rates by GS Pay grade and Step
The President issued an Executive Order for 2019 Pay Schedules on December 29, 2018 announcing no increase for 2019 for federal employees however, employees may continue to receive individually-based pay increases such as performance-based pay increases and promotion increases to the extent authorized by applicable statute, regulation, and agency policy and subject to 2019 pay limitations.
Approximately 10 percent of total federal non-postal employment is classified under the Wage Grade (WG) blue-collar pay schedules. Wage Grade workers, typically those who work in the trades or general labor, are placed in a five step pay system and their pay is based on competitive rates that are established by an annual wage survey. The Department of Defense employs the largest number of Wage Grade workers. If you work in this group view the Wage Grade Rate Tables for these occupations. Just look for your GS pay grade and pay grade step to find your annual rate.
Salary Charts & Pay Information:
- Locality Pay Chart
- General Schedule (GS) - A breakdown of the GS pay system
- Wage Grade Occupations
- Wage Grade Salary Charts - Trades and labor wages
- 2019 Executive & Senior Level Employee Pay Tables
- Special Compensations Systems
- What is the Starting GS Salary
- Additional Resources
- Special Rates
- New Performance Pay Plan For Federal Employees, article by Dr. Donna Day
- Hazardous Duty Pay
- Law Enforcement Rates
- Executive Pay
- Physicians' Comparability Allowances
- NAFI Conversions to GS Positions (Guidance)
- 2019 Leave & Schedule Excel Chart (FREE Excel chart tracks actual leave balances)
SALARY TABLE 2019-GS (BASE)
INCORPORATING THE 1.4% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2019
Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 | WGI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 19048 | 19686 | 20320 | 20949 | 21583 | 21953 | 22579 | 23211 | 23236 | 23827 | VARIES |
2 | 21417 | 21927 | 22636 | 23236 | 23497 | 24188 | 24879 | 25570 | 26261 | 26952 | VARIES |
3 | 23368 | 24147 | 24926 | 25705 | 26484 | 27263 | 28042 | 28821 | 29600 | 30379 | 779 |
4 | 26233 | 27107 | 27981 | 28855 | 29729 | 30603 | 31477 | 32351 | 33225 | 34099 | 874 |
5 | 29350 | 30328 | 31306 | 32284 | 33262 | 34240 | 35218 | 36196 | 37174 | 38152 | 978 |
6 | 32716 | 33807 | 34898 | 35989 | 37080 | 38171 | 39262 | 40353 | 41444 | 42535 | 1091 |
7 | 36356 | 37568 | 38780 | 39992 | 41204 | 42416 | 43628 | 44840 | 46052 | 47264 | 1212 |
8 | 40263 | 41605 | 42947 | 44289 | 45631 | 46973 | 48315 | 49657 | 50999 | 52341 | 1342 |
9 | 44471 | 45953 | 47435 | 48917 | 50399 | 51881 | 53363 | 54845 | 56327 | 57809 | 1482 |
10 | 48973 | 50605 | 52237 | 53869 | 55501 | 57133 | 58765 | 60397 | 62029 | 63661 | 1632 |
11 | 53805 | 55599 | 57393 | 59187 | 60981 | 62775 | 64569 | 66363 | 68157 | 69951 | 1794 |
12 | 64490 | 66640 | 68790 | 70940 | 73090 | 75240 | 77390 | 79540 | 81690 | 83840 | 2150 |
13 | 76687 | 79243 | 81799 | 84355 | 86911 | 89467 | 92023 | 94579 | 97135 | 99691 | 2556 |
14 | 90621 | 93642 | 96663 | 99684 | 102705 | 105726 | 108747 | 111768 | 114789 | 117810 | 3021 |
15 | 106595 | 110148 | 113701 | 117254 | 120807 | 124360 | 127913 | 131466 | 135019 | 138572 | 3553 |
Check out the 2019 GS pay scale below. Annual base rates by grade and step
Note: This is a base rate chart. All federal employees receive pay adjustments above the base rate chart in the form of locality pay adjustments. To determine what your annual pay will be for your location view our Locality Pay Charts.
