Policy, Data, Oversight Pay & Leave

Fact Sheet: 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:

Agency	Employee Category
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)
Education	National Assessment Governing Board, Executive Director
Energy	Employees in Pay Band V of the EJ, EK, and EN excepted pay systems
Energy	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
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	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
Homeland Security	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
U.S. Holocaust Museum	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)