Federal pay tables by grade and step

Published federal base-pay tables, kept separate from the school district and USPS schedules elsewhere on this site. Each page links the issuing agency and identifies what the table does and does not include.

2026 GS pay scale: base annual rates by grade and step2026 GS Pay Scale

2026 General Schedule Base Pay: $22,584 to $164,301, 15 grades by 10 steps, effective January 2026.

GS locality pay tables

OPM publishes a separate annual General Schedule table for each locality pay area. These tables preserve the published grade-and-step rates and link OPM's definition of each area.

2026 GS locality pay tables58 OPM locality areas