GS Locality Pay Tables

SALARY TABLE 2023-CHI

INCORPORATING THE 4.1% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 29.79%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF CHICAGO-NAPERVILLE, IL-IN-WI

TOTAL INCREASE: 4.59%

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 27255 28170 29074 29978 30882 31412 32309 33212 33248 34100
2 30646 31375 32390 33248 33623 34612 35601 36590 37579 38568
3 33439 34554 35669 36784 37899 39014 40128 41243 42358 43473
4 37537 38788 40039 41290 42541 43792 45044 46295 47546 48797
5 41996 43397 44797 46197 47598 48998 50399 51799 53200 54600
6 46815 48375 49935 51495 53056 54616 56176 57736 59296 60856
7 52022 53756 55490 57224 58958 60692 62426 64160 65894 67628
8 57612 59533 61454 63375 65296 67217 69138 71059 72980 74901
9 63633 65754 67875 69996 72117 74237 76358 78479 80600 82720
10 70074 72410 74746 77082 79419 81755 84091 86427 88763 91100
11 76990 79556 82122 84688 87254 89820 92386 94952 97518 100084
12 92279 95355 98431 101507 104583 107660 110736 113812 116888 119964
13 109732 113390 117047 120705 124362 128020 131677 135335 138992 142650
14 129671 133993 138315 142637 146959 151281 155603 159925 164247 168569
15 152527 157610 162694 167778 172862 177946 183030 183500 * 183500 * 183500 *

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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