{"id":10742,"date":"2019-12-16T19:12:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T19:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/16\/feds-likely-to-see-a-historic-pay-raise-in-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:35:31","slug":"feds-likely-to-see-a-historic-pay-raise-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/12\/16\/feds-likely-to-see-a-historic-pay-raise-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds likely to see a historic pay raise in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional appropriators have reached a deal for fiscal year 2020 funding that would grant federal employees the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/budget\/2019\/06\/03\/feds-could-see-their-largest-pay-increase-in-a-decade\/\" target=_blank>largest pay raise they\u2019ve received in a decade<\/a>, according to a House democratic aide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government funding package, which would provide full appropriations and avert a government shutdown if passed by Dec. 20, includes a 3.1 percent pay raise for feds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFederal employees have many allies in Congress and we commend all of them for their persistence in getting House and Senate negotiators to include the average 3.1 percent raise in their final compromise spending agreement,\u201d National Treasury Employees Union National President Tony Reardon said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis kind of progress takes a great deal of effort, and federal employees will always be grateful to those who support civil servants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That raise was initially introduced in House appropriations legislation, to combat a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/03\/18\/trump-goes-after-federal-worker-pay-again\/\" target=_blank>proposed pay freeze<\/a> from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/09\/02\/trumps-planned-federal-pay-freeze-begins-to-melt\/\" target=_blank>President Donald Trump later relented<\/a> on that freeze and announced his support for a 2.6 percent pay increase that would not include increases for locality pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate funding legislation initially fell in line with such a proposal, but the higher pay raise, along with a number of other Democratic priorities, comes in exchange for border wall funding that Trump has pressed for most of his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am pleased that we were able to reach an agreement on each of our full year appropriations bills. 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