GS Locality Pay Tables

Salary Table 2026-SF (LEO)
Including Special Base Rates at GS-3 through GS-10 and
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 46.34%
For the Locality Pay Area of San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, 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 33049 34157 35256 36351 37447 38089 39177 40271 40317 41338
2 37160 38044 39276 40317 40767 41966 43164 44363 45561 46760
3 48661 50013 51365 52718 54070 55422 56774 58126 59478 60831
4 54621 56139 57656 59174 60692 62209 63727 65244 66762 68279
5 62808 64505 66203 67900 69598 71295 72993 74690 76388 78086
6 66228 68120 70012 71904 73796 75689 77581 79473 81365 83257
7 71493 73596 75699 77802 79905 82007 84110 86213 88316 90419
8 74516 76845 79173 81501 83829 86158 88486 90814 93142 95471
9 79733 82306 84879 87451 90024 92597 95169 97742 100315 102887
10 87803 90634 93466 96298 99129 101961 104793 107624 110456 113288
11 93358 96470 99583 102696 105808 108921 112034 115146 118259 121371
12 111896 115626 119356 123087 126817 130547 134277 138007 141738 145468
13 133060 137495 141931 146366 150802 155237 159673 164109 168544 172980
14 157236 162478 167720 172962 178204 183446 188688 193930 197200 * 197200 *
15 184950 191116 197200 * 197200 * 197200 * 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.