2026 GS Locality Pay Table – Seattle-Tacoma, WA

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2026-SEA
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	36455	37671	38887	40103	41318	42534	43750	44965	46181	47397
4	40922	42287	43651	45015	46380	47744	49109	50473	51837	53202
5	45785	47311	48837	50364	51890	53416	54942	56469	57995	59521
6	51037	52739	54440	56141	57842	59543	61245	62946	64647	66348
7	56715	58605	60496	62387	64277	66168	68059	69949	71840	73731
8	62809	64902	66995	69089	71182	73275	75369	77462	79555	81648
9	69373	71686	73999	76312	78625	80938	83251	85564	87877	90190
10	76395	78941	81487	84032	86578	89124	91670	94216	96762	99308
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)).

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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.

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