Proposed Cola For 2025 Government Employees. As inflation cools, the cola for 2025 could shrink from this year’s 3.2%. Last spring, president biden turned heads by releasing a fiscal 2025 budget proposal with a 2.0% average pay increase for civilian federal employees in 2025.
This consists of a general schedule (gs) base pay increase of 1.7%. To receive the full cola for 2025, a federal retiree’s annuity or a survivor annuity must have started no later than december 31, 2023.