GS Locality Pay Tables

Salary Table 2026-LA (LEO)
Including Special Base Rates at GS-3 through GS-10 and
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 36.47%
For the Locality Pay Area of Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
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 30820 31853 32878 33899 34921 35520 36534 37555 37597 38550
2 34654 35478 36627 37597 38018 39136 40253 41371 42489 43606
3 45379 46640 47901 49162 50423 51684 52945 54206 55467 56728
4 50937 52353 53768 55183 56598 58013 59429 60844 62259 63674
5 58572 60155 61738 63321 64904 66487 68070 69653 71236 72819
6 61761 63525 65290 67055 68819 70584 72348 74113 75877 77642
7 66671 68632 70593 72554 74515 76476 78437 80399 82360 84321
8 69491 71662 73833 76004 78175 80347 82518 84689 86860 89032
9 74356 76755 79154 81553 83952 86351 88751 91150 93549 95948
10 81881 84521 87162 89803 92443 95084 97725 100365 103006 105647
11 87061 89964 92866 95769 98672 101575 104477 107380 110283 113185
12 104349 107828 111306 114785 118264 121742 125221 128699 132178 135657
13 124085 128222 132358 136495 140631 144767 148904 153040 157177 161313
14 146632 151520 156408 161297 166185 171073 175962 180850 185738 190627
15 172476 178226 183975 189725 195474 197200 * 197200 * 197200 * 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.