ADVANCED MINIMUM PAY RAISE FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02538258
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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2022
• Case Number: F-2019-01090
• Publication Date: October 24, 1962

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OFFICE OF PERSONAE. MEMORANDUM NO. 20-31-2
SUBJECT: Advanced Minimum Pay Rates for Certain Positions
RECISSION: OW 20-31-1 dated 29 January 1962
1. Section 504 of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962 authorizes
the establishment of higher minimum rate schedules for categories of
positions which are determined to require such rates for recruitment or
retention of well valified persons, when such action is considered
necessary by the President or an agency acting under his authorization.
Under this authority the Civil Service Commission haa established new
pay schedules for various categories of positions. These schedules
have been adopted by the Agency in conformance with its general adoption
of the principles of the Classification Act of 1949 and amendments thereto.
The new pay schedules are included as Attachment A, with the categories to
which the individual schedules apply shown thereon.
2. Under the policy established, by the Commission the lowest rate
of the grade in Compensation Schedule I of Section 603 (h) of the
Classification Act which equals or exceeda the pretriously established
increased .minimum rates are the new minimum rates of these salary
schedules; and all rates of the salary range for the grade are increased
by the dollar amount by which the new minimum rate exceeds the minimum
rate prescribed by law for the grade.
EaplOyees occupying positions covered by increased minimum_
-rates established prior to the effective date of Compensation Schedule I
of Section 603 (b) of the Classification Act shall, after their salaries
are initally fixed under Compensation Schedule I in accordance with the
revisions of 602 (b) of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962, then be
placed at the equivalent dollar salary rate of the same grade in the
attached increased rate schedule.
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4. The attadhed schedules are applicable on a world-wide basis.
They apply to all current employees and to all employees appointed or
promoted after the effective date. The effective date of these
schedules is 14 October 1962.
5. Effective immediately, the following additional information
will be included on all Forms 1152, "Request for Personnel Action",
which are prepared for employees in the occupational categories to
which the special rate schedules apply:
a. Under item 5, Category of Employment, in addition to
the prescribed category.designation,lmaertAn parentheses the
following terms, as appropriate
"ftientific" for employees occupying positions
covered by the Scientific and Engineering Pay Schedule;
or
"Medical" for those employees covered by the
Medical Officer Pay Schedule.
b. Under item 14, Classification Schedule (GS, LB, etc.), use
"GSS" designation for scientific and engineering
categories; or
"GSM" designation for Medical Officers.
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-nmett D. Echols
Director of Personnel
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SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING PAY SCHEDULE
Per Annum Rates
14 October 1962
Grad
2
3
6
7
8
9
10
GSS-05
$5365
$5525
$5685
$5845
$6005
$6165
$6325
$6485
$6645
$6805
Gas-O6
5545
5715
5885
605
6225
6395
6565
6735
6905
7075
GSS -07
6465
6650
6835
7020
7205
7390
7575
7760
7945
8130
GSS-08
6500
670
6910
7115
7320
7525
7730
7935
8140
8345
G8S-09
7125
7350
7575
7800
8025
8250
8475
8700
8925
9150
065 -10
7780
8025
8270
8515
876o
9005
9250
9495
9740
9565
GSS -11
8575
8840
9105
9370
9635
9900
10165
10430
10695
Occupational categories to which the above rates apply:
088-0801.02 Engineer (General)
GSS-0801.03 Intelligence Officer(General Engineer)
068-0801.04 Intelligence Officer Foreign Materials)
GSS-0801.05 Operations Officer (General Engineer)
088-0803.01 Safety Engineer
086-0805.01 Maintenance Engineer
GSS-0808.01 Architect-Pngineer
068-0810.01 Civil Engineer
GSS-0811.01 Construction. Rpgineer
085-0830.01 Intelligence Officer (Mechanical Engineer)
068-0830.02 Mechanical Rngineer
088-0835 .01 intelligence Officer (Ordnance Engineer)
068-0850.01 Intelligence Officer (Electrical Fnelneer)
086-0850.02 Electrical Engineer
qs8-0855-.01 Electronic Engineer
GSS-0855.02 Intelligence Officer (Electronic Engineer)
G8S-0855.(4 Electronic Engineer Radio)
GSS-0855.06 Electronic weineer Wire Communications)
066-0855.14 Electronic Fneineer Communications Devices)
088-0855 .i6 Electronic Engineer Microwave)
086-0855.18 Electronic Engineer Instrumentation)
GSS-0855.19 Operations Officer (Electronic Engineer)
088-0855 .20 Electronic Engineer (Training)
WS-0855.4 Electronic Rngineer Audio Support)
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ass-c43050.02
GSS-0870.01
GSS-0870.02
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intelligence Officer
Operations Officer
Intelligence Officer
Marine Engineer
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(Aeronautical Engineer)
(Aeronautical Engineer)
(Marine Engineer)
Engineer)
Intelligence Officer(Petroleum
025-0893.01
Intelligence Officer Chemical Engineer)
GSS-0893.02
Chemical Engineer
058-1301.01
intelligence Officer Physical Science)
082-1301.02
intelligence Officer Guided Missiles)
088-1301.03
Intelligence Officer
Air Weapons)
Intelligence Officer
ass-13o1.01.
Naval Weapons)
082-1301.05
intelligence Officer Ground Weapons)
082-1301.06
Physical Science Administrator
Physical Scientist
022-1301.07
C4 -1301.08
Operations Officer
Physical Scientist)
088-1301.09
Operations Officer
Guided Missiles)
088.1310.01
Intelligence Officer Physics)
088-1310.02
Intelligence Officer Nuclear Energy)
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088-1310.03
Intelligence Officer
Geophysics)
Physicist
GM-1310.0k
088-1310.05
Operations Officer (Nuclear)
088-1312.01
Intelligence Officer(Electronic Scientist)
GSS-1320.01
Intelligence Officer
(Chemistry)
Chemist
082-1320.02
082-1320.03
Intelligence Officer Organic Chemistry)
082-1320.05
Intelligence Officer inorganic Chemistry)
028-1320.06
Inorganic Chemist
088-1320.07
intelligence Officer
Biochemistry)
intelligence Officer
GS -1320.09
industrial Chemistry)
intelligence Officer
038-1320.10
Physical Chemistry)
Physical Chemist
G8S.1320.11
068-1320.12
Operations Officer (Chemistry)
OS8-1321.01
intelligence Officer
(Metallurgy)
GSS-1340.01
intelligence Officer
(Meteorology)
GSS-1340.02
Operations Officer (Meteorology)
OSS-1340.03
Meteorologist
022-1390.02
Technologist (Photographic)
028-1520.01
intelligence Officer
(Mathematics)
GSS-1520.02
Mathematician
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MEDICAL OFFICER PAY SCHEDULE
Per Annum Rates
14 October 1962
Grade
GSM-11
GSM-12
GSM-l3
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0614-15
GSM.-16
1
2 3 Ii. 5
6 7 a
9
$9105
$9370
$9635
$9900
$10165
$10430
$10695
$10960
$11225
10420
10735
11050
11365
11680
11995
12310
12625
12940
12245
12610
12975
13340
13705
111.070
14435
14800
15165
13695
14120
14545
111.970
15395
15820
16245
16670
17095
1504
15525
16005
16485
16965
17445
17925
18405
1101
16500
17000
17500
18000
18500
Occupational categories
G...0602 01
00602 02
GS40.0602.03
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to which the above rates apply:
Intelligence Officer (Medical)
Medical Officer
Medical Officer (Psychiatry)
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