Obama Orders Pay Raise for Military, Fed Workers
President Obama on Friday ordered a 1 percent across-the-board base pay increase for federal civilian workers and a 1.3 percent raise for members of the military in 2016.
For federal civilian workers, the president said he would decide by Nov. 30 whether to tack on locality payments that could potentially increase their pay raise to 1.3 percent.
The wage hikes will take effect on Jan. 1 unless Congress proposes an alternative.
Obama notified Capitol Hill about his decision in two separate letters sent to leadership on Friday afternoon.