GS locality pay · Salary Table 2026-RUS

GS pay scale 2026: Rest of U.S.

Federal employees on the General Schedule who work in the Rest of U.S. locality pay area get base pay plus a 17.06% locality payment, effective January 2026. GS-1 step 1 pays $26,437; GS-15 step 10 pays $192,331.

Rest of U.S. GS pay table 2026

GradeStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7Step 8Step 9Step 10
GS-1$26,437$27,323$28,202$29,078$29,954$30,468$31,338$32,214$32,250$33,067
GS-2$29,725$30,432$31,418$32,250$32,611$33,569$34,528$35,487$36,445$37,404
GS-3$32,435$33,517$34,598$35,680$36,762$37,843$38,925$40,006$41,088$42,170
GS-4$36,409$37,623$38,837$40,051$41,265$42,479$43,693$44,907$46,120$47,334
GS-5$40,736$42,094$43,452$44,809$46,167$47,525$48,883$50,241$51,599$52,957
GS-6$45,409$46,922$48,436$49,950$51,463$52,977$54,490$56,004$57,517$59,031
GS-7$50,460$52,142$53,824$55,506$57,188$58,871$60,553$62,235$63,917$65,599
GS-8$55,882$57,745$59,607$61,469$63,332$65,194$67,057$68,919$70,781$72,644
GS-9$61,722$63,780$65,838$67,896$69,954$72,012$74,070$76,128$78,186$80,243
GS-10$67,970$70,235$72,500$74,765$77,030$79,295$81,560$83,825$86,091$88,356
GS-11$74,678$77,168$79,658$82,148$84,638$87,128$89,618$92,107$94,597$97,087
GS-12$89,508$92,491$95,475$98,459$101,443$104,427$107,411$110,395$113,378$116,362
GS-13$106,437$109,985$113,533$117,081$120,629$124,177$127,725$131,273$134,822$138,370
GS-14$125,776$129,969$134,162$138,356$142,549$146,742$150,935$155,128$159,321$163,514
GS-15$147,945$152,877$157,809$162,740$167,672$172,604$177,536$182,467$187,399$192,331

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 Rest of U.S. locality pay applies

Those portions of the United States and its territories and possessions (nonforeign areas), not located within another locality pay area.

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

Albany-Schenectady, NY · 20.77%Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM · 18.33%Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA · 23.79%Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · 20.35%Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL · 18.24%Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA · 32.58%Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY · 22.41%Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT · 19.45%Charlotte-Concord, NC · 19.67%Chicago-Naperville, IL · 30.86%Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH · 21.93%Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH · 22.23%Colorado Springs, CO · 20.15%Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH · 22.15%Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX · 17.63%Dallas-Fort Worth, TX · 27.26%Davenport-Moline, IA · 18.93%Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH · 21.42%Denver-Aurora, CO · 30.52%Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA · 18.01%Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI · 29.12%Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA · 17.65%Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA · 19.43%Hartford-East Hartford, CT · 32.08%Houston-The Woodlands, TX · 35%Huntsville-Decatur, AL · 21.91%Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN · 18.15%Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO · 18.97%Laredo, TX · 21.59%Las Vegas-Henderson, NV · 19.57%Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA · 36.47%Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL · 24.67%Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI · 22.42%Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN · 27.62%New York-Newark, NY · 37.95%Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE · 18.23%Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL · 17.93%Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA · 28.99%Phoenix-Mesa, AZ · 22.45%Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA · 21.03%Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR · 26.13%Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC · 22.24%Reno-Fernley, NV · 17.52%Richmond, VA · 22.28%Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY · 17.88%Sacramento-Roseville, CA · 29.76%San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX · 18.78%San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · 33.72%San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA · 46.34%Seattle-Tacoma, WA · 31.57%Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA · 17.67%St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO · 20.03%Alaska · 32.36%Hawaii · 22.21%Tucson-Nogales, AZ · 19.28%Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA · 18.8%Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC · 33.94%

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