General Schedule · effective January 2026

GS-11 pay scale 2026

GS-11 base pay runs from $63,795 at step 1 to $82,938 at step 10. Every GS employee also gets a locality payment, so actual GS-11 pay at step 1 ranges from $74,678 (Rest of U.S.) to $93,358 (San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA) across 58 locality pay areas.

GS-11 pay by step

StepBase payRest of U.S. (17.06%)
Step 1$63,795$74,678
Step 2$65,922$77,168
Step 3$68,049$79,658
Step 4$70,176$82,148
Step 5$72,303$84,638
Step 6$74,430$87,128
Step 7$76,557$89,618
Step 8$78,684$92,107
Step 9$80,811$94,597
Step 10$82,938$97,087

Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, General Schedule (GS) pay tables, 2026 — base and locality pay tables (annual rates) and locality pay area definitions. Data captured October 2, 2026.

GS-11 pay by locality

Locality pay areaLocality payStep 1Step 5Step 10
Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA20.77%$77,045$87,320$100,164
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM18.33%$75,489$85,556$98,141
Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA-AL23.79%$78,972$89,504$102,669
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX20.35%$76,777$87,017$99,816
Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL18.24%$75,431$85,491$98,066
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT32.58%$84,579$95,859$109,959
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY22.41%$78,091$88,506$101,524
Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT19.45%$76,203$86,366$99,069
Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC19.67%$76,343$86,525$99,252
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI30.86%$83,482$94,616$108,533
Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN21.93%$77,785$88,159$101,126
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA22.23%$77,977$88,376$101,375
Colorado Springs, CO20.15%$76,650$86,872$99,650
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH22.15%$77,926$88,318$101,309
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX17.63%$75,042$85,050$97,560
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK27.26%$81,186$92,013$105,547
Davenport-Moline, IA-IL18.93%$75,871$85,990$98,638
Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH21.42%$77,460$87,790$100,703
Denver-Aurora, CO30.52%$83,265$94,370$108,251
Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA18.01%$75,284$85,325$97,875
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI29.12%$82,372$93,358$107,090
Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA17.65%$75,055$85,064$97,577
Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA19.43%$76,190$86,351$99,053
Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA32.08%$84,260$95,498$109,545
Houston-The Woodlands, TX35%$86,123$97,609$111,966
Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN21.91%$77,772$88,145$101,110
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN18.15%$75,374$85,426$97,991
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS18.97%$75,897$86,019$98,671
Laredo, TX21.59%$77,568$87,913$100,844
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ19.57%$76,280$86,453$99,169
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA36.47%$87,061$98,672$113,185
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL24.67%$79,533$90,140$103,399
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI22.42%$78,098$88,513$101,533
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI27.62%$81,415$92,273$105,845
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA37.95%$88,005$99,742$114,413
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA18.23%$75,425$85,484$98,058
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL17.93%$75,233$85,267$97,809
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD28.99%$82,289$93,264$106,982
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ22.45%$78,117$88,535$101,558
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV21.03%$77,211$87,508$100,380
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA26.13%$80,465$91,196$104,610
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC22.24%$77,983$88,383$101,383
Reno-Fernley, NV17.52%$74,972$84,970$97,469
Richmond, VA22.28%$78,009$88,412$101,417
Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY17.88%$75,202$85,231$97,767
Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV29.76%$82,780$93,820$107,620
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX18.78%$75,776$85,882$98,514
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA33.72%$85,307$96,684$110,905
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA46.34%$93,358$105,808$121,371
Seattle-Tacoma, WA31.57%$83,935$95,129$109,122
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID17.67%$75,068$85,079$97,593
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL20.03%$76,573$86,785$99,550
State of Alaska32.36%$84,439$95,700$109,777
State of Hawaii22.21%$77,964$88,361$101,359
Tucson-Nogales, AZ19.28%$76,095$86,243$98,928
Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC18.8%$75,788$85,896$98,530
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA33.94%$85,447$96,843$111,087
Rest of U.S.17.06%$74,678$84,638$97,087

Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, General Schedule (GS) pay tables, 2026 — base and locality pay tables (annual rates) and locality pay area definitions. Data captured October 2, 2026.

Federal jobs at grade 11

Federal employees at grade 11 on the GS or GL (law enforcement) pay plan in each job's occupational series.

Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Federal Workforce Data — Employment, July 2026 (federal civilian employees by agency, occupational series, pay plan, grade, duty state and pay). Data captured October 2, 2026.

Other GS grades

Base pay at step 1. GS pay scale 2026: all grades and locality areas