FAIR Act Proposes 3.2 Percent Average Federal Pay Raise for 2022
On January 21, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-VA, reintroduced legislation to increase federal pay and make progress toward closing the gap between public- and private-sector wages. The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, H.R. 392, would provide a 3.2 percent average federal pay raise for 2022, a 2.2 percent across-the-board increase and an average 1 percent locality pay adjustment. Contact your legislators and ask them to support the FAIR Act to provide Feds with a meaningful raise in 2022.
According to the Federal Salary Council, as of October 2020, federal employees make 23 percent less on average than their private-sector counterparts. In addition to bringing federal pay raises to parity with private-sector wages, a pay increase helps the federal government recruit talented workers and retain its best and brightest employees.
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