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.
After that, competition under merit system principles is necessary to advance to a higher GS grade. Generally, a GS promotion increase is equal to at least two steps at the GS grade immediately before promotion to the higher GS grade. Pay Adjustments, Locality Pay, and Special Rates. The GS base pay schedule is usually adjusted annually each January with an across-the-board pay increase based on nationwide changes in the cost of wages and salaries of private industry workers.