Adjustments Of Certain Rates Of Pay

This order updates salary structures for most federal employees, government leaders, military, and judges effective in 2026, impacting paychecks and budgeting across the public sector.

What the order does ​

• Sets 2026 basic pay rates for General Schedule, Foreign Service, and Veterans Health Administration employees.
• Establishes pay ranges for Senior Executive Service officials.
• Updates salaries for top officials—Executive Schedule, Vice President, Congress, and federal judges.
• Sets monthly pay for uniformed service members and cadets; considers increase up to 3.8% for certain federal law enforcement positions.
• Mandates new locality-based pay rates.
• Sets pay rates for administrative law judges.
• Specifies effective dates for pay changes and voids the previous 2024 order.

Who it affects ​

• Federal civilian employees—including law enforcement and health care personnel.
• Senior executives in government agencies.
• Military service members and cadets.
• Members of Congress, the Vice President, and the judiciary.
• Administrative law judges.

Context ​

• Overwrites the prior executive order on 2024 pay adjustments.