In January of this year, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced a $15 per hour minimum wage for federal civilian employees.
- Kiran Ahuja, director of OPM, told Government Matters the increase impacted over 70,000 employees but was “certainly not enough.”
- There have been successive pay increases since President Biden took office, and the White House proposed a 4.6% pay raise for fiscal 2023, said Ahuja.
- “I think there’s an acknowledgment here … that we do have to play a little bit of a catch-up with federal government salaries,” she said.
Watch the full interview with OPM Director Kiran Ahuja
In January 2022, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced a $15 per hour minimum wage for federal civilian employees (Photo from Adobe Stock)
OPM Director Kiran Ahuja told Government Matters there have been successive pay increases since President Biden took office and the White House proposed a 4.6% pay raise for fiscal 2023 (Photo from Adobe Stock)
