Gsa Locality Pay 2025. When aligning the fws’ wage area maps with the general schedule’s locality pay area, some federal workers will see their pay increase. Each year during his term biden has proposed for the next year’s raise a figure generated by a federal pay law, linked to an employment cost index measure of private sector.
In addition to the base pay increase, an average 0.3% locality pay boost is expected, which will vary by locality (see details in sections below). This table shows an estimated 2025 gs pay scale based on the expected 2025 federal pay raise of 2% with a 2025 general schedule (gs) base pay raise of 1.7%.