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2025 GS Pay: Rest of U.S.

The Rest of U.S. locality pay area adds 17.06% locality pay to the GS base table. Figures are from OPM's Salary Table 2025-RUS, effective January 2025.

Locality pay
17.06%
Annual pay range
$26,175 to $190,424
GS-1 step 1 to GS-15 step 10
Capped cells
0 of 150

Annual pay by grade and step

Annual pay, Salary Table 2025-RUS, effective January 2025
GradeStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7Step 8Step 9Step 10
GS-1$26,175$27,053$27,922$28,790$29,658$30,166$31,028$31,895$31,930$32,742
GS-2$29,431$30,131$31,106$31,930$32,289$33,238$34,187$35,137$36,086$37,035
GS-3$32,114$33,184$34,254$35,324$36,394$37,464$38,534$39,604$40,674$41,744
GS-4$36,049$37,251$38,453$39,655$40,857$42,060$43,262$44,464$45,666$46,868
GS-5$40,332$41,676$43,020$44,363$45,707$47,051$48,395$49,739$51,083$52,426
GS-6$44,959$46,458$47,956$49,454$50,953$52,451$53,949$55,448$56,946$58,445
GS-7$49,960$51,626$53,292$54,957$56,623$58,289$59,955$61,620$63,286$64,952
GS-8$55,328$57,173$59,018$60,863$62,708$64,553$66,398$68,242$70,087$71,932
GS-9$61,111$63,148$65,185$67,222$69,259$71,295$73,332$75,369$77,406$79,443
GS-10$67,297$69,539$71,782$74,025$76,268$78,511$80,754$82,997$85,240$87,482
GS-11$73,939$76,403$78,867$81,331$83,795$86,259$88,723$91,187$93,652$96,116
GS-12$88,621$91,576$94,531$97,485$100,440$103,394$106,349$109,304$112,258$115,213
GS-13$105,383$108,896$112,409$115,922$119,435$122,948$126,461$129,974$133,487$137,000
GS-14$124,531$128,682$132,833$136,984$141,135$145,286$149,436$153,587$157,738$161,889
GS-15$146,481$151,363$156,246$161,128$166,011$170,894$175,776$180,659$185,541$190,424

Compare Rest of U.S. with other locality pay areas

Where this locality pay area is

Rest of U.S. has no list of counties. It covers the places not in another locality pay area. OPM's 2025 definitions describe it as: Those portions of the United States and its territories and possessions (nonforeign areas), not located within another locality pay area.

“Rest of U.S.—consisting of those portions of the United States and its territories and possessions as listed in 5 CFR 591.205 not located within another locality pay area.”
5 CFR 531.603(b), the legal definition

Data sources

GS locality pay table, Salary Table 2025-RUS, effective January 2025
From the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM): 2025 General Schedule tables, RUS.xml. Retrieved October 20, 2026.
Locality pay area definitions, 2025
From the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM): 2025 locality pay area definitions. Retrieved October 20, 2026.