About the Project
Learn about Federal Pay Parity, its independent editorial analysis, public compensation data, visible assumptions, sources, and correction process.
Research library
Find the question. Inspect the evidence.
A guide to federal civilian pay, military compensation, allowances, deductions, policy, and the decisions behind the numbers.
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GS-15/O-3 Actual Growth Decision Brief
Decision brief on the 2001–2026 GS-15 and O-3 compensation growth disparity, the separate 2027 forecast, and workforce evidence needed next.
Federal Civilian vs. Military Compensation Comparison
Compare selected federal civilian and military compensation profiles, including GS pay, FERS, military basic pay, BAH, BAS, and tax advantage.
GS-12 Step 1 vs. O-3 Compensation Comparison
Compare a Rest of U.S. GS-12 step 1 new-hire profile with an O-3 over six years at Hill AFB, including formulas and limitations.
GS-14 Step 10 vs. O-6 Compensation Comparison
Compare 2026 Rest of U.S. GS-14 step 10 pay with the model's O-6 over 22 years profile, with a transparent point-in-time calculation.
GS-15 vs. O-3: Cash, Tax Treatment & Deductions
Compare a Rest of U.S. GS-15 step 1 and a Hill AFB O-3 over six years across cash, tax-equivalent, and selected-deduction compensation bases.
Congress Deserves a Raise
Congressional salary stagnation is a purchasing-power mirror, not a corruption allegation. Read the salary record and the ethics guardrails.
Contractor Compensation & FAR 52.222-46
Inspect professional contractor compensation realism, recruiting and retention requirements, and the limits of comparing bill rates with salaries.
Contractor Premium Calculator
Compare employee-visible pay, total government civilian cost, and fully burdened contractor cost without assuming a contractor premium in advance.
Corrections
Report a factual or calculation problem and review the Federal Pay Parity material-correction standard and dated change record.
Federal Compensation Data Downloads
Download the Federal Pay Parity workbook, PDF, PowerPoint, CSV, JSON, data dictionary, claim ledger, source register, and manifest.
Federal Compensation Evidence & Data Explorer
Inspect the civilian and military comparison, change the valuation basis, load the full historical explorer, and download the source data.
The bill belongs to you.
An editorial examination of debt blame, delegated responsibility, and the expense of replacing civilian expertise.
2027 Federal Pay Raise: Presidential Pay Plan
Inspect the 2027 presidential pay plan: unchanged general civilian base and locality pay, tiered military basic-pay increases, and scope limits.
Federal Civilian Pay Raise History Since 2001
Review federal civilian pay growth since 2001, including Rest of U.S. salary values, actual increases, forecast assumptions, and official sources.
How FERS Contributions Affect Federal Civilian Compensation
See how FERS employee contribution rates change the model's selected after-FERS compensation values for new federal hires.
The decision has already been made.
Resignation incentives, self-validating appointment logic, and a framework in which every outcome confirms the strategy.
GS vs. Military Pay: How to Compare Grades and Ranks
Learn how selected General Schedule grades compare with military compensation profiles without treating grade-rank pairings as job equivalents.
Artwork, Sources & Image Credits
Review the provenance, rights, source records, and editorial-illustration disclosures for Federal Pay Parity artwork and shareable visual assets.
Occupation-Matched Federal and Industry Comparison
Define the occupation-matched private-sector evidence needed for federal engineering, program management, contracting, cyber, logistics, and finance roles.
Methodology
Definitions, fixed profiles, modeled tax and retirement treatment, and the current 2027 projection.
Military Compensation Tax Advantage: BAH, BAS, and Tax Treatment
Understand how BAH and BAS affect military compensation and how the model calculates a federal taxable-salary-equivalent value.
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The 2027 presidential pay plan gives military basic-pay increases of 5% to 7% and holds general civilian base and locality pay unchanged.
Your concern has been incorporated.
Administrative answers to objections, followed by the precise scope of the compensation calculations.
Press Resources
Approved Federal Pay Parity thesis, source-bounded claims, prohibited shorthand, evidence downloads, and context-bearing social graphics.
Rest of U.S. Locality Pay and the Compensation Growth Gap
See how selected Rest of U.S. GS salaries have grown since 2001 and how locality pay fits into the civilian-military compensation comparison.
Source Register
Filter Federal Pay Parity primary sources by agency, status, year, and claim ID, then inspect the claim receipt or download the register.
Update History
Dated Federal Pay Parity changes to source verification, methods, public data, calculations, claims, corrections, and the production interface.
Federal Pay Parity Data Architecture Published | July 29, 2026
A dated release note covering the Federal Pay Parity Project's topic architecture, public data exports, indexing foundation, and status-labeling standards.
Credibility and Editorial Rebuild | August 3, 2026
A dated release note for the Federal Pay Parity actual-data-first redesign, robustness controls, forecast separation, image credits, and evidence guardrails.
Production Evidence-System Rebuild ; 22 August 2026
Release record for the 22 August 2026 Federal Pay Parity production rebuild and primary-source verification pass.
Value of Position: Show the Outcomes
The public AcqDemo Value of Position framework creates compensation signals. Federal Pay Parity asks for observable workforce outcomes.
Workforce evidence: Publish the Workforce Evidence
The definitions and measurements required to assess a federal workforce outcome.
Federal Workforce Evidence Challenge
See the workforce measures needed to test whether federal civilian compensation gaps affect recruiting, retention, continuity, or mission capacity.