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Annual Leave Accrual Rates for Senior Executive Service, Senior Level and Scientific or Professional Positions, or Equivalent Pay Systems

Members of the Senior Executive Service (SES), employees in senior level (SL) and scientific or professional (ST) positions accrue annual leave at the rate of 1 day (8 hours) for each full biweekly pay period.

In addition OPM has extended coverage for the 8-hour category to employees in the following equivalent categories:

Armed Forces Retirement Home

• Chief Operating Officer

Corporation for National and Community Service

• Employees in NX-2 pay band

Defense

• Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service
• Defense Intelligence Senior Level employees paid under 10 U.S.C. 1602
• Highly Qualified Experts, paid under 5 U.S.C. 9903(b)
• Senior Cryptologic Executive Service

Denali Commission

• Federal Co-Chair

Education

• Institute of Education Sciences, Commissioners appointed under 20 U.S.C. 9517(a)(2)
• National Assessment Governing Board, Executive Director

Energy

• Employees in Pay Band V of the EJ, EK, and EN excepted pay systems
• Program Directors in pay bands II and III of the ET pay system

Farm Credit Administration

• Employees in grades VH 42-45

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Corporate Expert (CX) positions
• Executive Manager (EM) positions

Federal Housing Finance Board

• TF-1 through TF-5 employees

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

• Executive Director

Government Printing Office

• Deputy Public Printer and Senior Level Service (SLS) employees

Homeland Security

• AD position transferred from the Department of Energy under the authority of P.L. 107-296, Section 303
• Advanced Research Projects Agency, employees under section 307(b)(6) of P.L. 107-296

Justice

• Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service
• Executive Office of the U.S. Trustees' employees paid under 28 U.S.C. 587
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Senior Executive Service

Library of Congress

• Executive Schedule (EX) positions - i.e., the Deputy Librarian of Congress, the Director of the Congressional Research Service, and the Register of Copyrights

Morris K. Udall Foundation

• Executive Director

National Council on Disability

• Executive Director

National Credit Union Administration

• Senior Staff positions

National Defense University

• AD employees hired under 10 U.S.C. 1595

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Senior Level System (SLS) employees

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

• Employees appointed under 42 U.S.C. 10266(b)

Office of the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

• OF23 - OF27 employees

State

• Senior Foreign Service

Treasury

• Internal Revenue Service streamlined critical pay employees paid under 5 U.S.C. 9503

U.S. Agency for International Development

• Senior-level employees appointed under 22 U.S.C. 2385(b)

U.S. Holocaust Museum

• Deputy Chief Information Officer
• Senior Counsel and Director, External Affairs

Agency heads may request that OPM authorize an 8-hour annual leave accrual rate for employees who hold positions covered by pay systems which they believe are equivalent to the SES or SL/ST pay system. (See Extension of Higher Annual Leave Accrual Rate to SES and SL/ST Equivalent Pay Systems.

References
5 U.S.C. 6303(f)
5 CFR 630.301(a), (b), (c), and (d)

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