2026 GS Locality Pay Table – Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2026-RA
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 22.24%
For the Locality Pay Area of Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC
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	27607	28532	29450	30364	31280	31817	32725	33639	33677	34530
2	31040	31779	32808	33677	34054	35055	36056	37057	38058	39059
3	33870	35000	36129	37259	38388	39518	40647	41777	42906	44036
4	38020	39288	40556	41823	43091	44358	45626	46894	48161	49429
5	42538	43956	45374	46792	48210	49628	51046	52464	53882	55300
6	47418	48999	50579	52160	53740	55321	56901	58482	60063	61643
7	52693	54449	56206	57963	59719	61476	63232	64989	66745	68502
8	58355	60300	62245	64189	66134	68079	70024	71969	73914	75858
9	64453	66602	68751	70900	73049	75198	77347	79496	81645	83794
10	70977	73343	75708	78073	80439	82804	85169	87535	89900	92266
11	77983	80583	83183	85783	88383	90983	93583	96183	98783	101383
12	93468	96584	99700	102816	105932	109048	112164	115280	118396	121511
13	111147	114852	118557	122262	125967	129672	133377	137082	140787	144493
14	131342	135721	140099	144478	148857	153235	157614	161992	166371	170750
15	154492	159642	164792	169942	175092	180242	185392	190542	195692	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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