General Schedule

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The General Schedule is the primary pay scale used to determine salaries and grades for most white-collar federal employees in the United States civil service.

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General Schedule canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States civil service pay system ⓘ
federal pay scale ⓘ
administeredBy U.S. Office of Personnel Management ⓘ
appliesTo United States civil service employees ⓘ
white-collar federal employees ⓘ
appliesToOccupations administrative positions ⓘ
clerical positions ⓘ
other white-collar occupations ⓘ
professional positions ⓘ
technical positions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
excludes Federal Wage System ⓘ
Senior Executive Service ⓘ
certain excepted service pay systems ⓘ
most blue-collar federal employees ⓘ
hasComponent GS grade ⓘ
GS step ⓘ
hasConcept career ladder ⓘ
grade promotion ⓘ
within-grade increase ⓘ
hasFeature annual across-the-board adjustments ⓘ
locality-based comparability payments ⓘ
step increases based on longevity and performance ⓘ
hasNumberOfGrades 15 ⓘ
hasNumberOfStepsPerGrade 10 ⓘ
highestGrade GS-15 ⓘ
introducedAs replacement for earlier disparate agency pay systems ⓘ
isBasisFor federal position classification standards ⓘ
many federal job announcements ⓘ
legalBasis Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ
Title 5 of the United States Code ⓘ
lowestGrade GS-1 ⓘ
payDeterminedBy base pay table ⓘ
grade ⓘ
locality pay ⓘ
step ⓘ
purpose ensure internal pay equity across agencies ⓘ
standardize federal white-collar pay ⓘ
relatedTo Federal Wage System ⓘ
Senior Executive Service ⓘ
pay banding systems ⓘ
shortName GS ⓘ
usedBy independent federal agencies ⓘ
most executive branch agencies ⓘ
usedFor position classification ⓘ
promotion structure ⓘ
salary determination ⓘ

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Senior Executive Service → relatedTo → General Schedule ⓘ