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Executive Order 13483: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

President: George W. Bush

Set a 2.9% statutory base-pay increase for 2009; OPM reported a 3.9% overall average including locality pay. EO 13525 later superseded it.

Status: Superseded. Is Executive Order 13483 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13483 was superseded. See Executive Order 13525: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay.

What does Executive Order 13483 do?

Signed on December 18, 2008 and published on December 23, 2008, EO 13483 set 2009 pay schedules for the General Schedule, Foreign Service, certain Veterans Health Administration staff, the Senior Executive Service and other listed positions. OPM reported a 2.9% across-the-board increase in statutory basic pay and locality increases costing about 1.0% of payroll, for a 3.9% overall average. Its memo separately reported a 2.8% Executive Schedule change after statutory rounding. OPM's civilian tables generally took effect with the pay period starting January 4, 2009. EO 13525 later superseded this annual schedule.

SignedDecember 18, 2008
PublishedDecember 23, 2008
Authority named5 U.S.C. 5303(a), 5304 and section 142 of Public Law 110-329
Lead implementing agencyOffice of Personnel Management
General Schedule base adjustment2.9%
OPM overall average3.9%
SupersedesEO 13454
Superseded byEO 13525

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13454 prescribed the preceding annual pay schedules. Congress and the cited pay statutes supplied the terms for the 2009 adjustment.

After the order

EO 13483 issued new statutory, locality and other attached pay schedules for 2009; section 8 expressly superseded EO 13454.

Schedule 8 for uniformed services took effect on January 1, 2009; the other schedules applied from the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1.

EO 13525 signed on December 23, 2009 later replaced these annual schedules.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentIssued 2009 pay schedules and superseded EO 13454December 18, 2008
Office of Personnel ManagementIssued implementing guidance and civilian salary tablesDecember 18, 2008
Employing agenciesApplied the covered civilian schedules according to their effective datesJanuary 4, 2009

What happened next

EO 13483 signed; OPM issued implementation guidance.

EO 13483 published in the Federal Register.

First generally applicable civilian pay period began.

EO 13525 signed, superseding this annual schedule.

Guide rechecked against the signed orders and OPM implementation memorandum.