The exchange rate of the pound sterling to the U.S. dollar varies, but between 2009 and 2013, the official exchange rate stayed somewhere in the region of 60-to-70 pence per U.S. dollar.
A general schedule is the pay scale for United States government employees --- consisting of 15 grades, ... you get step increases...ntering Government Service. When a person is hired by the federal government, the employee is assigned a pay grade within the job series, depending upon his or her knowledge, education and experience. For instance, an entry-level biologist with a bachelor's degree may enter federal service as a GS-5.
Deferring your state pension-the basics. If you want to try and boost your state pension by delaying when you receive it, you'll have to put off claiming it for at least five weeks. For every five weeks you defer, you'll get a pension increase of 1%.