Home / 2025 GS pay tables / Seattle-Tacoma, WA 2025 GS Pay: Seattle-Tacoma, WA
The Seattle-Tacoma, WA locality pay area adds 31.57% locality pay to
the GS base table. Figures are from OPM's Salary Table 2025-SEA, effective January 2025.
Locality pay 31.57%
Annual pay range $29,419 to $195,200 GS-1 step 1 to GS-15 step 10
Capped cells 4 of 150
Annual pay by grade and step
Annual pay, Salary Table 2025-SEA, 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 $29,419 $30,406 $31,383 $32,358 $33,335 $33,906 $34,874 $35,849 $35,888 $36,800 GS-2 $33,079 $33,866 $34,962 $35,888 $36,291 $37,358 $38,425 $39,492 $40,559 $41,626 GS-3 $36,095 $37,297 $38,500 $39,703 $40,905 $42,108 $43,310 $44,513 $45,715 $46,918 GS-4 $40,517 $41,868 $43,219 $44,571 $45,922 $47,273 $48,624 $49,976 $51,327 $52,678 GS-5 $45,331 $46,842 $48,352 $49,862 $51,373 $52,883 $54,394 $55,904 $57,415 $58,925 GS-6 $50,532 $52,216 $53,900 $55,584 $57,268 $58,953 $60,637 $62,321 $64,005 $65,689 GS-7 $56,153 $58,025 $59,897 $61,769 $63,642 $65,514 $67,386 $69,258 $71,131 $73,003 GS-8 $62,187 $64,260 $66,334 $68,407 $70,481 $72,554 $74,628 $76,701 $78,775 $80,848 GS-9 $68,686 $70,975 $73,265 $75,554 $77,843 $80,133 $82,422 $84,711 $87,001 $89,290 GS-10 $75,638 $78,159 $80,680 $83,201 $85,722 $88,243 $90,764 $93,284 $95,805 $98,326 GS-11 $83,104 $85,873 $88,643 $91,412 $94,182 $96,951 $99,721 $102,490 $105,260 $108,029 GS-12 $99,606 $102,927 $106,248 $109,569 $112,890 $116,211 $119,531 $122,852 $126,173 $129,494 GS-13 $118,446 $122,394 $126,343 $130,291 $134,240 $138,188 $142,136 $146,085 $150,033 $153,982 GS-14 $139,967 $144,632 $149,298 $153,963 $158,629 $163,294 $167,960 $172,625 $177,291 $181,956 GS-15 $164,637 $170,125 $175,613 $181,101 $186,589 $192,076 $195,200 Capped $195,200 Capped $195,200 Capped $195,200 Capped
Hourly pay by grade and step Hourly pay, Salary Table 2025-SEA, 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 $14.10 $14.57 $15.04 $15.50 $15.97 $16.25 $16.71 $17.18 $17.20 $17.63 GS-2 $15.85 $16.23 $16.75 $17.20 $17.39 $17.90 $18.41 $18.92 $19.43 $19.95 GS-3 $17.30 $17.87 $18.45 $19.02 $19.60 $20.18 $20.75 $21.33 $21.90 $22.48 GS-4 $19.41 $20.06 $20.71 $21.36 $22.00 $22.65 $23.30 $23.95 $24.59 $25.24 GS-5 $21.72 $22.44 $23.17 $23.89 $24.62 $25.34 $26.06 $26.79 $27.51 $28.23 GS-6 $24.21 $25.02 $25.83 $26.63 $27.44 $28.25 $29.05 $29.86 $30.67 $31.48 GS-7 $26.91 $27.80 $28.70 $29.60 $30.49 $31.39 $32.29 $33.19 $34.08 $34.98 GS-8 $29.80 $30.79 $31.78 $32.78 $33.77 $34.76 $35.76 $36.75 $37.75 $38.74 GS-9 $32.91 $34.01 $35.11 $36.20 $37.30 $38.40 $39.49 $40.59 $41.69 $42.78 GS-10 $36.24 $37.45 $38.66 $39.87 $41.07 $42.28 $43.49 $44.70 $45.91 $47.11 GS-11 $39.82 $41.15 $42.47 $43.80 $45.13 $46.45 $47.78 $49.11 $50.44 $51.76 GS-12 $47.73 $49.32 $50.91 $52.50 $54.09 $55.68 $57.27 $58.87 $60.46 $62.05 GS-13 $56.75 $58.65 $60.54 $62.43 $64.32 $66.21 $68.11 $70.00 $71.89 $73.78 GS-14 $67.07 $69.30 $71.54 $73.77 $76.01 $78.24 $80.48 $82.71 $84.95 $87.19 GS-15 $78.89 $81.52 $84.15 $86.78 $89.41 $92.03 $93.53 Capped $93.53 Capped $93.53 Capped $93.53 Capped
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. 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 this locality table shows. 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.
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Where this locality pay area is
OPM's 2025 definitions list 15 places in this
area, in WA. The legal definition is
in 5 CFR 531.603.
Places in Seattle-Tacoma, WA Places in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA locality pay area, as listed in OPM's 2025 definitions Place State FIPS code Clallam County, WA WA 53009 Grays Harbor County, WA WA 53027 Island County, WA WA 53029 Jefferson County, WA WA 53031 King County, WA WA 53033 Kitsap County, WA WA 53035 Lewis County, WA WA 53041 Mason County, WA WA 53045 Pacific County, WA WA 53049 Pierce County, WA WA 53053 San Juan County, WA WA 53055 Skagit County, WA WA 53057 Snohomish County, WA WA 53061 Thurston County, WA WA 53067 Whatcom County, WA WA 53073
Data sources GS locality pay table, Salary Table 2025-SEA, effective January 2025 From the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM): 2025 General Schedule tables , SEA.xml . Retrieved October 20, 2026. 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