Population density (people per km 2) map of the world in 1994 (detailed). Population density (people per km 2) map of the world in 1994. Deserts around the world.
Fact Sheet: Within-Grade Increases. Description. Each General Schedule (GS) grade has 10 steps. Within-grade increases (WGIs) or step increases are periodic increases in a GS employee's rate of basic pay from one step of the grade of his or her position to the next higher step of that grade.
In fact, employers expect general salary increases across employee groups to average only 1.3 percent in 2016; factoring in the effect of salary freezes and pay cuts, that number falls to 0.8 percent. Both of those general increases are lower than the 2015 levels of 1.5 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively.