Executive Schedule () is the system of salaries given to the highest-ranked appointed officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government. The

president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...

appoints individuals to these positions, most with the advice and consent of the

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. They include members of the president's Cabinet, several top-ranking officials of each executive department, the directors of some of the more prominent departmental and independent agencies, and several members of the

Executive Office of the President The Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP) comprises the offices and agencies that support the work of the president at the center of the executive branch of the United States federal government. The office consists o ...

. There are five pay rates within the Executive Schedule, denoted with a

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with I being the highest level and V the lowest. Federal law lists the positions eligible for the Executive Schedule and the corresponding level. The law also gives the president the ability to grant Executive Schedule IV and V status to no more than 34 employees not listed. Certain job titles tend to be placed at certain levels of the Executive Schedule. For example, in the executive departments, secretaries are on Level I; deputy secretaries are on Level II; under secretaries are mostly on Level III; and assistant secretaries,

general counsel A general counsel, also known as chief counsel or chief legal officer (CLO), is the chief in-house lawyer for a company or a governmental department. In a company, the person holding the position typically reports directly to the CEO, and their ...

s, inspectors general,

chief financial officer A chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization who is assigned the primary responsibility for making decisions for the company for projects and its finances; i.a.: financial planning, management of financial risks, ...

s, and chief information officers are mostly on Level IV. The directors of departmental and independent agencies vary widely in their placement, and are represented in every level from I to V, with their subordinates being placed on levels below them. A few agencies have general counsels, inspectors general, chief financial officers, or chief information officers on Level IV along with their departmental counterparts, although agency officials with these titles may instead be on another pay scale such as the

Senior Executive Service The Senior Executive Service (SES) is a position classification in the United States federal civil service equivalent to general officer or flag officer rank in the U.S. Armed Forces. It was created in 1979 when the Civil Service Reform Act of ...

Calculation of pay rate

Many political appointees have had their pay rate frozen at lower levels. According to , at the beginning of the first pay period for any position under the Executive Schedule, the amount of pay will be adjusted and rounded to the nearest multiple of US$100. If this amount is found to be midway between multiples of $100, then it will be rounded to the next highest multiple of $100. Section 738 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141, March 23, 2018), continued the freeze on the payable pay rates for certain senior political officials at 2013 levels through January 5, 2019. The failure to enact new appropriations legislation may allow the freeze to expire. However, the officially established and posted pay rates (or pay ranges) for 2018 are in effect and used for determining pay for other employees. For more information, please see Compensation Policy Memorandum 2018-08 at https://chcoc.gov/content/continued-pay-freeze-certain-senior-political-officials-2. Executive Schedule rates indirectly affect the rates of pay for other pay scales such as the General Schedule,

, Senior Level, Senior Foreign Service, and other federal civilian pay systems, as well as the pay of uniformed military personnel, because various federal laws establishing those pay systems normally tie the maximum amount payable to various levels of the Executive Schedule. For example, federal employees paid on the General Schedule may not earn more than the rate for Level IV of the Executive Schedule, after factoring in GS special rates and locality pay. Because of these pay caps and freezes to the Executive Schedule, federal workers at the top of their pay bands are often unable to receive pay increases, resulting in salary compression.

Level I

lists the positions that receive pay at Level I of the Executive Schedule. As of January 2025, the annual rate of pay for Level I positions is $250,600. 21 positions exist in this level, which are as follows:

Department secretaries

* Secretary of State *

Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

* Secretary of Defense *

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* Secretary of the Interior * Secretary of Homeland Security * Secretary of Commerce * Secretary of Housing and Urban Development * Secretary of Energy * Secretary of Education * Secretary of Veterans Affairs * Secretary of Health and Human Services * Secretary of Agriculture * Secretary of Labor * Secretary of Transportation

Executive Office of the President

United States Trade Representative The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government responsible for developing and promoting Foreign trade of the United States, United States ...

, with the rank of Ambassador *Director of the

Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The office's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, while it also examines agency pro ...

* Director of National Drug Control Policy, Office of National Drug Control Policy

Independent agencies

*Commissioner of Social Security,

Social Security Administration The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government that administers Social Security (United ...

