Agencies can’t use non-federal salaries to help set pay for new or returning federal employees, under a new rule from the Office of Personnel Management. Carten Cordell January 29, 2024 ...

Federal employees’ salaries lag their private-sector counterparts in comparable jobs by 22.47 percent on average, an advisory group said in a Friday report that noted the “pay gap” has held ...

But matching those workers’ federal salaries and competing with private sector offers will be tough. Officials in Maryland, New York, New Mexico and Kansas City are among those launching ...

Every year, the Federal Salary Council endorses a single percentage that purports to represent the current pay lag between all federal and non-federal white-collar jobs.

Federal workers’ salaries represent less than 5% of federal spending and 1% of GDP Cutting these jobs indiscriminately will “substantially damage the economy,” experts say.

Review Government Pay Scales. A good place to start your research is the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, where you'll find the federal government's General Schedule Pay Scale.. Consider this ...

Those salaries sound high, but federal workers with advanced degrees actually make less than their private-sector counterparts, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

The salary for the Chair of the Federal Reserve is set by the U.S. Congress. In 2025, the annual salary for the Fed Chair is $250,600. The yearly salary of the other Fed Governors is $225,700.