Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article SharePresident Biden is expected to propose a 5.2 percent raise for federal employees in his budget set to be released Thursday — the largest increase the White House has put forward since Jimmy Carter was president. The raise would be the largest pay increase for the workforce of 2.1 million executive branch employees since a 9.1 percent increase in 1980. The federal government’s largest unions, however, held back from endorsing the proposal, saying Biden should recommend an even bigger increase for their members. Raises for federal employees are negotiated during broader deliberations in Congress over government spending, with final decisions typically coming late in the year. The federal raise is an average across the government, with increases slightly higher in about four dozen urban areas.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2023 05:22 UTC