The 300-room Dollywood's DreamMore Resort will be situated on 100 acres adjacent to the Dollywood theme park, close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
GS employees within the United States receive locality pay with the exception of employees in Alaska and Hawaii who receive COLA. There are 15 grades with 10 steps in each grade level, and generally, GS employees receive a pay raise the 1st pay period of each year. WG (Wage Grade) pay is determined by a survey conducted every 2 years to determine the prevailing rate for each type of work at each location.
The GS (General Schedule) pay system applies to Civil Service appropriated fund jobs. It is established by law and does not apply to Department of Defense Nonappropriated Fund jobs. The GS schedule consists of 15 grades, each grade having 10 steps/rates. Employees start at the step 1 salary and progress through 10 salary rates within the grade based on time in grade (not performance). The NAF pay schedules are developed by the Department of Defense for Non-appropriated fund jobs. The schedules consist of 6 broad bands. Pay is set within a range based on employee skills and private sector considerations, and subsequent pay increases based on performance (not time in grade).