Pay adjustment cap remains biggest barrier to DoD blue-collar recruitment
Pay adjustment cap remains biggest barrier to DoD blue-collar recruitment  
Podcast: The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Published On: Tue Sep 16 2025
Description: The Government Accountability Office has found that a decades old pay adjustment cap on the federal wage system pay rates is still the most consequential challenge to the Defense Department's efforts to recruit and retain blue collar workers. Even if all the other challenges get addressed, little will change for the recruitment and retention of those workers, as long as the pay adjustment cap remains in effect. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis joins me with more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.