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General Schedule (US civil service pay scale)

The General Schedule (GS) is the predominant pay scale within the United States civil service. The GS includes the majority of white collar personnel (professional, technical, administrative, and clerical) positions. As of September 2004, 71 percent of federal civilian employees were paid under the GS. The GG pay rates are identical to published GS pay…

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the Federal Wage Systeminstance ofThe GG pay rates are identical to published GS pay rates.The remaining 29 percent were paid under other systems0.80text
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such as the Foreign Service Actinstance ofthey may also receive certain non-taxable allowances0.80text

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