10% SSR Increase Update

[MrNoodle]

11 step 4 takes 3 years to hit if you start at step 1. And that’s CPC pay for a level 7. Especially considering the time spent in training for the FAA I would consider a GS 11 to be level 7 pay, not just 11 step 10.

I was a 7 cpc and went DOD, with this new raise I am now making more than my counter parts up the street who CPC'd at the same time. Yes they will outpace me as someone mentioned, but I get every holiday off and no rattler, so I'll call that a tie.

 

[CharlieBravo]

Has anyone seen any SF50 action on this changing our pay to the appropriate ssr table?

 

[DELTAxxKILO]

Has anyone seen any SF50 action on this changing our pay to the appropriate ssr table?

Not yet, but i've seen HR emails back and forth asking questions on whether they need to do anything to start the change and all the responses from higher have been that it should do it automatically. So idk

 

[CharlieBravo]

Not yet, but i've seen HR emails back and forth asking questions on whether they need to do anything to start the change and all the responses from higher have been that it should do it automatically. So idk

Appreciate ya!

 

[Radarrodent90]

Appears the raise was not automatic lol no sf-50 or change in LES.

 

[gallaga2014]

Does increase apply to airspace mgt, TERPS, automation?

 

[Bf123]

Appears the raise was not automatic lol no sf-50 or change in LES.

We heard HR gets the payables Friday and “should” have sf50s then or soon after.

 

[mikekiloDoD]

Anyone know why Army NG is saying no to the SSR and if its something we can fight?

 

[echster]

Anyone know why Army NG is saying no to the SSR and if its something we can fight?

If you look at the bottom of all SSR Tables (below the $$$), in the SERIES/OCCUPATION NAME, LOCATION & AGENCY/SUBELEMENT sections, it will state whom the Table is applicable to. Notice how the Location in the Table skips from San Diego to Seattle? That is because SSR is not applicable to those in the San Francisco locality area as locality pay (45.41%) exceeds SSR (40%/35%). For you, the AGENCY/SUBELEMENT is important:

AF Department of the Air Force
AR Department of the Army excluding both ARNG (Army National Guard Units) and ARGB (Office of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau)
N52 Commander, Navy Installations

So, to answer your question..... the ARNG/NGB is saying no because they opted out paying SSR at this level.

 

[Zulu_Mike]

It takes a while to step up to 10, but I transferred from a level 5 back in September which put me at GS11 Step 5. Ended up being a huge pay raise with this SSR.

is it really that big of a jump? im at a 5 now, and if I went back to my old DOD facility as a 10, you're saying I would be a Step 8? (DOD Tower).

 

[Slarti Bartfast]

is it really that big of a jump? im at a 5 now, and if I went back to my old DOD facility as a 10, you're saying I would be a Step 8? (DOD Tower).

I don't have enough information to answer that, but if you went back to DOD you should keep your base pay (before locality) and then add the 35% tower SSR, whatever step that puts you at. For me it was huge because I went from 15% locality to 40% SSR plus the 5% premium pay.

 

[HurryUpandWait]

I don't have enough information to answer that, but if you went back to DOD you should keep your base pay (before locality) and then add the 35% tower SSR, whatever step that puts you at. For me it was huge because I went from 15% locality to 40% SSR plus the 5% premium pay.

Just DM’d you

 

[meanjoe]

Just DM’d you

It doesn’t always work like this. There are a few threads on it. For me the dod looked at my FAA salary with locality and looked to see where that fit in the gs pay scale with SSR. I fell between 2 steps and was given the higher step. This resulted in about a 2% raise in total going FAA to dod. Also a net loss in basic pay. It’s a thing.

 

[DOD4Life]

It doesn’t always work like this. There are a few threads on it. For me the dod looked at my FAA salary with locality and looked to see where that fit in the gs pay scale with SSR. I fell between 2 steps and was given the higher step. This resulted in about a 2% raise in total going FAA to dod. Also a net loss in basic pay. It’s a thing.

DOD also gets 5% ATC premium pay that doesn’t show up in adjusted basic pay & doesn’t count toward retirement high 3. It just shows up as a separate premium pay in the LES. It’s separate from the SSR.

 

[Zulu_Mike]

DOD also gets 5% ATC premium pay that doesn’t show up in adjusted basic pay & doesn’t count toward retirement high 3. It just shows up as a separate premium pay in the LES. It’s separate from the SSR.

Is the 5% premium true for all DOD ATC locations across the board?

 

[DOD4Life]

Is the 5% premium true for all DOD ATC locations across the board?

I believe so. There’s a DOD Instruction that covers it in a short paragraph. See 1 d.

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol550.pdf?ver=2019-08-09-122701-187

 

[HurryUpandWait]

It doesn’t always work like this. There are a few threads on it. For me the dod looked at my FAA salary with locality and looked to see where that fit in the gs pay scale with SSR. I fell between 2 steps and was given the higher step. This resulted in about a 2% raise in total going FAA to dod. Also a net loss in basic pay. It’s a thing.

Yeah this is what is happening to me. I am going FAA to DOD (Army) and they are taking FAA pay w/ locality and matching it to the SSR table (0811). One of my previous co-workers left the FAA to DOD (Army) and they matched his FAA base pay to GS base pay then added SSR. I sent them the screenshot of the email explaining this and it still wasn't good enough.