Federal Employee Pay Raise 2025 Chart. The general schedule (gs) pay increase for 2025. Federal employees experienced a 5.2% total average increase in 2024, which was the largest boost to federal wages since 1980.
Please note that the gs pay raise for 2025 will go into effect on january 1st, 2025. A group of 26 democratic lawmakers across both the house and senate on wednesday urged president biden to increase the pay raise planned for civilian federal.