Chair of the Federal Reserve The chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the Federal Reserve, and is the active executive officer of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The chairman p ...

Director of National Intelligence The director of national intelligence (DNI) is a Cabinet of the United States#Current Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officials, cabinet-level Federal government of the United States, United States government intelligence and security official. The p ...

* Former United States Presidents

Level II

lists the positions that receive pay at Level II of the Executive Schedule. As of January 2025, the annual rate of pay for Level II positions is $225,700.

Department deputy secretaries

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury The deputy secretary of the treasury of the United States advises and assists the Secretary of the Treasury in the supervision and direction of the United States Department of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury and its activities, and succ ...

* Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Other department officials

Defense * Secretary of the Army *

Secretary of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer () and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. On March 25, 2025, John Phelan was confirm ...

* Secretary of the Air Force Homeland Security * Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency * Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management * Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency * Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration Justice *Director,

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...

Transportation * Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy *Administrator of the

Federal Aviation Administration The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government agency within the United States Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation that regulates civil aviation in t ...

*Administrator of the

Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs, the Federal-aid Highway Program a ...

*Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration

Executive Office of the President

*Chair of the

Council of Economic Advisers The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is a United States agency within the Executive Office of the President established in 1946, which advises the president of the United States on economic policy. The CEA provides much of the empirical resea ...

*Director of the

Office of Science and Technology Policy The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is a department of the United States government, part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Executive Office of the President (EOP), established by United States Congres ...

*Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy *Deputy Director of the

*Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget and Federal Chief Performance Officer

Independent agencies

Intelligence Community * Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence *Director of the National Counterterrorism Center * Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Other independent agencies * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration *Administrator of the

United States Agency for International Development The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an agency of the United States government that has been responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. Established in 1961 and reorganized in 1998 ...

*Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management * Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency *Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency *Deputy Commissioner of the

*Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation *Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission *Director of the

National Science Foundation The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an Independent agencies of the United States government#Examples of independent agencies, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government that su ...

*Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection *

Librarian of Congress The librarian of Congress is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, for a term of ten years. The librarian of Congress also appoints and overs ...

*Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System *Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System *Members of the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a series of ...

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Level III

lists the 125 positions that receive pay at Level III of the Executive Schedule. As of January 2025, the annual rate of pay for Level III positions is $207,500.

Department under secretaries

* Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services * Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment * Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist * Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety * Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs * Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation * Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development * Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade * Under Secretary of Commerce for the Minority Business Development Agency * Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs * Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security * Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office * Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology *

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, or USD (A&S), is the Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) and advisor to the United States Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to acquisition and sustain ...

* Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering *

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy The United States under secretary of defense for policy (USDP) is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The under secretary of defense for policy is the principal staff assistant and adviser to both the Unite ...

* Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Defense *

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness The under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, or USD (P&R) is a high-ranking civilian position in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) within the United States Department of Defense responsible for advising the United State ...

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs The under secretary of state for political affairs is currently the fourth-ranking position in the United States Department of State, after the United States Secretary of State, secretary, the United States Deputy Secretary of State, deputy secre ...

Under Secretary of State for Management The under secretary of state for management (M) is a position within the United States Department of State that serves as principal adviser to the United States Secretary of State, secretary of state and United States Deputy Secretary of State, d ...

* Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment *

Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security The under secretary of state for arms control and international security (T) is a position within the U.S. Department of State that serves as a senior adviser to the President of the United States, president and the United States Secretary of St ...

* Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs * Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights * Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance * Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs * Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence * Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health * Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits * Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs

Other department officials

Department of Energy *Director of Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy Department of Health and Human Services *Administrator,

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer ...

Department of Homeland Security *Director of

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and Immigration to the United States, immigration system. History ...

*Commissioner of

United States Customs and Border Protection United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border guard, border ...

*Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency *Deputy Administrator for Resilience of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Department of Justice *Administrator,

Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating illicit Illegal drug trade, drug trafficking a ...

*Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Department of State *

United States Ambassador to the United Nations The United States ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the United States Mission to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position is formally known as the Permanent representative to the U ...

