Note: this is for federal civilian employees only (~2.85 million but the article says 2.1 million) not military members (~2.13 million). The article mentions m

Note: this is for federal civilian employees only (~2.85 million but the article says 2.1 million) not military members (~2.13 million). The article mentions military members once, but that annual pay raise is part of a separate piece of legislation. (The discrepancy between 2.85 total federal civilian employees and 2.1 million affected employees listed in the article is likely due to the fact that a minority but significant proportion of federal civilian employees are not on the GS pay scale.)