Federal Managers Association

In the News

• Trump finalizes 1% pay raise for most feds - December 18, 2025

• By Erich Wagner, Government Executive

  President Trump on Thursday issued an executive order implementing his plan to provide civilian federal workers with a 1% across-the-board pay raise next month.

  As first proposed in August, the increase is entirely being applied to buttress federal workers’ basic pay, with no changes to locality pay rates coming next year. Though the White House skipped outlining its pay raise plans as part of its annual budget proposal, officials initially planned on issuing a pay freeze for 2026.

  The 1% raise marks a decrease from the 2% raise issued in January, which set aside 0.3% of the overall raise figure for average bumps to locality pay.

  To read the full article, click here.

##