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OPM's 2025 GS pay tables took effect in January 2025: a base
table (Salary Table 2025-GS) and a locality table for each of 58
locality pay areas. The base table went up 1.7% for
2025.
Locality pay areas
Each locality table adds the area's locality pay to the base table. Open
an area for its pay by grade and step and the counties it covers.
Locality pay areas in 2025, from the highest locality pay to the lowest Locality pay area Locality pay Capped cells San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 46.34% 10 New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA 37.95% 6 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 36.47% 5 Houston-The Woodlands, TX 35.00% 5 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA 33.94% 5 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 33.72% 5 Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT 32.58% 4 State of Alaska 32.36% 4 Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA 32.08% 4 Seattle-Tacoma, WA 31.57% 4 Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 30.86% 4 Denver-Aurora, CO 30.52% 4 Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV 29.76% 3 Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI 29.12% 3 Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD 28.99% 3 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 27.62% 3 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK 27.26% 3 Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA 26.13% 2 Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL 24.67% 2 Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL 23.79% 2 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 22.45% 1 Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI 22.42% 1 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY 22.41% 1 Richmond, VA 22.28% 1 Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC 22.24% 1 Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA 22.23% 1 State of Hawaii 22.21% 1 Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH 22.15% 1 Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN 21.93% 1 Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN 21.91% 1 Laredo, TX 21.59% 1 Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH 21.42% 1 Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV 21.03% 1 Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA 20.77% 1 Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX 20.35% 1 Colorado Springs, CO 20.15% 1 St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL 20.03% 1 Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 19.67% 0 Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ 19.57% 0 Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT 19.45% 0 Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA 19.43% 0 Tucson-Nogales, AZ 19.28% 0 Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS 18.97% 0 Davenport-Moline, IA-IL 18.93% 0 Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC 18.80% 0 San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX 18.78% 0 Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM 18.33% 0 Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL 18.24% 0 Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA 18.23% 0 Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN 18.15% 0 Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA 18.01% 0 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 17.93% 0 Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY 17.88% 0 Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID 17.67% 0 Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA 17.65% 0 Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX 17.63% 0 Reno-Fernley, NV 17.52% 0 Rest of U.S. 17.06% 0
Capped cells is the number of grade and step cells, out of 150, that OPM's table limits to the pay cap. Capped: the law limits locality rates to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule, $195,200 in 2025 (5 U.S.C. 5304(g)(1)). OPM's table shows the capped amount, and YepGS doesn't show an uncapped one. YepGS is an independent site that copies these rates from OPM's tables. It isn't affiliated with OPM, and these rates aren't a recommendation or a guarantee from OPM of what you're paid.
Compare locality pay areas for a grade and step
Base pay table
The base table is the scheduled annual rate for each grade and step,
before locality pay. Open a grade for its pay in every locality pay area.
Base pay by grade and step, Salary Table 2025-GS, effective January 2025 Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 GS-1 $22,360 $23,110 $23,853 $24,594 $25,336 $25,770 $26,506 $27,247 $27,277 $27,970 GS-2 $25,142 $25,740 $26,573 $27,277 $27,583 $28,394 $29,205 $30,016 $30,827 $31,638 GS-3 $27,434 $28,348 $29,262 $30,176 $31,090 $32,004 $32,918 $33,832 $34,746 $35,660 GS-4 $30,795 $31,822 $32,849 $33,876 $34,903 $35,930 $36,957 $37,984 $39,011 $40,038 GS-5 $34,454 $35,602 $36,750 $37,898 $39,046 $40,194 $41,342 $42,490 $43,638 $44,786 GS-6 $38,407 $39,687 $40,967 $42,247 $43,527 $44,807 $46,087 $47,367 $48,647 $49,927 GS-7 $42,679 $44,102 $45,525 $46,948 $48,371 $49,794 $51,217 $52,640 $54,063 $55,486 GS-8 $47,265 $48,841 $50,417 $51,993 $53,569 $55,145 $56,721 $58,297 $59,873 $61,449 GS-9 $52,205 $53,945 $55,685 $57,425 $59,165 $60,905 $62,645 $64,385 $66,125 $67,865 GS-10 $57,489 $59,405 $61,321 $63,237 $65,153 $67,069 $68,985 $70,901 $72,817 $74,733 GS-11 $63,163 $65,268 $67,373 $69,478 $71,583 $73,688 $75,793 $77,898 $80,003 $82,108 GS-12 $75,706 $78,230 $80,754 $83,278 $85,802 $88,326 $90,850 $93,374 $95,898 $98,422 GS-13 $90,025 $93,026 $96,027 $99,028 $102,029 $105,030 $108,031 $111,032 $114,033 $117,034 GS-14 $106,382 $109,928 $113,474 $117,020 $120,566 $124,112 $127,658 $131,204 $134,750 $138,296 GS-15 $125,133 $129,304 $133,475 $137,646 $141,817 $145,988 $150,159 $154,330 $158,501 $162,672
Law enforcement officers at GS-3 through GS-10 and employees covered by a special rate table may be entitled to a higher rate than the GS locality tables built on this base table show. For GS-1 through GS-4 in the United States, special rate table 001M applies in place of any lower locality rate. YepGS doesn't cover those tables. Ask your human resources office, or see OPM's 2025 special rate tables . YepGS is an independent site that copies these rates from OPM's tables. It isn't affiliated with OPM, and these rates aren't a recommendation or a guarantee from OPM of what you're paid. Data sources GS base pay table, Salary Table 2025-GS, effective January 2025 From the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM): 2025 General Schedule tables , GS.xml . Retrieved October 20, 2026. GS locality pay tables, 58 tables, Salary Table 2025-AK through Salary Table 2025-VB, effective January 2025 From the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM): 2025 General Schedule tables Pay cap (level IV of the Executive Schedule), Salary Table No. 2025-EX, effective January 2025 From the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM): EX.xml