{"id":28353,"date":"2022-06-15T16:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T16:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/15\/federal-worker-wages-could-cap-military-pay-raise-next-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:45:17","slug":"federal-worker-wages-could-cap-military-pay-raise-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2022\/06\/15\/federal-worker-wages-could-cap-military-pay-raise-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal worker wages could cap military pay raise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Federal civilian wages could be a major stumbling block for increasing military pay<\/a> above recommended levels next year, according to the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Adam Smith<\/a>, D-Wash., in a roundtable with reporters on Wednesday said that boost troops\u2019 paychecks by more than 4.6% \u2014 the level recommended by the White House earlier this year \u2014 will depend in part on whether similar boosts can be found not only for defense civilian workers, but all federal employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are a whole lot of people on the non-defense side who are working in other departments and doing other work that is important as well,\u201d he said. \u201cThe general rule that we\u2019ve tried to stick to is to give federal employees the same pay raise even with the military. So if we want to go above that, how do we meet that need?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t