GS Locality Pay Tables

SALARY TABLE 2023-DEN

INCORPORATING THE 4.1% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 29.05%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF DENVER-AURORA, CO

TOTAL INCREASE: 4.87%

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 27099 28009 28908 29807 30706 31233 32124 33023 33059 33905
2 30471 31197 32206 33059 33432 34415 35398 36382 37365 38348
3 33248 34357 35466 36574 37683 38791 39900 41008 42117 43225
4 37323 38567 39811 41055 42299 43543 44787 46031 47275 48519
5 41757 43149 44542 45934 47327 48719 50111 51504 52896 54289
6 46548 48100 49651 51202 52753 54304 55855 57407 58958 60509
7 51726 53450 55174 56898 58622 60346 62070 63795 65519 67243
8 57284 59194 61104 63014 64924 66834 68744 70654 72564 74473
9 63271 65379 67488 69597 71705 73814 75923 78031 80140 82249
10 69674 71997 74320 76643 78966 81289 83611 85934 88257 90580
11 76551 79102 81654 84205 86756 89308 91859 94410 96962 99513
12 91753 94812 97870 100929 103987 107046 110104 113163 116221 119280
13 109107 112743 116380 120017 123653 127290 130926 134563 138200 141836
14 128931 133229 137526 141823 146121 150418 154715 159013 163310 167608
15 151657 156712 161767 166822 171877 176931 181986 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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