The GS pay system covers about 1.5 million civilian, white-collar, federal employees in professional, technical, clerical and administrative roles, according to USA FACTS.

Currently, the federal government’s locality pay program is bifurcated based on whether employees are paid according to the General Schedule or the Federal Wage System.

It’s too soon to see the full impacts of the Trump administration’s federal workforce reductions. But historical data show ...

House-passed reconciliation bill includes more changes to proposed federal benefits cuts ...

Trump extended a federal hiring freeze until Oct. 15, with exceptions for the military, immigration enforcement and national security.

Consider this example: If you are offered a job as a GS 9, the 2016 first "step" in Grade 9, according to the GS Pay Scale, is $42,823. The highest level in GS 9 -- Step 10 -- pays $55,666.

The base pay for an entry-level GS-12 employee this year is $88,621, but that same employee working in the D.C. region would get $101,401. In New York, the employee would get $104,436. Advertisement ...

Federal civilian employees on Guam and across the nation can expect a 2% salary increase effective Jan. 1, 2025.

Each year, the Office of Personnel Management provides a list of pay tables for all general schedule federal employees based on the job's location. A table consists of 15 pay grades, each of which ...

Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: ... Nearly 50,000 Coast Guard employees went without pay for 35 days during a 2019 shutdown, NPR reported.