GS Locality Pay Tables

SALARY TABLE 2023-BH

INCORPORATING THE 4.1% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 17.41%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF BIRMINGHAM-HOOVER-TALLADEGA, AL

TOTAL INCREASE: 4.63%

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2023

Annual Rates by Grade and Step

Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
1 24655 25483 26301 27118 27937 28416 29227 30044 30077 30847
2 27723 28383 29301 30077 30416 31311 32206 33100 33995 34890
3 30250 31258 32267 33275 34284 35292 36301 37309 38318 39326
4 33956 35088 36220 37352 38483 39615 40747 41879 43011 44143
5 37990 39257 40524 41791 43058 44325 45591 46858 48125 49392
6 42350 43761 45172 46584 47995 49406 50817 52229 53640 55051
7 47060 48629 50197 51766 53335 54903 56472 58040 59609 61178
8 52117 53855 55592 57330 59068 60805 62543 64281 66018 67756
9 57564 59482 61401 63319 65238 67156 69075 70993 72912 74830
10 63390 65503 67616 69730 71843 73957 76070 78183 80297 82410
11 69646 71968 74289 76610 78931 81252 83574 85895 88216 90537
12 83477 86260 89043 91825 94608 97390 100173 102956 105738 108521
13 99265 102574 105883 109191 112500 115809 119117 122426 125734 129043
14 117302 121212 125121 129031 132941 136851 140761 144670 148580 152490
15 137978 142577 147176 151775 156374 160973 165572 170171 174769 179368

Source: OPM

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

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Locality raises are determined by comparisons of local private sector salary rates, not by cost of living. An individual’s rate is based on where he or she works, not where he or she lives.

Four new localities are effective in 2024 and the boundaries of most prior localities were expanded, providing an additional pay boost to affected employees—a total of some 33,300—by moving them into an area with a specific rate from the rest of the U.S. locality. The raises for the new localities are: Fresno, Calif., 5.28; Reno, Nev., 5.25; Rochester, N.Y., 5.46; and Spokane, Wash., 5.31.

Federal Pay Systems
The general schedule salary system for white collar federal employees is what is generally referred to the “civil service” pay system even though it now covers only just more than half of the workforce. The wage system for blue collar employees is the next largest while numerous other special salary systems make up the rest.

Separate salary systems are maintained for Senior Executive Service members, the U.S. Postal Service, the Foreign Service, law enforcement officers, most medical personnel of the Veterans Health Administration and high-level officials including administrative law judges, Board of Contract Appeal members, and certain senior professional employees.

Presidential appointees are paid under the Executive Schedule system while federal judges and members of Congress also have separate pay schedules.

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