The General Schedule (GS) is the pay scale used by the majority of white-collar personnel in the Federal Government . The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is responsible for maintaining and updating the GS pay scale . The GS pay scale is revised annually to reflect inflation and increasing costs of living .
The 2021 General Schedule (GS) pay raise was 1% . The base pay amounts for all General Schedule employees based on the 2021 GS Pay Scale, as published by the OPM, can be found on the OPM website . The 2021 GS base pay tables are available in PDF, web, and XML formats .