General Schedule · effective January 2026

GS-14 pay scale 2026

GS-14 base pay runs from $107,446 at step 1 to $139,684 at step 10. Every GS employee also gets a locality payment, so actual GS-14 pay at step 1 ranges from $125,776 (Rest of U.S.) to $157,236 (San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA) across 58 locality pay areas.

GS-14 pay by step

StepBase payRest of U.S. (17.06%)
Step 1$107,446$125,776
Step 2$111,028$129,969
Step 3$114,610$134,162
Step 4$118,192$138,356
Step 5$121,774$142,549
Step 6$125,356$146,742
Step 7$128,938$150,935
Step 8$132,520$155,128
Step 9$136,102$159,321
Step 10$139,684$163,514

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-14 pay by locality

Locality pay areaLocality payStep 1Step 5Step 10
Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA20.77%$129,763$147,066$168,696
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM18.33%$127,141$144,095$165,288
Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA-AL23.79%$133,007$150,744$172,915
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX20.35%$129,311$146,555$168,110
Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL18.24%$127,044$143,986$165,162
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT32.58%$142,452$161,448$185,193
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY22.41%$131,525$149,064$170,987
Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT19.45%$128,344$145,459$166,853
Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC19.67%$128,581$145,727$167,160
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI30.86%$140,604$159,353$182,790
Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN21.93%$131,009$148,479$170,317
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA22.23%$131,331$148,844$170,736
Colorado Springs, CO20.15%$129,096$146,311$167,830
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH22.15%$131,245$148,747$170,624
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX17.63%$126,389$143,243$164,310
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK27.26%$136,736$154,970$177,762
Davenport-Moline, IA-IL18.93%$127,786$144,826$166,126
Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH21.42%$130,461$147,858$169,604
Denver-Aurora, CO30.52%$140,239$158,939$182,316
Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA18.01%$126,797$143,705$164,841
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI29.12%$138,734$157,235$180,360
Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA17.65%$126,410$143,267$164,338
Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA19.43%$128,323$145,435$166,825
Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA32.08%$141,915$160,839$184,495
Houston-The Woodlands, TX35%$145,052$164,395$188,573
Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN21.91%$130,987$148,455$170,289
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN18.15%$126,947$143,876$165,037
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS18.97%$127,829$144,875$166,182
Laredo, TX21.59%$130,644$148,065$169,842
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ19.57%$128,473$145,605$167,020
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA36.47%$146,632$166,185$190,627
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL24.67%$133,953$151,816$174,144
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI22.42%$131,535$149,076$171,001
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI27.62%$137,123$155,408$178,265
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA37.95%$148,222$167,987$192,694
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA18.23%$127,033$143,973$165,148
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL17.93%$126,711$143,608$164,729
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD28.99%$138,595$157,076$180,178
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ22.45%$131,568$149,112$171,043
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV21.03%$130,042$147,383$169,060
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA26.13%$135,522$153,594$176,183
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC22.24%$131,342$148,857$170,750
Reno-Fernley, NV17.52%$126,271$143,109$164,157
Richmond, VA22.28%$131,385$148,905$170,806
Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY17.88%$126,657$143,547$164,659
Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV29.76%$139,422$158,014$181,254
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX18.78%$127,624$144,643$165,917
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA33.72%$143,677$162,836$186,785
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA46.34%$157,236$178,204$197,200*
Seattle-Tacoma, WA31.57%$141,367$160,218$183,782
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID17.67%$126,432$143,291$164,366
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL20.03%$128,967$146,165$167,663
State of Alaska32.36%$142,216$161,180$184,886
State of Hawaii22.21%$131,310$148,820$170,708
Tucson-Nogales, AZ19.28%$128,162$145,252$166,615
Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC18.8%$127,646$144,668$165,945
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA33.94%$143,913$163,104$187,093
Rest of U.S.17.06%$125,776$142,549$163,514

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

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 14

Federal employees at grade 14 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