Department of Transportation *Administrator,

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA ) is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on automobile safety regulations. NHTSA is charged with writing and enforcing Feder ...

*Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration *Administrator,

Federal Railroad Administration The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). The agency was created by the Department of Transportation Act of 1966. The purpose of the FRA is to promulgate and enforce railroa ...

*Administrator,

United States Maritime Administration The United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) is an Government agency#United States, agency of the United States Department of Transportation. MARAD administers financial programs to develop, promote, and operate the United States Maritime ...

*Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Department of the Treasury *

Comptroller of the Currency The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is an independent bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury that was established by the National Currency Act of 1863 and serves to corporate charter, charter, bank regulation ...

Commissioner of Internal Revenue The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an agency within the United States Department of the Treasury. The office of Commissioner was created by United States Congress, Congress as part of the Reven ...

*Director of the

Office of Financial Research The Office of Financial Research (OFR) is an independent bureau reporting to the United States Department of the Treasury. It was established by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, whose passage in 2010 was a legis ...

*Independent Member with Insurance Expertise of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Note: The Director of the

Office of Thrift Supervision The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) was a List of federal agencies in the United States, United States federal agency under the United States Department of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury that chartered, supervised, and regulated al ...

was level III before that office was abolished by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010.

Executive Office of the President

*Three deputy trade representatives within the

Office of the United States Trade Representative The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is an agency of the United States federal government responsible for developing and promoting United States foreign trade policies. Part of the Executive Office of the President, it ...

, currently: **Deputy United States Trade Representative for Europe, The Middle East, and Industrial Competitiveness, with the rank of Ambassador, in Washington, D.C. **Deputy United States Trade Representative for Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere, with the rank of Ambassador, in Washington, D.C. **Deputy United States Trade Representative and Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland * Chief Agricultural Negotiator, with the rank of Ambassador, Office of the United States Trade Representative *Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator, with the rank of Ambassador, Office of the United States Trade Representative *Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy *Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget *Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government and Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States *Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget *Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy *Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy *Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office of National Drug Control Policy *Executive Secretary, National Space Council

Independent agencies

Directors *Administrator,

General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. G ...

*Administrator,

Small Business Administration The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent agency of the United States government that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and str ...

*Director,

Peace Corps The Peace Corps is an Independent agency of the U.S. government, independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to communities in partner countries around the world. It was established in Marc ...

*Chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States *Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service *Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the

Farm Credit Administration The Farm Credit Administration is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States. Its function is to regulate the financial institutions that provide credit to farmers. ...

* Archivist of the United States *Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board *Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency *Director, Office of Government Ethics * Register of Copyrights *Director,

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is a United States federally chartered corporation created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to encourage the continuation and maintenance of voluntary private defined ...

*Director of the Congressional Research Service Deputy directors *Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency *Deputy Administrator,

National Aeronautics and Space Administration The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics research and space research. Established in 1958, it su ...

*Deputy Administrator, United States Agency for International Development *Deputy Director,

*Deputy Director,

Office of Personnel Management The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is an independent agency of the United States government that manages the United States federal civil service. The agency provides federal human resources policy, oversight, and support, a ...

*Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency *Deputy Librarian of Congress

Boards and commissions

*Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board *Chairwoman,

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains j ...

*Chairman,

Board of Directors A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a State-owned enterprises of the United States, United States government corporation supplying deposit insurance to depositors in American commercial banks and savings banks. The FDIC was cr ...

*Chairman,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates the interstate transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas and regulates the prices of interstate transport ...

*Chairman,

Federal Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) United States antitrust law, antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. It ...

*Chairman,

Surface Transportation Board The Surface Transportation Board (STB) of the United States is an independent federal agency that serves as an adjudicatory board. The board was created in 1996 following the abolition of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and absorbed regula ...

*Chairman,

National Labor Relations Board The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States that enforces United States labor law, U.S. labor law in relation to collect ...

*Chairman,

Securities and Exchange Commission The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street crash of 1929. Its primary purpose is to enforce laws against market m ...

*Chairman, National Mediation Board *Chairman,

Railroad Retirement Board The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency in the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the United States government created in 1 ...

*Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission *Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board *Chairman,

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the feder ...

*Chairman,

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

*Chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission *Chairman, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission *Chairman,

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination ...

*Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission *Chairman,

Commodity Futures Trading Commission The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US government created in 1974 that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, which includes futures contract, fut ...

*Chairman, United States International Trade Commission *Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission *Chairman, National Credit Union Administration Board * Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - (1) Chairman; (2) Vice Chairman; (3) Member; (4) Member; (5) Member * Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Four Commissioners

Obsolete positions

*Director of the Office of Emergency Planning *Chairman, Federal Housing Finance Board

Level IV

lists 346 non-obsolete positions that receive pay at Level IV of the Executive Schedule. As of January 2025, the annual rate of pay for Level IV positions is $195,200. Annual pay for General Schedule employees, including locality pay and special rates, may not exceed this level.

Department assistant secretaries

* Assistant Secretaries of Transportation (4) * Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury (8) * Deputy Under Secretaries of the Treasury (or Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury) (2) * Assistant Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (7)

General counsels

*General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture *General Counsel of the Department of Commerce *

General Counsel of the Department of Defense The general counsel of the Department of Defense is the general counsel, chief legal officer of the United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense (DoD), advising both the United States Secretary of Defense, secretary and United State ...

Inspectors general

*Inspector General of the

Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...

*Inspector General of the

Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Exec ...

*Inspector General of the

* Inspector General of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration *Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission *Inspector General of the

*Inspector General of the

Resolution Trust Corporation Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was a U.S. government-owned asset management company first run by Lewis William Seidman and charged with liquidating assets, primarily real estate-related assets such as mortgage loans, that had been assets ...

*Inspector General of the

*Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley Authority *Inspector General of the

United States Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on De ...

*Inspector General of the

United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the executive branch of the federal governmen ...

Chief financial officers

*Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Agriculture *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Commerce *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Education *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Energy *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Health and Human Services *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of the Interior *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Justice *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Labor *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of State *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Transportation *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of the Treasury *Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs *Chief Financial Officer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration *Chief Financial Officer,

Chief information officers

*Chief Information Officer of the Department of Agriculture *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Commerce *Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense (unless the official designated is listed under section 5312, 5313, or 5314 of this title) *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Education *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Energy *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Health and Human Services *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland Security *Chief Information Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development *Chief Information Officer of the Department of the Interior *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Justice *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Labor *Chief Information Officer of the Department of State *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Transportation *Chief Information Officer of the Department of the Treasury *Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs *Chief Information Officer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration *Chief Information Officer of the United States Agency for International Development *Chief Information Officer,

*Chief Information Officer,

*Chief Information Officer, Nuclear Regulatory Agency *Chief Information Officer,

*Chief Information Officer,

Other department officials

Department of Agriculture *Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service Department of Commerce *Director of the

Bureau of the Census The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...

*Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Department of Defense * Director of Civil Defense, Department of the Army * Director, Operational Test and Evaluation *

Director of Defense Research and Engineering Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

* Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy * Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Department of Education * Liaison for Community and Junior Colleges *Director of the Office of Educational Technology *Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics Department of Energy *Administrator, Energy Information Administration *Director, Office of Science *Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration *Additional deputy administrators of the National Nuclear Security Administration (3) (two if the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors is a

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

officer on

active duty Active duty, in contrast to reserve duty, is a full-time occupation as part of a military force. Indian The Indian Armed Forces are considered to be one of the largest active service forces in the world, with almost 1.42 million Active Standin ...

) Department of Health and Human Services * Commissioner of Food and Drugs Department of Homeland Security * Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties * Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency Department of Housing and Urban Development *President, Government National Mortgage Association Department of Justice *Director, Community Relations Service *Director, Bureau of Prisons *Director of the

National Institute of Justice The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). NIJ, along with the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Offic ...

*Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics *Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention * Director of the United States Marshals Service *

Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation The deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (formerly known as the associate director) is a senior Federal government of the United States, United States government position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The office is se ...

