2001
Members received a January 2001 annual pay adjustment of 2.7%, which increased their salary to
$145,100 from $141,300.
2002
Members received a pay adjustment of 3.4% in January 2002, increasing their salary to $150,000
from $145,100.
2003
Members received a pay adjustment of 3.1% in January 2003, increasing their salary to $154,700
from $150,000.
2004
Members received a pay adjustment of 2.2% in 2004, increasing their salary to $158,100 from
$154,700. The adjustment was effective in two stages. The first adjustment increased MembersÂ’
salary by 1.5%, to which they were initially limited because by law they may not receive an annual adjustment greater than the increase in the base pay of GS federal employees. After the passage of the FY2004 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which provided an average 4.1% GS pay increase, Members received the full 2.2% pay increase, with 0.7% retroactive to the first pay period in January 2004.
2005
Members received a pay adjustment of 2.5% in January 2005, increasing their salary to $162,100
from $158,100.
2006
Members received a pay adjustment of 1.9% in January 2006, increasing their salary to $165,200
from $162,100.
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This increase became official when President Bush issued an executive order on December 22,
2005, containing his allocation of a 3.1% pay increase for GS federal employees, 2.1% for base
pay and an average of 1.0% for locality pay.
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By setting the GS base pay component at a rate
(2.1%) greater than the scheduled 1.9% Member pay increase, Members were able to receive the
full 1.9% adjustment
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