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2026 ATC Back Pay Calculator

Estimate your back pay from the 2.8% raise

The raise brings 2026 pay to 3.8% above 2025. You’ve had 1.0% since January, so your rate rises 2.77%, retroactive to January 11.

From your Oct 17, 2026 pay stub

Pay Period 22 (pay date Oct 27, 2026)
$
Top of the stub, next to Hourly Rate
$
“Your Pay Consists of” box, Gross Pay row, YTD column. Subtract any cash awards.
$
Pay Period 2 (ending 01/10/2026). Enter 0 if you started after Jan 10.
Enter your Annual Salary and Gross Pay to see your estimate.

How It Works

  • Back pay covers the 20 pay periods from Jan 11 to Oct 17. Overtime and premium pay rise with your hourly rate, so they’re included.
  • Your Jan 10 stub’s year-to-date removes the two January paychecks earned at 2025 rates. Without it, they’re estimated as 2 of your 22 paychecks.
  • Basic plus locality pay is capped at $228,000. Near the cap your raise is smaller, and at the cap only CIP rises.

Sources: Public Law 119-86, Sec. 548; Department of Transportation, Oct 16, 2026. Estimate only; your actual back pay comes from FAA payroll.