Reform Would Come at a Cost

However, the SES pay provisions would end eligibility of SES members for locality pay. While not required, SES members have gotten locality raises paralleling those going to general schedule employees under annual presidential orders since the GS locality pay program began a decade ago. Executive schedule level III currently acts as the cap on base pay plus locality pay. Also, linking pay more closely to performance raises the possibility of pay cuts for poorer performance. The measure guarantees that no SES member would suffer a pay cut in the first year but makes no promises for after that. There are about 7,900 SESers.