2026 GS Locality Pay Table – Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2026-CHI
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 30.86%
For the Locality Pay Area of Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
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	29553	30544	31527	32506	33486	34060	35033	36011	36052	36965
2	33229	34020	35122	36052	36455	37527	38598	39670	40742	41814
3	36259	37468	38677	39886	41095	42304	43514	44723	45932	47141
4	40701	42058	43415	44772	46129	47486	48843	50201	51558	52915
5	45538	47056	48574	50092	51610	53128	54646	56164	57682	59200
6	50762	52454	54146	55838	57530	59222	60914	62606	64298	65990
7	56409	58289	60169	62050	63930	65811	67691	69572	71452	73333
8	62470	64552	66634	68716	70798	72880	74962	77044	79126	81208
9	68999	71299	73600	75900	78201	80501	82802	85102	87403	89703
10	75983	78515	81047	83579	86111	88643	91175	93708	96240	98772
11	83482	86266	89049	91832	94616	97399	100182	102966	105749	108533
12	100059	103395	106731	110066	113402	116738	120073	123409	126744	130080
13	118984	122951	126917	130884	134850	138816	142783	146749	150715	154682
14	140604	145291	149979	154666	159353	164041	168728	173416	178103	182790
15	165386	170899	176412	181925	187439	192952	197200 *	197200 *	197200 *	197200 *

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

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Locality raises are determined by comparisons of local private sector salary rates, not by cost of living. An individual’s rate is based on where he or she works, not where he or she lives.

Federal Pay Systems
The general schedule salary system for white collar federal employees is what is generally referred to the “civil service” pay system even though it now covers only just more than half of the workforce. The wage system for blue collar employees is the next largest while numerous other special salary systems make up the rest.

Separate salary systems are maintained for Senior Executive Service members, the U.S. Postal Service, the Foreign Service, law enforcement officers, most medical personnel of the Veterans Health Administration and high-level officials including administrative law judges, Board of Contract Appeal members, and certain senior professional employees.

Presidential appointees are paid under the Executive Schedule system while federal judges and members of Congress also have separate pay schedules.

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