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The Department of Veterans Affairs offers strong starting salaries, steady growth opportunities, and employment incentives like recruitment and relocation bonuses and retention allowances. Regular performance-based increases are also available, as are incentive awards like special contribution awards, quality step increases, and superior performance awards.
Special Salary Rates
Beginning in July 2023, IT professionals at VA in General Schedule (GS) positions GS-5 to GS-15 across 2210, 1550, and 0854 occupational series receive a locality-specific higher rate of basic pay.
The Special Salary Rate (SSR) helps VA build and sustain a workforce that can carry out our mission of providing Veterans and their families with the world-class benefits and services they have earned.
