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Executive Order 13454: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

President: George W. Bush

Set 2008 federal pay schedules, including a 2.5% General Schedule base increase and locality adjustments costing about 1% of payroll.

Status: Superseded. Is Executive Order 13454 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13454 was superseded. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13454 do?

EO 13454 prescribed the 2008 General Schedule and Foreign Service base rates, Veterans Health Administration schedules, Senior Executive Service ranges, executive and judicial salaries, uniformed-service pay and locality payments. OPM's implementation memorandum identifies a 2.5% across-the-board statutory pay increase and locality increases costing approximately 1.0% of payroll, for a 3.5% overall average increase. The pay tables took effect for the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2008, which OPM identified as January 6. These annual schedules did not establish a permanent rate for any individual position.

SignedJanuary 4, 2008
General Schedule base increase2.5%
Locality increase costAbout 1.0% of payroll
Overall average increase3.5%
Pay-period effective dateJanuary 6, 2008
Lead agenciesOffice of Personnel Management; Defense for uniformed-service pay

Before and after

Before the order

The prior 2007 schedules reflected a 1.7% across-the-board statutory increase and locality additions costing about 0.5% of payroll, according to OPM's December 2006 memorandum.

After the order

The 2008 tables replaced the prior annual schedules for covered pay systems from the applicable January pay period; actual pay still depended on grade, locality and statutory limits.

Later annual legislation and pay orders replaced these time-specific rates.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Office of Personnel ManagementPublish and administer the 2008 General Schedule and locality rates, including implementing guidance.First applicable pay period from January 1, 2008 (January 6)
Defense and the uniformed servicesApply Schedule 8 monthly basic pay and cadet or midshipman rates.As specified in the order's schedules

What happened next

EO 13454 signed.

Index details checked; later evidence review remains pending.

Checked the signed order and OPM's 2007 and 2008 pay memoranda; added the base, locality and effective-date figures.