Department of Labor *Administrator of the Wage & Hour Division * Commissioner of Labor Statistics Department of State * Special Representatives of the President for arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters, Department of State * Ambassadors at large Department of Transportation * Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation *Deputy Administrator,

* Deputy Federal Highway Administrator

Other independent agency officials

United States Agency for International Development *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Global Health *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Management *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Africa *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Asia *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean *Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for the Middle East Other independent agencies * Director of Selective Service *President, National Consumer Cooperative Bank *Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services *Commissioner, Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation *Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau
Deputy Administrator of General Services
* Deputy Administrator,

* Deputy Director of the Peace Corps * First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States * Assistant Secretary for Science,

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, Education center, education and Research institute, research centers, created by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government "for the increase a ...

* Assistant Secretary for History and Art,

*Executive Vice President,

Overseas Private Investment Corporation The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) was the United States Government's Development finance institution until it merged with the Development Credit Authority (DCA) of the United States Agency for International Development (U ...

* Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission * Director of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission * Director of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission *Executive Director for Operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission *Deputy Director, Institute for Scientific and Technological Cooperation * Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances,

*Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste,

*Assistant Administrators,

(8) * Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Executive Office of the President

* Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology * Assistant Directors of the Office of Management and Budget (3) *Members,

Boards and commissions

*Chairman,

Federal Labor Relations Authority The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is an independent agency of the United States government that governs labor relations between the federal government and its employees. Created by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, it is a qua ...

*Chairman,

Board of Veterans' Appeals The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) is an administrative tribunal within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), located in Washington, D.C. Established by Executive Order on July 28, 1933, the Board reviews and makes decisions on ...

*Chairman, United States Parole Commission *Members, United States International Trade Commission (5) *Members, Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States *Members,

*Member, Board of Directors of the

*Directors, Federal Housing Finance Board *Members,

*Members,

*Members, Merit Systems Protection Board *Members, Federal Maritime Commission *Members, National Mediation Board *Members,

*Members,

(4) *Members, National Transportation Safety Board *Members, National Credit Union Administration Board (2) *Members, Postal Regulatory Commission (4) *Members, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission *Members, Consumer Product Safety Commission (4) *Members,

*Members, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Obsolete positions

* Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency Planning * Commissioner of Interamal

Level V

lists 143 positions that receive pay at Level V of the Executive Schedule. As of January 2025, the annual rate of pay for Level V positions is $183,100.

Agency directors

*Director, United States Travel Service,

Department of Commerce The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government. It is responsible for gathering data for business ...

* National Export Expansion Coordinator,

*Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense *Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy *Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Department of Justice * Commissioner of Vocational Rehabilitation,

Department of Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the US federal government created to protect the health of the US people and providing essential human services. Its motto is ...

* Commissioner of Welfare,

*Commissioner,

Administration for Children and Families The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is headed by the assistant secretary of health and human services for children and families. It has a $49 bill ...

*Director, Indian Health Service,

*Director,

United States Fish and Wildlife Service The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is a List of federal agencies in the United States, U.S. federal government agency within the United States Department of the Interior which oversees the management of fish, wildlife, ...

, Department of the Interior *Director, United States Bureau of Mines,

Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources. It also administers programs relatin ...

*Director,

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...

* Commissioner of Reclamation,

* Commissioner of Indian Affairs,

*Director,

Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands, U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than of land, or one ...

*Director,

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an List of federal agencies in the United States, agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior. The service manages all List ...

*Director, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice *Administrator, Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Division,

Department of Labor A ministry of labour (''British English, UK''), or labor (''American English, US''), also known as a department of labour, or labor, is a government department responsible for setting labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workfor ...

*Administrator, National Capital Transportation Agency *Chairman of the Federal Renegotiation Board *Chairman of the Subversive Activities Control Board *Commissioner, Federal Supply Service,

*Commissioner, Public Buildings Service,

*Commissioners, Indian Claims Commission (5) *Staff Director, Commission on Civil Rights *Director,

United States National Museum The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, Education center, education and Research institute, research centers, created by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government "for the increase a ...

