GS Locality Pay Tables

Salary Table 2026-RA (LEO)
Including Special Base Rates at GS-3 through GS-10 and
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 22.24%
For the Locality Pay Area of Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC
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 27607 28532 29450 30364 31280 31817 32725 33639 33677 34530
2 31040 31779 32808 33677 34054 35055 36056 37057 38058 39059
3 40647 41777 42906 44036 45165 46295 47424 48554 49683 50813
4 45626 46894 48161 49429 50697 51964 53232 54499 55767 57035
5 52464 53882 55300 56718 58136 59554 60972 62390 63808 65226
6 55321 56901 58482 60063 61643 63224 64804 66385 67965 69546
7 59719 61476 63232 64989 66745 68502 70259 72015 73772 75528
8 62245 64189 66134 68079 70024 71969 73914 75858 77803 79748
9 66602 68751 70900 73049 75198 77347 79496 81645 83794 85943
10 73343 75708 78073 80439 82804 85169 87535 89900 92266 94631
11 77983 80583 83183 85783 88383 90983 93583 96183 98783 101383
12 93468 96584 99700 102816 105932 109048 112164 115280 118396 121511
13 111147 114852 118557 122262 125967 129672 133377 137082 140787 144493
14 131342 135721 140099 144478 148857 153235 157614 161992 166371 170750
15 154492 159642 164792 169942 175092 180242 185392 190542 195692 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.