GS Locality Pay Tables

Salary Table 2026-ATL (LEO)
Including Special Base Rates at GS-3 through GS-10 and
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 23.79%
For the Locality Pay Area of Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA-AL
Total Increase: 1%
Effective January 2026
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 27957 28894 29823 30749 31677 32220 33140 34066 34104 34968
2 31434 32182 33224 34104 34485 35499 36513 37527 38541 39555
3 41163 42306 43450 44594 45738 46882 48026 49169 50313 51457
4 46205 47488 48772 50056 51339 52623 53907 55191 56474 57758
5 53129 54565 56001 57437 58873 60309 61745 63181 64617 66053
6 56022 57623 59224 60824 62425 64025 65626 67227 68827 70428
7 60476 62255 64034 65813 67592 69371 71150 72928 74707 76486
8 63034 65003 66973 68942 70912 72881 74851 76820 78790 80759
9 67447 69623 71799 73976 76152 78328 80504 82681 84857 87033
10 74273 76668 79063 81459 83854 86249 88645 91040 93435 95831
11 78972 81605 84238 86871 89504 92137 94770 97403 100036 102669
12 94654 97809 100964 104120 107275 110431 113586 116741 119897 123052
13 112556 116308 120060 123812 127564 131316 135069 138821 142573 146325
14 133007 137442 141876 146310 150744 155178 159612 164047 168481 172915
15 156451 161666 166881 172097 177312 182527 187742 192958 197200 * 197200 *

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
Note: Locality rates for “law enforcement officers” (LEOs) (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5541(3) and 5 CFR 550.103) are computed using special base rates for LEOs at grades 3 through 10, as authorized by section 403 of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990, as amended. The LEO annual locality rates at other grades match the rates for other (non-LEO) employees.