2025 GS Pay Table – Albany – Schenectady, NY-MA

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2025-AL

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 20.77%

For the Locality Pay Area of Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA

Total Increase: 2.14%

Effective January 2025

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	27004	27910	28807	29702	30598	31122	32011	32906	32942	33779
2	30364	31086	32092	32942	33312	34291	35271	36250	37230	38209
3	33132	34236	35340	36444	37547	38651	39755	40859	41963	43067
4	37191	38431	39672	40912	42152	43393	44633	45873	47114	48354
5	41610	42997	44383	45769	47156	48542	49929	51315	52702	54088
6	46384	47930	49476	51022	52568	54113	55659	57205	58751	60297
7	51543	53262	54981	56699	58418	60136	61855	63573	65292	67010
8	57082	58985	60889	62792	64695	66599	68502	70405	72309	74212
9	63048	65149	67251	69352	71454	73555	75656	77758	79859	81961
10	69429	71743	74057	76371	78685	80999	83313	85627	87941	90255
11	76282	78824	81366	83909	86451	88993	91535	94077	96620	99162
12	91430	94478	97527	100575	103623	106671	109720	112768	115816	118864
13	108723	112348	115972	119596	123220	126845	130469	134093	137718	141342
14	128478	132760	137043	141325	145608	149890	154173	158455	162738	167020
15	151123	156160	161198	166235	171272	176310	181347	186384	191422	195200 *

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.

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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