Editing Transportation Security Administration (section)

=== Personnel system and pay ===
The personnel system used by TSA was originally based on the FAA's personnel system.<ref>{{USCSub|49|114|n}}</ref>

Unlike a majority of the federal government, TSA employees are not on the [[General Schedule]] pay system. Instead, a [[pay band]] system with performance-based increases was used.

In June 2021, Secretary of Homeland Security [[Alejandro Mayorkas]] issued a memorandum which directed the TSA Administrator among other items to pay employees "at a level that is no less than that of their counterparts on the General Schedule pay scale." It also directed that TSOs be offered expanded [[collective bargaining]] rights mirroring [[Title 5 of the United States Code]], and appeals of adverse actions to the [[Merit Systems Protection Board]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ogrysko |first1=Nicole |title=Biden administration orders TSA to expand union rights, explore pay reform for screeners|url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2021/06/biden-administration-orders-tsa-to-expand-union-rights-explore-pay-reform-for-screeners/ |website=federalnewsnetwork.com |publisher=Federal News Network |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=3 June 2021}}</ref>

In July 2023, a new pay system mirroring the General Schedule was introduced following appropriations made by the [[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023]]. For TSOs, the career ladder begins at the D band and progresses to F band. Lead TSOs and supervisory TSOs are at the F and G band levels.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doubleday |first1=Justin |title='Long overdue' TSA pay raises bring salaries in line with rest of federal workforce |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2023/07/long-overdue-tsa-pay-raises-bring-salaries-in-line-with-rest-of-federal-workforce/ |website=federalnewsnetwork.com |publisher=Federal News Network |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=27 July 2023}}</ref> Career ladders are also being worked on for non-TSOs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=Drew |title=TSA looking beyond 'honeymoon phase' for frontline workforce |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2024/07/tsa-looking-beyond-honeymoon-phase-for-frontline-workforce/ |website=federalnewsnetwork.com |publisher=Federal News Network |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=8 July 2024}}</ref>

In 2011, former Administrator John Pistole granted limited collective bargaining rights to Transportation Security Officers following a union election between two federal employee unions, the [[American Federation of Government Employees]] and the [[National Treasury Employees Union]].<ref>{{cite web |title=TSA workers granted collective bargaining rights |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/budget/2011/02/tsa-workers-granted-collective-bargaining-rights/ |website=federalnewsnetwork.com |publisher=Federal News Network |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=4 February 2011}}</ref> In May 2024, an expanded collective bargaining agreement with a 7-year term was signed between TSA and AFGE.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=Drew |title=TSA, AFGE aim to expand workforce options in new 7-year contract |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2024/03/tsa-afge-aim-to-expand-workforce-options-in-new-7-year-contract/ |website=federalnewsnetwork.com |publisher=Federal News Network |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=12 March 2024}}</ref>

In February 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security [[Kristi Noem]] issued a memorandum that cancelled the 2024 collective bargaining agreement. AFGE called it a "retaliatory action" for challenging President [[Donald Trump]]'s [[2025 United States federal mass layoffs|mass layoffs of the federal workforce]] and vowed to fight it.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Santana |first1=Rebecca |last2=Sisak |first2=Michael |title=Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections |url=https://apnews.com/article/collective-bargaining-agreement-tsa-homeland-security-e3eb1d5e0ae8e1b4a6fdb87cd7f6bd39 |website=AP News |publisher=Associated Press |language=en |date=7 March 2025}}</ref>