2019 HOURLY RATE SCHEDULE
SALARY TABLE 2019-GS
INCORPORATING THE 1.4% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2019
Hourly Basic (B) Rates by Grade and Step
Hourly Title 5 Overtime (O) Rates for FLSA-Exempt Employees by Grade and Step
INCORPORATING THE 1.4% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2019
Hourly Basic (B) Rates by Grade and Step
Hourly Title 5 Overtime (O) Rates for FLSA-Exempt Employees by Grade and Step
Note: This is a base rate chart. All federal employees receive pay adjustments above the base rate chart in the form of locality pay adjustments. To determine the hourly rate for your location view our Locality Pay Charts for your area.
Grade | B/O | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | B | 9.13 | 9.43 | 9.74 | 10.04 | 10.34 | 10.52 | 10.82 | 11.12 | 11.13 | 11.42 |
O | 13.70 | 14.15 | 14.61 | 15.06 | 15.51 | 15.78 | 16.23 | 16.68 | 16.70 | 17.13 | |
2 | B | 10.26 | 10.51 | 10.85 | 11.13 | 11.26 | 11.59 | 11.92 | 12.25 | 12.58 | 12.91 |
O | 15.39 | 15.77 | 16.28 | 16.70 | 16.89 | 17.39 | 17.88 | 18.38 | 18.87 | 19.37 | |
3 | B | 11.20 | 11.57 | 11.94 | 12.32 | 12.69 | 13.06 | 13.44 | 13.81 | 14.18 | 14.56 |
O | 16.80 | 17.36 | 17.91 | 18.48 | 19.04 | 19.59 | 20.16 | 20.72 | 21.27 | 21.84 | |
4 | B | 12.57 | 12.99 | 13.41 | 13.83 | 14.24 | 14.66 | 15.08 | 15.50 | 15.92 | 16.34 |
O | 18.86 | 19.49 | 20.12 | 20.75 | 21.36 | 21.99 | 22.62 | 23.25 | 23.88 | 24.51 | |
5 | B | 14.06 | 14.53 | 15.00 | 15.47 | 15.94 | 16.41 | 16.87 | 17.34 | 17.81 | 18.28 |
O | 21.09 | 21.80 | 22.50 | 23.21 | 23.91 | 24.62 | 25.31 | 26.01 | 26.72 | 27.42 | |
6 | B | 15.68 | 16.20 | 16.72 | 17.24 | 17.77 | 18.29 | 18.81 | 19.34 | 19.86 | 20.38 |
O | 23.52 | 24.30 | 25.08 | 25.86 | 26.66 | 27.44 | 28.22 | 29.01 | 29.79 | 30.57 | |
7 | B | 17.42 | 18.00 | 18.58 | 19.16 | 19.74 | 20.32 | 20.90 | 21.49 | 22.07 | 22.65 |
O | 26.13 | 27.00 | 27.87 | 28.74 | 29.61 | 30.48 | 31.35 | 32.24 | 33.11 | 33.98 | |
8 | B | 19.29 | 19.94 | 20.58 | 21.22 | 21.86 | 22.51 | 23.15 | 23.79 | 24.44 | 25.08 |
O | 28.94 | 29.91 | 30.87 | 31.83 | 32.79 | 33.77 | 34.73 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | |
9 | B | 21.31 | 22.02 | 22.73 | 23.44 | 24.15 | 24.86 | 25.57 | 26.28 | 26.99 | 27.70 |
O | 31.97 | 33.03 | 34.10 | 35.16 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | |
10 | B | 23.47 | 24.25 | 25.03 | 25.81 | 26.59 | 27.38 | 28.16 | 28.94 | 29.72 | 30.50 |
O | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | |
11 | B | 25.78 | 26.64 | 27.50 | 28.36 | 29.22 | 30.08 | 30.94 | 31.80 | 32.66 | 33.52 |
O | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | |
12 | B | 30.90 | 31.93 | 32.96 | 33.99 | 35.02 | 36.05 | 37.08 | 38.11 | 39.14 | 40.17 |
O | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 35.21 | 36.05 | 37.08 | 38.11 | 39.14 | 40.17 | |
13 | B | 36.75 | 37.97 | 39.19 | 40.42 | 41.64 | 42.87 | 44.09 | 45.32 | 46.54 | 47.77 |
O | 36.75 | 37.97 | 39.19 | 40.42 | 41.64 | 42.87 | 44.09 | 45.32 | 46.54 | 47.77 | |
14 | B | 43.42 | 44.87 | 46.32 | 47.76 | 49.21 | 50.66 | 52.11 | 53.55 | 55.00 | 56.45 |
O | 43.42 | 44.87 | 46.32 | 47.76 | 49.21 | 50.66 | 52.11 | 53.55 | 55.00 | 56.45 | |
15 | B | 51.08 | 52.78 | 54.48 | 56.18 | 57.89 | 59.59 | 61.29 | 62.99 | 64.70 | 66.40 |
O | 51.08 | 52.78 | 54.48 | 56.18 | 57.89 | 59.59 | 61.29 | 62.99 | 64.70 | 66.40 |
SALARY TABLE 2019 - RUS
SALARY TABLE 2019-RUS
INCORPORATING THE 1.4% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 15.67%
TOTAL INCREASE: 1.66%
FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF REST OF U.S.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2019
Annual Rates by Grade and Step
INCORPORATING THE 1.4% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 15.67%
TOTAL INCREASE: 1.66%
FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF REST OF U.S.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2019
Annual Rates by Grade and Step
Note: This is a base rate chart for those not covered in one of the 47 Locality Areas. If your town is not included in a specific locality areas this chart reflects your pay.
Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 22033 | 22771 | 23504 | 24232 | 24965 | 25393 | 26117 | 26848 | 26877 | 27561 |
2 | 24773 | 25363 | 26183 | 26877 | 27179 | 27978 | 28778 | 29577 | 30376 | 31175 |
3 | 27030 | 27931 | 28832 | 29733 | 30634 | 31535 | 32436 | 33337 | 34238 | 35139 |
4 | 30344 | 31355 | 32366 | 33377 | 34388 | 35398 | 36409 | 37420 | 38431 | 39442 |
5 | 33949 | 35080 | 36212 | 37343 | 38474 | 39605 | 40737 | 41868 | 42999 | 44130 |
6 | 37843 | 39105 | 40367 | 41628 | 42890 | 44152 | 45414 | 46676 | 47938 | 49200 |
7 | 42053 | 43455 | 44857 | 46259 | 47661 | 49063 | 50465 | 51866 | 53268 | 54670 |
8 | 46572 | 48125 | 49677 | 51229 | 52781 | 54334 | 55886 | 57438 | 58991 | 60543 |
9 | 51440 | 53154 | 54868 | 56582 | 58297 | 60011 | 61725 | 63439 | 65153 | 66868 |
10 | 56647 | 58535 | 60423 | 62310 | 64198 | 66086 | 67973 | 69861 | 71749 | 73637 |
11 | 62236 | 64311 | 66386 | 68462 | 70537 | 72612 | 74687 | 76762 | 78837 | 80912 |
12 | 74596 | 77082 | 79569 | 82056 | 84543 | 87030 | 89517 | 92004 | 94491 | 96978 |
13 | 88704 | 91660 | 94617 | 97573 | 100530 | 103486 | 106443 | 109400 | 112356 | 115313 |
14 | 104821 | 108316 | 111810 | 115304 | 118799 | 122293 | 125788 | 129282 | 132776 | 136271 |
15 | 123298 | 127408 | 131518 | 135628 | 139737 | 143847 | 147957 | 152067 | 156176 | 160286 |
2019 Executive & Senior Level Employee Pay Tables
- Rates of Pay for the Executive Schedule (PDF file) (Web file) (XML file)
- Basic Rates of Pay for Members of the Senior Executive Service (PDF file) (Web file) (XML file)
- Basic Rates of Pay for Employees in Senior-Level and Scientific or Professional Positions (PDF file) (Web file) (XML file)
- Basic Rates of Pay for Administrative Law Judges (PDF file) (Web file) (XML file)
- Basic Rates of Pay for Administrative Appeals Judges (PDF file) (Web file) (XML file)
- Basic Rates of Pay for Members of Boards of Contract Appeals (PDF file) (Web file) (XML file)
- Locality Rates of Pay for Administrative Law Judges (PDF file) (Web file) (XML file)
- Locality Rates of Pay for Administrative Appeals Judges (PDF file) (Web file) (XML file)
General Schedule (GS) How it Works
General Schedule (GS) base pay varies from the GS-1 level at $18,160.81 per annum to $130,810 per annum at step 10 of the GS-15 grade, not including locality pay adjustments. The Senior Executive Service salary tops out at $179,700 per annum. The average annual salary for full-time non-postal employees has increased to just over $83,500 in 2014. Starting pay depends on the level of experience, education and complexity of the position applied for. You may also be able to negotiate your starting salary if your previous employer pay was greater than step 1 of the pay grade you are hired into.
