Federal Managers Association

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• OPM lays out early plans for law enforcement-only pay raise - September 5, 2025

• FMA National President Craig Carter quoted on FMA's dissatisfaction with proposed one percent pay raise.

  Erich Wagner - Government Executive

  Federal employee groups decried President Trump’s plan to raise pay for most civilian employees by just 1% next year while giving military service members and law enforcement officers 3.8%.
  

  The Office of Personnel Management this week outlined how it plans to implement President Trump’s controversial plan to provide federal law enforcement personnel with a 3.8% across-the-board pay increase, compared to only a 1% raise for other civilian workers.
  
  Announced last weekend, the additional 2.8% for law enforcement officials is in line with the president’s proposal to grant military servicemembers with a 3.8% pay raise next year. In an FAQ document, OPM indicated the initiative would take the form of a special pay rate, an authority typically set aside for positions that are difficult to recruit for and retain.
  

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