2026 GS Locality Pay Table – Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2026-PHL
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 28.99%
For the Locality Pay Area of Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD
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	29131	30108	31076	32041	33007	33574	34532	35497	35537	36437
2	32754	33534	34620	35537	35934	36990	38047	39103	40160	41216
3	35741	36932	38124	39316	40508	41700	42892	44084	45275	46467
4	40120	41457	42795	44133	45470	46808	48146	49483	50821	52158
5	44887	46384	47880	49376	50872	52369	53865	55361	56858	58354
6	50037	51704	53372	55040	56708	58376	60044	61711	63379	65047
7	55602	57456	59310	61163	63017	64870	66724	68578	70431	72285
8	61577	63629	65682	67734	69786	71838	73891	75943	77995	80047
9	68013	70280	72548	74815	77083	79351	81618	83886	86154	88421
10	74897	77393	79889	82385	84881	87377	89872	92368	94864	97360
11	82289	85033	87776	90520	93264	96007	98751	101494	104238	106982
12	98630	101918	105206	108493	111781	115069	118357	121645	124933	128221
13	117284	121194	125104	129013	132923	136833	140742	144652	148562	152471
14	138595	143215	147835	152456	157076	161697	166317	170938	175558	180178
15	163023	168457	173891	179326	184760	190194	195629	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.

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