GS locality pay · Salary Table 2026-SL

GS pay scale 2026: St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL

Federal employees on the General Schedule who work in the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL locality pay area get base pay plus a 20.03% locality payment, effective January 2026. GS-1 step 1 pays $27,108; GS-15 step 10 pays $197,200. The area covers 30 counties and cities in 2 states.

St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO GS pay table 2026

GradeStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7Step 8Step 9Step 10
GS-1$27,108$28,016$28,918$29,815$30,714$31,241$32,133$33,031$33,068$33,906
GS-2$30,479$31,204$32,215$33,068$33,438$34,421$35,404$36,387$37,370$38,353
GS-3$33,258$34,367$35,476$36,585$37,694$38,803$39,912$41,021$42,131$43,240
GS-4$37,333$38,578$39,822$41,067$42,312$43,556$44,801$46,046$47,291$48,535
GS-5$41,769$43,162$44,554$45,946$47,339$48,731$50,123$51,516$52,908$54,300
GS-6$46,561$48,113$49,665$51,217$52,769$54,321$55,873$57,425$58,977$60,529
GS-7$51,740$53,465$55,190$56,915$58,639$60,364$62,089$63,814$65,539$67,264
GS-8$57,300$59,210$61,119$63,029$64,939$66,848$68,758$70,668$72,577$74,487
GS-9$63,288$65,398$67,508$69,619$71,729$73,839$75,949$78,059$80,169$82,279
GS-10$69,694$72,017$74,339$76,662$78,985$81,307$83,630$85,952$88,275$90,597
GS-11$76,573$79,126$81,679$84,232$86,785$89,338$91,891$94,444$96,997$99,550
GS-12$91,779$94,838$97,898$100,957$104,017$107,076$110,136$113,195$116,255$119,315
GS-13$109,137$112,775$116,413$120,052$123,690$127,328$130,966$134,604$138,242$141,880
GS-14$128,967$133,267$137,566$141,866$146,165$150,465$154,764$159,064$163,363$167,663
GS-15$151,699$156,756$161,812$166,869$171,926$176,983$182,040$187,097$192,154$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 St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO locality pay applies

Missouri

Crawford County, MO; Franklin County, MO; Gasconade County, MO; Iron County, MO; Jefferson County, MO; Lincoln County, MO; Madison County, MO; Montgomery County, MO; Pike County, MO; St. Charles County, MO; Ste. Genevieve County, MO; St. Francois County, MO; St. Louis County, MO; Warren County, MO; Washington County, MO; St. Louis city, MO

Illinois

Bond County, IL; Calhoun County, IL; Clinton County, IL; Fayette County, IL; Greene County, IL; Jersey County, IL; Macoupin County, IL; Madison County, IL; Marion County, IL; Monroe County, IL; Montgomery County, IL; Randolph County, IL; St. Clair County, IL; Washington County, IL

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%Alaska · 32.36%Hawaii · 22.21%Tucson-Nogales, AZ · 19.28%Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA · 18.8%Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC · 33.94%Rest of U.S. · 17.06%

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