Set federal pay by occupation and region against market rates
What the document says“Ideally, the OPM should establish an initial pay schedule for every occupation and region, monitor turnover rates and applicant-to-position ratios, and adjust pay and recruitment on that basis.”
An occupation-and-region pay schedule set by OPM and adjusted against turnover and applicant-to-position ratios. The chapter states that most of this requires legislation, and that in the meantime OPM should advocate for equality of benefits between the public and private sectors.
What the document actually says“Ideally, the OPM should establish an initial pay schedule for every occupation and region, monitor turnover rates and applicant-to-position ratios, and adjust pay and recruitment on that basis.”
Best of all, OPM would set a starting pay rate for each kind of job and each part of the country. It would watch how many people quit and how many apply. Then it would change pay and hiring to match.
The book says federal pay should match what private jobs pay. It wants OPM to set pay for each job and each part of the country. OPM would watch how many people quit and how many apply. Then it would change the pay to match. The book says most of this needs a new law.
Read against the documents indexed here on August 26, 2026, and nothing was found that answers this. Nothing indexed here sets pay schedules by occupation and region or ties pay to turnover and applicant ratios. The chapter itself says most of this needs legislation, and no law of this Congress does it. That is a record of a search, not a finding that nothing has happened: an act this site does not hold, or one that answers the proposal in words unlike its own, would not be caught by it.