GS Locality Pay Tables

SALARY TABLE 2023-DM

INCORPORATING THE 4.1% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 17.13%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF DES MOINES-AMES-WEST DES MOINES, IA

TOTAL INCREASE: 4.64%

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 24596 25422 26238 27054 27870 28348 29157 29972 30005 30774
2 27657 28315 29231 30005 30344 31236 32129 33021 33914 34806
3 30177 31184 32190 33196 34202 35208 36214 37220 38227 39233
4 33875 35004 36133 37263 38392 39521 40650 41779 42908 44037
5 37900 39164 40427 41691 42955 44219 45483 46747 48010 49274
6 42249 43657 45065 46472 47880 49288 50696 52104 53512 54920
7 46948 48513 50078 51643 53207 54772 56337 57902 59467 61032
8 51993 53726 55460 57193 58927 60660 62394 64128 65861 67595
9 57426 59340 61254 63168 65082 66996 68910 70824 72738 74652
10 63238 65347 67455 69564 71672 73780 75889 77997 80105 82214
11 69480 71796 74112 76427 78743 81059 83374 85690 88006 90321
12 83278 86054 88830 91606 94382 97158 99934 102710 105486 108262
13 99029 102329 105630 108931 112232 115532 118833 122134 125435 128735
14 117022 120923 124823 128724 132624 136524 140425 144325 148226 152126
15 137649 142237 146825 151413 156001 160589 165177 169765 174353 178941

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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