Salary Table No. 2021-SL/ST<br />Rates of Basic Pay for Employees in Senior-Level (SL) and Scientific or Professional (ST) Positions<br />Effective January 2021 Section 748 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, continues a freeze on the payable rates of pay for certain senior political officials through January 1, 2022. Under the pay freeze, the 2021 payable rates for freeze-covered senior political officials serving in an EX position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an EX rate, are as follows: <br />EX-I: $203,500; EX-II: $183,100; EX-III: $168,400; EX-IV: $158,500; and EX-V: $148,500. However, the official EX pay rates for 2021 in the table above are in effect and used in establishing pay limitations for employees not covered by the pay freeze. Structure of the SL/ST Pay System Minimum Maximum Agencies with a Certified SL/ST Performance Appraisal System $132,552 $199,300 Agencies without a Certified SL/ST Performance Appraisal System $132,552 $183,300