Proposal Would Give Some VA Senior Executives More Pay

Government Executive: A small number of Veterans Affairs senior executives would be able to earn up to $50,000 more in annual salary under the department’s draft legislative proposal to make it easier to hire and fire top career officials.

A new pay band would be created for the department’s 344 career senior executive positions that would establish an annual salary range of between $205,000 and $235,000 for 20 SES jobs, according to a VA proposal, obtained by Government Executive, to revamp the hiring, compensation and removal of senior executives.

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