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.
Examples of special types of pay included in Basic Pay are: 1  Night differential pay for wage employees. 2  Environmental differential pay for employees who work under hazardous situations. 3  Premium pay for groups such as law enforcement officers.  Locality-based comparability payments.