2025 GS Pay Table – Philadelphia – Reading – Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2025-PHL

Incorporating the 1.7% 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: 2.05%

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
1	28842	29810	30768	31724	32681	33241	34190	35146	35185	36079
2	32431	33202	34277	35185	35579	36625	37672	38718	39764	40810
3	35387	36566	37745	38924	40103	41282	42461	43640	44819	45998
4	39722	41047	42372	43697	45021	46346	47671	48996	50320	51645
5	44442	45923	47404	48885	50365	51846	53327	54808	56289	57769
6	49541	51192	52843	54494	56145	57797	59448	61099	62750	64401
7	55052	56887	58723	60558	62394	64229	66065	67900	69736	71571
8	60967	63000	65033	67066	69099	71132	73164	75197	77230	79263
9	67339	69584	71828	74073	76317	78561	80806	83050	85295	87539
10	74155	76627	79098	81569	84041	86512	88984	91455	93927	96398
11	81474	84189	86904	89620	92335	95050	97765	100481	103196	105911
12	97653	100909	104165	107420	110676	113932	117187	120443	123699	126955
13	116123	119994	123865	127736	131607	135478	139349	143220	147091	150962
14	137222	141796	146370	150944	155518	160092	164666	169240	173814	178388
15	161409	166789	172169	177550	182930	188310	193690	195200 *	195200 *	195200 *

Source: OPM
* 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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