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NARFE Grateful for Finality on 2022 Federal Pay Raise

Alexandria, Va. NARFE National President Ken Thomas issued the following statement in response to Wednesday’s executive order setting the 2022 federal pay increase:

“With the Executive Order on Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay, President Joseph R. Biden has provided federal employees clarity about their 2022 pay raise, and the news is positive.

“Biden ordered an average 2.7 percent pay raise, including a 2.2 percent across-the-board raise and an average increase to locality pay of 0.5 percent, which will be effective January 1, 2022. This increase is on par with the pay raise given to military members. It is a welcome improvement from 2021’s 1 percent increase with no bump in locality pay, which lagged behind both military and private sector increases.

“However, it’s important to note that this pay raise was calculated based on the annual change in private sector wages and salaries a year ago, well before current inflation woes. That means Feds will see more in their paychecks but get less for their money next year.

“It will be crucial that the Biden administration adhere to the same method of determining increases in the next year, so the 2023 pay raise reflects recent changes in wage inflation.”

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