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2026 GS Pay Scale

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Find GS salaries by grade, step and locality, use practical federal pay tools, and learn how the General Schedule works using OPM-based data.

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GS-1$22,584 – $28,248GS-2$25,393 – $31,953GS-3$27,708 – $36,024GS-4$31,103 – $40,436GS-5$34,799 – $45,239GS-6$38,791 – $50,428GS-7$43,106 – $56,039GS-8$47,738 – $62,057GS-9$52,727 – $68,549GS-10$58,064 – $75,479GS-11$63,795 – $82,938GS-12$76,463 – $99,404GS-13$90,925 – $118,204GS-14$107,446 – $139,684GS-15$126,384 – $164,301

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↗ GS Base Pay vs Locality Pay

Learn how base pay and locality adjustments affect your GS salary.

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Learn how within-grade increases move employees through GS Steps 1 through 10.

Read guide → ▤ GS Two-Step Promotion Rule

Understand how pay is determined when a GS employee is promoted to a higher grade.

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What the GS pay scale shows

How the GS Pay Scale Works is part of the broader General Schedule pay system. The most useful way to approach the topic is to identify which element is changing: grade, step, locality, pay year, or pay system.

Grades GS-1 through GS-15 identify levels in the General Schedule, while Steps 1 through 10 identify pay points within each grade. A complete salary lookup normally requires both values.

For employees covered by locality pay, the official duty station determines the applicable OPM locality area. Locality areas can cross city and state boundaries, so the formal definition should be used.

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Important

The national base table is not always the final salary. Locality pay, special rates and certain law-enforcement schedules can change the applicable rate.

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