Each GS grade has 10 pay steps. Currently, a GS-9 starts at $41,979 for step 1 and reaches $54,570 per year at step 10 (not including locality pay adjustments). At the GS-9 grade, each pay step adds $1,399 to the annual salary. Pay steps are earned based on time in service and the employee’s work performance. General Schedule employees are referred to as white-collar workers under the federal classification system. There are 36 locality pay areas.
2019 Locality Payments
Locality pay adjustments basically level the playing field for all federal employees across the country in different major metropolitan areas. OPM is adding the following new Locality Pay Areas: Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL; Burlington-South Burlington, VT; San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX; and Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC. The proposed rule also proposed adding two “Rest of U.S.” locations to the geographic definitions of two existing locality pay areas and making minor, clarifying changes to the names of two locality pay areas. The 53 designated locality area salaries are adjusted by comparing GS and non-Federal pay in each locality pay area, based on salary surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Six additional locality pay areas were added for 2019. They are
The lowest adjustment to the basic rate schedule listed above is for the 'Rest of the US.' This group includes federal employees that do not reside in one of the 53 locality rate areas. The highest locality rate is assigned to for the San Jose, San-Francisco-Oakland California locality area. You can determine what you salary would be at any location by using OPM's salary calculator that you will find under resources on this page.
Locality Pay Tables (Click on the locality area to view the pay table)
HARTFORD-WEST HARTFORD, CT-MA NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA - SAN-DIEGO-NEW-BRAUNFELS-PEARSALL, TX*
REST OF UNITED STATES (Consisting of those portions of the United States and its territories and possessions as listed in 5 CFR 591.205 not located within another locality pay area.) 2018 Locality pay rates (Consolidated listing for all locality areas)
Historical Rates
- 2016 Locality pay rates
UPDATE: Six additional areas will be added in 2018, one for Virginia Beach, VA and a second one for those working in and around Burlington, Vt. There were thirteen cities added to the 2016 locality rate tables. The 13 cities included Albany, N.Y.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Austin, Texas; Charlotte, N.C.; Colorado Springs, Co.; Davenport, Iowa; Harrisburg, Pa.; Kansas City, Mo.; Laredo, Texas; Las Vegas, Nev.; Palm Bay, Fla.; St. Louis, Mo.; and Tucson, Ariz.
It's important to note that a locality rate is considered basic pay for computing the following, as applicable:
- Deductions for benefits including retirement
- Premiums for life insurance and benefits
- Premium pay and premium pay limitations
- Pay Advances
- Severance pay
- Lump-sum payments for accrued and accumulated annual leave
- Post differentials under 5 U.S.C. 5925(a) and danger pay allowances under 5 U.S.C. 5928 for an employee temporarily working in a foreign area when the employee's official worksite is located in a locality pay area
- Post differentials under 5 U.S.C. 5941 and 5 CFR part 591, subpart B, for an employee temporarily working in a nonforeign area when the employee's official worksite is located in a locality pay area”--with “Nonforeign area cost-of-living allowances and post differentials under 5 U.S.C. 5941 and 5 CFR part 591, subpart B
- Relocation, recruitment, and retention incentives, supervisory differentials, and extended assignment incentives
- Performance-based cash awards when the award is computed as a percentage of an employee's rate of basic pay
- GS pay administration provisions (e.g., promotions) to the extent provided in 5 CFR part 531, subpart B
- Pay administration provisions for prevailing rate employees which consider rates of basic pay under the GS pay system in setting pay (except as otherwise provided in 5 CFR part 532), subject to the requirement that, if the employee's actual locality rate would not apply at the official worksite for the prevailing rate position, that locality rate must be converted to a corresponding rate on the locality rate schedule for that official worksite; and
- Grade and pay retention to the extent provided in 5 CFR part 536
Reference: 5 U.S.C. 5304(c)(2) and 5 CFR 531.610.)
