The 2024 federal pay raise will be an across-the-board base pay increase of 4.7% and locality pay increases averaging 0.5%. This will put the overall average pay increase at 5.2% for civilian Federal employees, consistent with the assumption in the president’s 2024 budget proposal.

"Specifically, I have determined that for 2024, the across-the-board base pay increase will be 4.7 percent and locality pay increases will average 0.5 percent, resulting in an overall average increase of 5.2 percent for civilian Federal employees, consistent with the assumption in my 2024 Budget," Biden wrote in letters to Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday.

The FAIR Act would give the civilian federal workforce an 8.7% average pay raise in 2024, divided between a 4.7% across-the-board base pay raise and a 4% average locality pay increase. The legislation also includes a 4.7% raise for prevailing rate employees.