Despite Silence from Administration, Pay Raise Likely in March

Government Executive: Federal civilian employees can expect to see a 1.9 percent across-the-board pay increase reflected in their paychecks sometime next month, Government Executive has learned.

Earlier this month, President Trump signed a spending package to keep the federal government open until Sept. 30. That measure included a provision authorizing a pay raise for federal workers for this year, retroactive to the first full pay period of 2019, overriding the president's decision last December to freeze civilian employees’ pay.

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