Gs Pay Scales 2025. On august 30, 2024, the biden administration submitted an alternative plan for pay adjustments for civilian federal. For 2025, the federal salary council recommended expanding 22 existing locality pay areas, but not the creation of any new ones.
Civilian government employees are paid either on the general schedule (gs) payscale, which applies to salaried employees, or the federal wage system (fws), which applies to hourly. The official 2025 gs pay scale has not been finalized.