Wage Floor for Federal Workers Getting Boost to $15 an Hour

The Biden administration directed federal agencies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, giving a pay boost to 67,000 federal workers in field offices across the country.

Agencies will have until Jan. 30 to implement the pay increase, according to a guidance document from the Office of Personnel Management released Friday.

The announcement from the OPM acts on an executive order President Joe Biden issued in January 2021, directing the office to provide recommendations “to promote” a $15 hourly minimum wage for federal employees. The hourly federal minimum wage now is $7.25, although many federal workers are in ...