The Washington Post, December 10th, 1992
What's the difference between a Grade 12 Washington civil servant and someone in the same grade and job in metropolitan New York, Los Angeles or San Francisco? The answer is that GS-12 workers in those and several other cities are paid $3,500 a year more than GS-12 workers here. The 8 percent pay differential that white-collar federal workers enjoy in other areas, including Oakland and San Jose, will continue next year. But starting in 1994, workers here are likely to get a geographical differential designed to gradually close any gap between their salaries and private pay scales in the commun...
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