FedHR ToolsFederal pay and staffing, worked out.
Look up the right table in seconds, calculate the hard pay actions with a worksheet you can keep, and read the rule you relied on. Full VA and Title 38 coverage, built only from public government sources.
Pay
Rates, locality, special rates and the pay-setting calculationsVA special salary rates
Find a location, occupation, salary plan or grade in VA’s published special rate workbook.
Open salary lookupGeneral Schedule pay
Type a county or a published city and get the right locality table, including Rest of U.S.
Open GS lookupFederal Wage System pay
Hourly wage rates by county, schedule, grade and step, current or historical.
Open FWS wage lookupTwo-step promotion
Compare the methods that apply, with VA special-rate schedules where they cover the job, and keep the worksheet.
Calculate a promotionMaximum payable rate
Carry prior Federal pay through historical tables to the new position’s step ceiling.
Calculate an MPR ceilingGS ↔ FWS action type
Is an ordinary permanent move between GS and the Federal Wage System, within one agency, a promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade? Not a general action-type finder.
Determine the actionStaffing
Qualifications, action coding and service requirementsVA qualification standards
Find an occupation, grade or assignment and read the exact source passage with VA PDF page links.
Open qualification lookupPersonnel action coding
Nature-of-action codes, legal authorities and remarks from OPM’s government-wide tables, plus VA’s Title 38 charts and HR Smart guidance.
Find the action codingVA probationary & trial periods
Check the requirement and prior-service credit, calculate remaining time, and read the quoted rules.
Check a periodHandbooks
Clearer tables of contents that open VA’s official PDFs at the exact pageVA Handbook 5005 contents
Collapse parts and chapters, search every heading, and open the Staffing handbook at the page.
Browse the contentsVA Handbook 5007 contents
Browse the Pay Administration handbook and its separate later changes.
Browse the contentsKeep it on your home screen.
FedHR Tools installs like an app, with its own icon and window. No app store and no account, and it takes about 30 seconds.
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Every lookup and calculation here is also a Model Context Protocol connector. Add one address to your assistant and it answers from the same published tables, naming the source and the data snapshot it used.
About FedHR Tools
What is FedHR Tools?
A free set of pay and staffing tools for federal HR specialists. Find the right pay table, work through promotion and maximum payable rate calculations, and look up action codes, with full VA and Title 38 coverage.
Is it free, and do I need an account?
It is free to use with no sign-in. Nothing you enter is stored, and no employee names or case details are needed.
Is this an official VA or OPM site?
No. These are independent reference tools built from public OPM, VA and DCPAS sources. Confirm final pay and coding in your official personnel system.
How current is the information?
Sources are checked every night, and a page tells you when a check has failed or is overdue. Each tool shows the source and date it used.