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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table No. 2020-EX

Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)

Effective January 2020

Level Rate
Level I $219,200
Level II $197,300
Level III $181,500
Level IV $170,800
Level V $160,100

Section 749 of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, continues a freeze on the payable rates of pay for certain senior political officials through January 2, 2021. Under the pay freeze, the 2020 payable rates for freeze-covered senior political officials serving in an EX position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an EX rate, are as follows:
EX-I: $203,500; EX-II: $183,100; EX-III: $168,400; EX-IV: $158,500; and EX-V: $148,500. However, the official EX pay rates for 2020 in the table above are in effect and used in establishing pay limitations for employees not covered by the pay freeze.

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