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The Federal Wage System (FWS) is a uniform pay-setting system that covers
Federal appropriated fund and nonappropriated fund blue-collar employees
who are paid by the hour. The system's goal is to make sure that
Federal trade, craft, and laboring employees within a local wage area
who perform the same duties receive the same rate of pay. The FWS
includes 131 appropriated fund and 125 nonappropriated fund local wage
areas. Successful labor-management partnership is the hallmark of
the FWS, with labor organizations involved in all phases of administering
the pay system.
Under this uniform pay system –
- Your pay will be the same as the pay of other Federal jobs like
yours in your wage area, and
- Your pay will be in line with pay for private sector jobs like yours
in your wage area.
Operating Manuals
The FWS Appropriated Fund and Nonappropriated Fund Operating Manuals are available in HTML and Adobe Acrobat formats. Select the manual you need below. The FWS Operating Manuals contain information about the history of the FWS program, how wage surveys are conducted, setting pay for FWS employees, premium pay guidelines, special rates and schedules, and set-aside schedules. The FWS Operating Manuals are useful tools for personnel specialists and FWS employees.
 Appropriated
Fund Operating Manual
Nonappropriated Fund
Operating Manual
For more information on the Federal Wage System, call (202) 606-2848;
FAX: (202) 606-4264; or email pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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