Q. Is my high-3 based on the capped amount or is it the base pay plus the full locality pay percentage? A. Your high-3 will be based on the pay you actually received — the amount from which retirement deductions were taken — not the amount you would have received had it not been for the cap.
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Q: I am a retired Civil Service Retirement System annuitant with 32 years of Defense Department service. If I accept another civil service position (DoD or otherwise), what are the pay limitations? In my case, what is the pay cap for San Diego, under the 2011 pay scale? Would my pension be considered as part of a total compensation package (Level 1 cap), or part of pay only (level IV cap)? Also, is consideration as a re-employed annuitant feasible? I understand pay-cap limitations are considerably less stringent, but the DoD guidelines are extrememly difficult for the hiring agency to…