2025 General Schedule Base Pay Table

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2025-GS

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase

Effective January 2025

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	WGI
1	22360	23110	23853	24594	25336	25770	26506	27247	27277	27970	VARIES
2	25142	25740	26573	27277	27583	28394	29205	30016	30827	31638	VARIES
3	27434	28348	29262	30176	31090	32004	32918	33832	34746	35660	914
4	30795	31822	32849	33876	34903	35930	36957	37984	39011	40038	1027
5	34454	35602	36750	37898	39046	40194	41342	42490	43638	44786	1148
6	38407	39687	40967	42247	43527	44807	46087	47367	48647	49927	1280
7	42679	44102	45525	46948	48371	49794	51217	52640	54063	55486	1423
8	47265	48841	50417	51993	53569	55145	56721	58297	59873	61449	1576
9	52205	53945	55685	57425	59165	60905	62645	64385	66125	67865	1740
10	57489	59405	61321	63237	65153	67069	68985	70901	72817	74733	1916
11	63163	65268	67373	69478	71583	73688	75793	77898	80003	82108	2105
12	75706	78230	80754	83278	85802	88326	90850	93374	95898	98422	2524
13	90025	93026	96027	99028	102029	105030	108031	111032	114033	117034	3001
14	106382	109928	113474	117020	120566	124112	127658	131204	134750	138296	3546
15	125133	129304	133475	137646	141817	145988	150159	154330	158501	162672	4171

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

See also,

Next Steps Taken Toward Launch of ‘Schedule Policy/Career’

Budget Outline Clears Way for Move to Reduce Value of Federal Workforce Benefits

Hiring Freeze Extended as Main Wave of RIFs and Reorganizations Approaches

Trump Order Ends Policies that ‘Unnecessarily Restricted’ Federal Office Relocations

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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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