We want to not only combat crime efficiently, but also to provide services that remove the Fear of Crime for the majority of our citizens. We value your input and feedback. We believe that a better informed community will become a safer community.
The locality adjustments keep the salaries of federal employees competitive with their private sector equivalent. Federal jobs still typically pay less than the private sector but it would be much worse without the locality adjustments.
For the majority of commonwealth employees, pay is determined based on the level and complexity of the work assigned to their positions. Most positions are allocated to a job classification, which is assigned to a pay scale group on an appropriate pay scale type (pay schedule).