*Director, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,

*Administrator, Environmental Science Services Administration *Executive Director,

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), an independent United States federal agency, is charged with the mission to promote the Historic preservation, preservation of the nation's diverse historic resources. The ACHP advises the Pr ...

*Commissioners, United States Parole Commission (4)

Other officials

*Associate Administrators,

(4) *Associate Administrators,

(7) *Associate Deputy Administrator,

*Deputy Associate Administrator,

* Assistant Attorney General for Administration *Assistant and Science Adviser to the Secretary of the Interior * Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear & Chemical & Biological Defense Programs, Department of Defense *Chief Counsel for the

Internal Revenue Service The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting Taxation in the United States, U.S. federal taxes and administerin ...

, Department of the Treasury *Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury *Deputy General Counsel, Department of Defense *Associate Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service *Associate Director for Volunteers,

*Associate Director for Program Development and Operations,

* Assistants to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice (2) *Assistant Directors, Office of Emergency Planning (3) * Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury *General Counsel of the Agency for International Development *General Counsel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission *General Counsel of the

* Manpower Administrator,

*Members, Federal Renegotiation Board *Members, Subversive Activities Control Board *Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense for Research and Engineering, Department of Defense (4) *Assistant Administrator of General Services *Assistant Director (Program Planning, Analysis and Research), Office of Economic Opportunity *Deputy Director,

National Security Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the director of national intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and proces ...

* Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense *Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of Transportation *Associate Directors,

(5) * Assistant Federal Highway Administrator *Deputy Administrator,

*Deputy Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration *Assistant Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration *Vice Presidents,

(3) *Deputy Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation *General Counsel,

*Additional officers, Department of Energy (14) *Additional officers, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5) *Assistant Administrator for Coastal Zone Management,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ) is an American scientific and regulatory agency charged with Weather forecasting, forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, Hydrography, charting the seas, ...

*Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

*Assistant Administrators,

(3) *General Counsel,

*Members,

(2) *General Counsel,

*Additional officers, Institute for Scientific and Technological Cooperation (2) *Additional officers,

(6) *Associate Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation *Chief Scientist,

*Deputy Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Department of JusticeThe position of Deputy Administrator of the DEA was placed in Level V of the Executive Schedule under the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973, dated 28 March 1973.

Presidential authority to place positions at levels IV and V

Per , the president can at any time appoint no more than 34 individuals to pay rates Level IV and V, provided that they are viewed as a necessary change to organization, management responsibility, or workload within a specific agency. This figure is in addition to Level IV and V positions specifically authorized in the bill. However, Senate consent is required and the pay rate takes effect only upon a new appointment to that position. All actions taken during this process are to be published in the ''

Federal Register The ''Federal Register'' (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the government gazette, official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices. It is published every wee ...

'', except when it is deemed that such publication would stand in conflict to

national security National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and Defence (military), defence of a sovereign state, including its Citizenship, citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of ...

. The president may not take action under this section with respect to a position, the pay for which is fixed at a specific rate by this subchapter, or by statute enacted after 14 August 1964. The following positions are granted Level IV pay status of the Executive Schedule: *Counselor to the Secretary,

United States Department of the Treasury The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the Treasury, national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current United States federal executive departments, U.S. government departments. ...

Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs

United States Department of Labor The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemp ...

*Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration *Executive Secretary of the

National Security Council A national security council (NSC) is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security. An NSC is often headed by a n ...

*Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention *Assistant Secretary of the Air Force *Director of the Office for Victims of Crime *Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance *Director of the National Institutes of Health *Members of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (5) *Commissioner on Aging (now Assistant Secretary for Aging, Department of Health and Human Services) The following positions are granted Level V pay status: *Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Department of Defense *Counselor to the Secretary of Labor,

*Deputy Under Secretary for Education, United States Department of Education, Department of Education *Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans

References

External links

* *{{cite web, title=USC Subchapter II - Executive Schedule Pay Rates, publisher=United States House of Representatives, url=http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t05t08+457+0++()%20%20AN, access-date=2007-02-26, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205025207/http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t05t08+457+0++()%20%20AN, archive-date=2012-02-05, url-status=dead
Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 - Appendix to Title 5, U.S. Code
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