Wage Grade (WG) How it Works
The government’s Personnel Classification System includes Wage Grade occupations grouped into families of like jobs. The 36 occupational families range from WG-2500 to WG-9000. Each occupational family has its own group number and title which makes it distinctive from every other family grouping. View the list of the Wage Grade Families that are concentrated in the trades and labor occupations.
Wage Grade Salary Tables
The Department of Defense (DOD) issues wage schedules and they conduct Federal Wage System (FWS) surveys. The Department of Defense's Advisory Service maintains these rates and publishes them on their website. Visit the FWS wage schedules website for updated 2017 WG pay scales & schedules for your area.
Update: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule that would redefine the geographic boundaries of the New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. The proposed rule would redefine the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst portions of Burlington County, NJ, and Ocean County, NJ, that are currently defined to the Philadelphia wage area to the New York wage area so that the entire Joint Base is covered by a single wage schedule. This change is based on a majority recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the national labor-management committee responsible for advising OPM on the administration of the FWS.
Special Compensations Systems
There are a number of special compensation systems that augment the general schedule pay scale. Physicians receive signing bonuses for a one-year continued-service agreement and additional bonuses for two years. The Federal Aviation Administration pays employees in safety-related careers under a “Core Compensation” multi-pay band system. Organizations such as the General Accounting Office (GAO), NASA, and the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology either are exempt from or have exceptions to the GS pay system. You can search special rate schedules for your area at the OPM website.
Special Status Foreign Areas
Federal employee special pay and benefits apply to eligible civilian employee that are assigned to duty in designated foreign areas, including Iraq and Afghanistan. Three departments, including The Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Department of Labor administer most of the pay and benefits programs offered to such employees. Certain foreign areas may be determined to have a special status due to U.S. military operations in the area or for other reasons. Pay and benefits may vary depending on pay system of the employee, the assignment location, scope and nature of duties, and nature other assignment.
As missions in overseas locations change, certain authorities and benefits can also change. We recommend that employees contact their agency’s human resources and/or benefits officers to determine if their overseas location qualifies for the authorities listed below.
Physician's Comparability Allowance (PCA)
The head of each agency must determine categories of physician positions for which there is a significant recruitment and retention problem. A PCA may be paid only to physicians serving in positions in one of the categories. In determining the categories the agency must, as a minimum, establish as separate categories the following types of positions:
Clinical Positions: Positions primarily involving the practice of medicine or direct service to patients, involving the performance of diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic services to patients in hospitals, clinics, public health programs, diagnostic centers, and similar settings.
Research Positions: Positions primarily involving the conduct of medical research and experimental work, including the conduct of medical work pertaining to food, drugs, cosmetics, and devices (or the review or evaluation of such medical research and experimental work), or the identification of causes or sources of disease or disease outbreaks.
Occupational Health: Positions primarily involving the evaluation of physical fitness, or the provision of initial treatment of on-the-job illness or injury, or the performance of preemployment examinations, preventive health screenings, or fitness-for-duty examinations.
Disability Evaluation and Administration of Health and Medical Programs: Positions involving disability evaluation and rating, the performance of medicolegal autopsies, training activities, or the administration of medical and health programs, including the administration of patient care or medical research and experimental programs.
- PCA Payments: Agencies may pay a PCA of up to $14,000 annually to a physician with 24 months or less of service as a Government physician. Agencies may pay a PCA of up to $30,000 annually to a physician with more than 24 months of service as a Government physician. PCAs are subject to the aggregate limitation on pay under 5 U.S.C. 5307 and 5 CFR part 530, subpart B.
Pay - Related Legislative Changes
These changes are incorporated in the National Defense Authorization Act, FY 2019
- 5 CFR Part 531 - Federal Register 2019 Pat Announcement
Additional Resources
- 2019 Leave & Schedule Excel Chart (FREE Excel chart tracks leave balances)
- NAFI Conversions to GS Positions
- When a (DOD) or Coast Guard NAFI employee (as described in 5 U.S.C. 2105(c)) moves to a General Schedule (GS) position in Department of Defense or in the Coast Guard, respectively, without a break in service of more than 3 days, the employee's pay is set as described in this OPM fact sheet based on whether the move was voluntary or involuntary.