2026 GS Locality Pay Table – Denver-Aurora, CO

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2026-DEN
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 30.52%
For the Locality Pay Area of Denver-Aurora, CO
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	29477	30465	31445	32421	33399	33972	34942	35918	35958	36869
2	33143	33931	35030	35958	36360	37429	38498	39567	40636	41705
3	36164	37370	38576	39782	40989	42195	43401	44607	45813	47019
4	40596	41949	43303	44656	46010	47363	48717	50070	51424	52777
5	45420	46934	48448	49962	51476	52990	54504	56018	57532	59046
6	50630	52318	54005	55693	57381	59068	60756	62443	64131	65819
7	56262	58138	60013	61889	63764	65640	67515	69391	71267	73142
8	62308	64384	66461	68537	70614	72691	74767	76844	78920	80997
9	68819	71114	73408	75703	77997	80292	82587	84881	87176	89470
10	75785	78311	80836	83362	85887	88413	90939	93464	95990	98515
11	83265	86041	88818	91594	94370	97146	99922	102698	105475	108251
12	99800	103126	106453	109780	113107	116434	119761	123088	126415	129742
13	118675	122631	126587	130543	134500	138456	142412	146368	150324	154280
14	140239	144914	149589	154264	158939	163615	168290	172965	177640	182316
15	164956	170455	175954	181453	186952	192450	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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