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Post by aljsouth on Jan 7, 2008 20:24:13 GMT -5
Agreed, for someone coming from outside the system, it takes 18 years to go from GS-15, step 1 to step 10, and only 10 years (two years per step?) to go from AL-3/A to AL-3/F, and you end up at a higher pay level, no less than the separation between Executive Levels III and IV. With respect to CSRS versus FERS retirements, the webpage you provided refers to using "basic pay" for both, so both would appear to be calculated using the same salary figure. I think that "basic pay" means without any special pays, rather than "base pay" being the same as "basic pay." Maybe a recent retiree can clarify if they are getting a portion of their "high three" or their "high three base pay." It takes 7 years to reach the max. Only last two steps of Level 3 are two year waits.
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Post by kolekole on Jan 14, 2008 13:35:42 GMT -5
My understanding is that the AL-3/F is the highest level for a non-chief ALJ. ALJ's got a raise this year that varied from 2.5 to 3.5 percent, as I recall from a previous post. The AL-3/F ALJ's in cities where the statutory maximum has already been reached received a 2.5 percent raise given to Executive Schedule employees by Executive Order, as ALJ pay is capped at Level III of the Executive Schedule, currently $158,500 per year.
Previous postings suggest that current Federal employees selected to become ALJs may be converted to ALJ pay by converting their current base pay to the next highest ALJ base pay level, which may result in a pay increase or decrease, depending upon the locality pay you are currently receiving and the locality pay of the ALJ position to which assigned.
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