GS locality pay · Salary Table 2026-HNT

GS pay scale 2026: Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN

Federal employees on the General Schedule who work in the Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN locality pay area get base pay plus a 21.91% locality payment, effective January 2026. GS-1 step 1 pays $27,532; GS-15 step 10 pays $197,200. The area covers 9 counties and cities in 2 states.

Huntsville-Decatur, AL GS pay table 2026

GradeStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7Step 8Step 9Step 10
GS-1$27,532$28,455$29,371$30,282$31,196$31,731$32,637$33,548$33,586$34,437
GS-2$30,957$31,693$32,719$33,586$33,962$34,960$35,959$36,957$37,955$38,954
GS-3$33,779$34,905$36,032$37,158$38,285$39,411$40,538$41,664$42,790$43,917
GS-4$37,918$39,182$40,446$41,710$42,974$44,239$45,503$46,767$48,031$49,296
GS-5$42,423$43,838$45,252$46,666$48,080$49,494$50,908$52,323$53,737$55,151
GS-6$47,290$48,866$50,443$52,019$53,595$55,172$56,748$58,324$59,900$61,477
GS-7$52,551$54,302$56,054$57,806$59,558$61,310$63,062$64,813$66,565$68,317
GS-8$58,197$60,137$62,077$64,016$65,956$67,895$69,835$71,775$73,714$75,654
GS-9$64,279$66,423$68,566$70,709$72,852$74,995$77,139$79,282$81,425$83,568
GS-10$70,786$73,145$75,504$77,863$80,222$82,581$84,940$87,299$89,657$92,016
GS-11$77,772$80,366$82,959$85,552$88,145$90,738$93,331$95,924$98,517$101,110
GS-12$93,216$96,324$99,431$102,539$105,646$108,753$111,861$114,968$118,076$121,183
GS-13$110,847$114,542$118,237$121,932$125,627$129,322$133,017$136,712$140,407$144,102
GS-14$130,987$135,354$139,721$144,088$148,455$152,821$157,188$161,555$165,922$170,289
GS-15$154,075$159,211$164,347$169,483$174,619$179,755$184,891$190,027$195,163$197,200*

* 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.

Where Huntsville-Decatur, AL locality pay applies

Alabama

Colbert County, AL; DeKalb County, AL; Lauderdale County, AL; Lawrence County, AL; Limestone County, AL; Madison County, AL; Marshall County, AL; Morgan County, AL

Tennessee

Lincoln County, TN

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.

Other GS locality pay areas

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