Federal Employee Raise 2025. The first formal proposal for the january 2025 federal employee raise has been introduced in both the house and senate, recommending an increase of 7.4 percent. President biden’s fiscal 2025 budget proposal, released monday, would institute an average 2.0% pay raise for federal civilian employees next year, a significant decrease.

Although not yet finalized, most civilian federal employees are expected to receive a 2% federal pay raise for 2025. The legislation, if enacted, would appropriate about $27.9 billion to the covered agencies for 2025, a roughly 4.4% increase over enacted 2024 spending levels.