2025 GS Pay Table – Des Moins – Ames – West Des Moins, IA

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2025-DM

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 18.01%

For the Locality Pay Area of Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA

Total Increase: 1.99%

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	26387	27272	28149	29023	29899	30411	31280	32154	32190	33007
2	29670	30376	31359	32190	32551	33508	34465	35422	36379	37336
3	32375	33453	34532	35611	36689	37768	38847	39925	41004	42082
4	36341	37553	38765	39977	41189	42401	43613	44825	46037	47249
5	40659	42014	43369	44723	46078	47433	48788	50142	51497	52852
6	45324	46835	48345	49856	51366	52877	54387	55898	57408	58919
7	50365	52045	53724	55403	57083	58762	60441	62120	63800	65479
8	55777	57637	59497	61357	63217	65077	66936	68796	70656	72516
9	61607	63660	65714	67767	69821	71874	73927	75981	78034	80087
10	67843	70104	72365	74626	76887	79148	81409	83670	85931	88192
11	74539	77023	79507	81991	84475	86959	89443	91927	94412	96896
12	89341	92319	95298	98276	101255	104234	107212	110191	113169	116148
13	106239	109780	113321	116863	120404	123946	127487	131029	134570	138112
14	125541	129726	133911	138095	142280	146465	150649	154834	159018	163203
15	147669	152592	157514	162436	167358	172280	177203	182125	187047	191969

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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