The ruling will provide for a four percent raise for the second half of fiscal year 2013 and a three percent raise for fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Today, the D.C. Council took another step towards clarifying how much senior officials in the District’s government can get paid. During a council session this morning, Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) discussed legislation that would limit D.C. agency heads to a $179,096 yearly salary.

Photo by bradtothebone Or so says the Human Resource Association of the National Capital Area, which is the source for this Washington Business Journal story proclaiming it to be so. Considering how many people we talk to who say that they, due to the recession, didn’t get raises this year, the 3.4 percent number just kinda feels slightly high, doesn’t it? Oh wait, that explains it: The financial services industry saw the highest salary…

D.C. Wire reported late last night that members of the D.C. Council, in a charge led by Chairman Vincent Gray, will voluntarily forfeit their automatic cost-of-living increases in 2010. Currently, each council member earns $125,583 per year, and the usual raise is between 3 and 5 percent per year. D.C. Wire cites that the refusal of the raises could save the city somewhere around $75,000 in 2010, but it should be noted that amount of…