General Schedule · effective January 2026

GS-7 pay scale 2026

GS-7 base pay runs from $43,106 at step 1 to $56,039 at step 10. Every GS employee also gets a locality payment, so actual GS-7 pay at step 1 ranges from $50,460 (Rest of U.S.) to $63,081 (San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA) across 58 locality pay areas.

GS-7 pay by step

StepBase payRest of U.S. (17.06%)
Step 1$43,106$50,460
Step 2$44,543$52,142
Step 3$45,980$53,824
Step 4$47,417$55,506
Step 5$48,854$57,188
Step 6$50,291$58,871
Step 7$51,728$60,553
Step 8$53,165$62,235
Step 9$54,602$63,917
Step 10$56,039$65,599

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-7 pay by locality

Locality pay areaLocality payStep 1Step 5Step 10
Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA20.77%$52,059$59,001$67,678
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM18.33%$51,007$57,809$66,311
Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA-AL23.79%$53,361$60,476$69,371
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX20.35%$51,878$58,796$67,443
Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL18.24%$50,969$57,765$66,261
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT32.58%$57,150$64,771$74,297
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY22.41%$52,766$59,802$68,597
Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT19.45%$51,490$58,356$66,939
Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC19.67%$51,585$58,464$67,062
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI30.86%$56,409$63,930$73,333
Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN21.93%$52,559$59,568$68,328
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA22.23%$52,688$59,714$68,496
Colorado Springs, CO20.15%$51,792$58,698$67,331
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH22.15%$52,654$59,675$68,452
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX17.63%$50,706$57,467$65,919
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK27.26%$54,857$62,172$71,315
Davenport-Moline, IA-IL18.93%$51,266$58,102$66,647
Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH21.42%$52,339$59,319$68,043
Denver-Aurora, CO30.52%$56,262$63,764$73,142
Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA18.01%$50,869$57,653$66,132
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI29.12%$55,658$63,080$72,358
Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA17.65%$50,714$57,477$65,930
Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA19.43%$51,481$58,346$66,927
Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA32.08%$56,934$64,526$74,016
Houston-The Woodlands, TX35%$58,193$65,953$75,653
Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN21.91%$52,551$59,558$68,317
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN18.15%$50,930$57,721$66,210
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS18.97%$51,283$58,122$66,670
Laredo, TX21.59%$52,413$59,402$68,138
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ19.57%$51,542$58,415$67,006
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA36.47%$58,827$66,671$76,476
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL24.67%$53,740$60,906$69,864
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI22.42%$52,770$59,807$68,603
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI27.62%$55,012$62,347$71,517
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA37.95%$59,465$67,394$77,306
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA18.23%$50,964$57,760$66,255
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL17.93%$50,835$57,614$66,087
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD28.99%$55,602$63,017$72,285
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ22.45%$52,783$59,822$68,620
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV21.03%$52,171$59,128$67,824
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA26.13%$54,370$61,620$70,682
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC22.24%$52,693$59,719$68,502
Reno-Fernley, NV17.52%$50,658$57,413$65,857
Richmond, VA22.28%$52,710$59,739$68,524
Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY17.88%$50,813$57,589$66,059
Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV29.76%$55,934$63,393$72,716
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX18.78%$51,201$58,029$66,563
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA33.72%$57,641$65,328$74,935
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA46.34%$63,081$71,493$82,007
Seattle-Tacoma, WA31.57%$56,715$64,277$73,731
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID17.67%$50,723$57,487$65,941
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL20.03%$51,740$58,639$67,264
State of Alaska32.36%$57,055$64,663$74,173
State of Hawaii22.21%$52,680$59,704$68,485
Tucson-Nogales, AZ19.28%$51,417$58,273$66,843
Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC18.8%$51,210$58,039$66,574
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA33.94%$57,736$65,435$75,059
Rest of U.S.17.06%$50,460$57,188$65,599

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 7

Federal employees at grade 7 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