I have never seen the question asked or answered re: whether Federal employees continue to receive “Step” increases year over year, despite the frozen GS Schedule. If they continue to receive a “Step” increase for every year employed, these employees continue to see their pay increase annually, regardless of a frozen schedule. See http://www.opm.gov/oca/12tables/html/dcb.asp for the GS Schedule. [Note: The same would apply to SES schedules, etc...]

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