Lawmakers Call for Pay Parity for Federal Civilian Employees
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer and US Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner led a bicameral letter calling for pay parity for federal civilian employees.
President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for fiscal 2025 includes a 4.5% pay raise for military personnel and a 2% pay raise for federal civilian employees. In the lawmakers’ letter to the president, they request that he submit a revised pay plan that would provide a 4.5% pay increase for the entire federal workforce.
Over the past two decades, federal pay parity has been upheld by previous administrations of both parties.
“We write concerned about the lack of parity between the proposed military and civilian pay raises in your Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request (PBR),” wrote the lawmakers. “This deviation between military and civilian employee pay increases upends historical bipartisan support for pay parity across the federal workforce.”
“Specifically, we request you issue a revised alternative pay plan seeking a 4.5% pay increase for the entire federal workforce, including military and civilian employees alike,” the lawmakers continued. “By aligning military and civilian pay raises for 2025, you will recognize the efforts of the entire federal workforce.”
The letter was cosigned by US Sens. Ben Cardin, Chris Van Hollen, John Fetterman, Brian Schatz, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Ben Ray Luján, Bernie Sanders, and Alex Padilla, as well as US Reps. Bobby Scott, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer, Abigail Spanberger, Jennifer Wexton, Jennifer McClellan, Eleanor Holmes Norton, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Glenn Ivey, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, Donald Norcross, Kweisi Mfume, and David Trone.
Full text of the letter is available here.
Congressman Hoyer is chair of the Regional Leadership Council.
For more information about Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, visit his Leader member page.
