GS Locality Pay Tables

Salary Table 2026-SEA (LEO)
Including Special Base Rates at GS-3 through GS-10 and
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 31.57%
For the Locality Pay Area of Seattle-Tacoma, WA
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 29714 30710 31698 32682 33667 34245 35223 36207 36248 37166
2 33410 34204 35312 36248 36653 37730 38808 39885 40963 42041
3 43750 44965 46181 47397 48612 49828 51044 52260 53475 54691
4 49109 50473 51837 53202 54566 55930 57295 58659 60024 61388
5 56469 57995 59521 61047 62573 64100 65626 67152 68678 70204
6 59543 61245 62946 64647 66348 68049 69751 71452 73153 74854
7 64277 66168 68059 69949 71840 73731 75621 77512 79402 81293
8 66995 69089 71182 73275 75369 77462 79555 81648 83742 85835
9 71686 73999 76312 78625 80938 83251 85564 87877 90190 92503
10 78941 81487 84032 86578 89124 91670 94216 96762 99308 101854
11 83935 86734 89532 92331 95129 97928 100726 103525 106323 109122
12 100602 103956 107310 110664 114017 117371 120725 124078 127432 130786
13 119630 123618 127606 131594 135582 139569 143557 147545 151533 155521
14 141367 146080 150792 155505 160218 164931 169644 174357 179069 183782
15 166283 171826 177370 182913 188456 193999 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.