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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States civil service pay system
ⓘ
federal pay scale ⓘ |
| administeredBy | U.S. Office of Personnel Management NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| excludes |
Federal Wage System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Senior Executive Service NERFINISHED ⓘ 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Title 5 of the United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowestGrade | GS-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payDeterminedBy |
base pay table
ⓘ
grade ⓘ locality pay ⓘ step ⓘ |
| purpose |
ensure internal pay equity across agencies
ⓘ
standardize federal white-collar pay ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Federal Wage System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Senior Executive Service NERFINISHED ⓘ pay banding systems ⓘ |
| shortName | GS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
independent federal agencies
ⓘ
most executive branch agencies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
position classification
ⓘ
promotion structure ⓘ salary determination ⓘ |
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