Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Executive Order 14368 of December 18, 2025

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic
pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as
defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5
U.S.C. 5303, are set forth on the schedules attached
hereto and made a part hereof:

(a) The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at
Schedule 1;
(b) The Foreign Service Schedule (22 U.S.C. 3963)
at Schedule 2; and
(c) The schedules for the Veterans Health
Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs
(38 U.S.C. 7306, 7401, 7404; section 301(a) of Public
Law 102-40) at Schedule 3.

Sec. 2. Senior Executive Service. The ranges of rates
of basic pay for senior executives in the Senior
Executive Service, as established pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
5382, are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto and
made a part hereof.

Sec. 3. Certain Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
Salaries. The rates of basic pay or salaries for the
following offices and positions are set forth on the
schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:

(a) The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5311-5318) at
Schedule 5;
(b) The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the
Congress (2 U.S.C. 4501) at Schedule 6; and
(c) Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135,
252, and 461(a)) at Schedule 7.

Sec. 4. Uniformed Services and Other. The rates of
monthly basic pay (37 U.S.C. 203(a)) for members of the
uniformed services, as adjusted under 37 U.S.C. 1009,
and the rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37
U.S.C. 203(c)) are set forth on Schedule 8 attached
hereto and made a part hereof. Additionally, the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management
(Director) is directed to assess whether to provide up
to a total increase of 3.8 percent (inclusive of the
increase provided under Section 1) to the rates of pay
of certain Federal civilian law enforcement personnel,
as determined by the Director following coordination
with agencies and consistent with 5 U.S.C. 5305.

Sec. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments. (a)
Pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United States
Code, and my authority to implement an alternative
level of comparability payments under section 5304a of
title 5, United States Code, locality-based
comparability payments shall be paid in accordance with
Schedule 9 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

(b) The Director shall take such actions as may be
necessary to implement these payments and to publish
appropriate notice of such payments in the Federal
Register.

Sec. 6. Administrative Law Judges. Pursuant to section
5372 of title 5, United States Code, the rates of basic
pay for administrative law judges are set forth on
Schedule 10 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Sec. 7. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective
January 1, 2026. The other schedules contained herein
are effective on the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2026.

Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 14132
of December 23, 2024 (Adjustments of Certain Rates of
Pay), is superseded as of the effective dates specified
in section 7 of this order.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 18, 2025.

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