Yes, federal civilian employees received an average 1% pay increase for 2021, finalized via an executive order signed on December 31, 2020, by President Trump. This increase took effect on January 3, 2021. It included a 1% raise for General Schedule (GS) employees and a 3% raise for military service members, but no increase to locality pay rates.
More recently, most General Schedule employees received raises of 2.7% in 2022, 4.6% in 2023, 5.2% in 2024, and 2% in 2025.
President Finalizes 1 Percent Pay Raise for 2026. The President has issued an executive order (EO) implementing the 1 percent across-the-board pay raise for the General Schedule federal workforce. These new pay rates will be effective in the first full pay period of 2026.
Federal Pay Increase
Executive Order Number 13970, dated December 31, 2020, authorizes an average 1 percent increase effective January 3, 2021, for employees under the General Schedule (GS) and Foreign Service Schedule statutory pay systems.
The minimum rate of basic pay for the senior-level (SL) and scientific and professional (ST) rate range is increased by 1.0 percent, which is the amount of the base GS increase, and is $151,661 in 2026.
Salaries range from about $21,986 (GS-1, Step 1) to over $183,500 (GS-15, Step 10) in 2025, depending on grade, step, and location.
Projected salary hike for central government employees is expected between 30-34%. Fitment factor will range between 1.83 and 2.46, directly impacting salary increases. Allowances such as Dearness Allowance (DA), House Rent Allowance (HRA), and Travel Allowance (TA) will be recalculated based on the revised basic pay.
The federal minimum wage in 2025 is $7.25 per hour.
However, the tipped wage rate is $2.13 per hour, so long as each employee earns enough actual tips during the workweek to make up the other $5.12 per hour.
Federal salaries increased by 2.7% in 2022, 4.6% in 2023, 5.2% in 2024 and 2% in 2025. The last time it was as low as 1% was in 2021 during Trump's first term in office. Before 2021, the last time federal workers received a raise of 1% or lower was in 2015, Federal News Network reported.
The 2026 pay raise for general schedule (GS) employees will take effect during the first full pay period of 2026, which is January 11-24 for most employees. Before Christmas, President Trump signed an executive order implementing a one percent raise for most civilian employees, the smallest increase since 2021.
A 3.75% wage increase was granted by Australia's Fair Work Commission in mid-2024, primarily benefiting low-paid workers covered by modern awards, including those in early childhood education, disability support, healthcare, and retail, taking effect from July 1, 2024, for most employees. This increase applied to the National Minimum Wage and all modern award minimum wages, with specific awards for certain sectors like health and community services receiving attention for further gender equality adjustments.
Yes, minimum wages are going up significantly in many U.S. states and cities in 2026, driven by state laws and inflation adjustments, though the federal minimum wage remains unchanged at $7.25/hour. Around 22 states and numerous local jurisdictions will see increases, with some reaching or exceeding $17/hour, impacting millions of workers as the federal standard continues to lag.
For 2025, the average salary structure increase is projected at 2.5%, lagging the 3.8% average budget for individual increases. Executives may see a lower 2.2% salary structure adjustment even as their overall compensation rises.
Minimum Wages in Nigeria remained unchanged at 70000 NGN/Month in 2025 from 70000 NGN/Month in 2024. Minimum Wages in Nigeria averaged 43800.00 NGN/Month from 2018 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 70000.00 NGN/Month in 2024 and a record low of 18000.00 NGN/Month in 2018.
A good raise in 2025 typically falls in the 3.5% to 4% range, aligning with average company budgets, but top performers can see closer to 5-6%, while anything above 8% is considered a big raise, often requiring promotions or job changes, with higher figures possible in high-demand fields like tech or for specialized skills like CPA certification.
The median money income of households in the United States rose to $15,060 in 1978, an increase of 11 percent over the 1977 median of $13,570. Although most of this increase was eroded by rising prices, the net gain in real purchasing power was still statistically significant.
The National Tripartite Committee has also agreed to a 9 percent adjustment to the national daily minimum wage which currently stands at GH₵19.97. The increment, therefore, pegs the new minimum wage at GH₵21.77 and it takes effect from January 1 to December 31, 2026.
The survey of more than 1,000 US organizations revealed that on average, employers plan to hold base salary increases for merit at 3.2%, and total increases at 3.5%, which encompasses all salary increases, including for merit, promotions, cost-of-living, and other adjustments, in 2026 – same as the actual increases ...
What is the amount of the cost-of-living adjustment? For the year 2026, annuitants who retired under CSRS will receive 2.8 percent increase and those who retired under FERS will receive a 2.0 percent increase. The rate varies each year.