Employee FAQs

Benefits and Retirement FAQs

Below is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). The answers reside on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, FSAFEDS, and Long Term Care Partners web sites.

Benefits

• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Care Insurance

Retirement

• Leaving Government Service before Retirement
• Benefits and Retirement

Pre-Retirement

• Retire in Five Years
• Retire in One Year
• Less than One Year to Retirement
• Retirement Eligibility
• Applying for Retirement

Post-Retirement

• New Retirees
• Family Benefits
• Benefit Adjustments
• Cost of Living Adjustments
• Death Benefits
• Address and Withholding Changes

Leave and Administration FAQs

The majority of PSA employees are covered by the General Schedule classification and pay system established under the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. (5 U.S.C. chapter 53, subchapter III, and 5 CFR part 531)

OPM General Schedule (GS) Locality Pay Tables   

• 2013-DCB Washington-Baltimore-MD-VA-WV Locality Annual and Hourly
• 2012-DCB Washington-Baltimore-MD-VA-WV Locality Annual and Hourly

OPM Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) General Schedule Locality Pay Tables

• 2013-DCB (LEO) Washington-Baltimore-MD-VA-WV Locality Annual and Hourly
• 2012-DCB (LEO) Washington-Baltimore-MD-VA-WV Locality Annual and Hourly

OPM Senior Executive Service Salary Table