2025 GS Pay Table – Rest of US

By: FEDweek Staff

Salary Table 2025-RUS

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 17.06%

For the Locality Pay Area of Rest of U.S.

Total Increase: 1.91%

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	26175	27053	27922	28790	29658	30166	31028	31895	31930	32742
2	29431	30131	31106	31930	32289	33238	34187	35137	36086	37035
3	32114	33184	34254	35324	36394	37464	38534	39604	40674	41744
4	36049	37251	38453	39655	40857	42060	43262	44464	45666	46868
5	40332	41676	43020	44363	45707	47051	48395	49739	51083	52426
6	44959	46458	47956	49454	50953	52451	53949	55448	56946	58445
7	49960	51626	53292	54957	56623	58289	59955	61620	63286	64952
8	55328	57173	59018	60863	62708	64553	66398	68242	70087	71932
9	61111	63148	65185	67222	69259	71295	73332	75369	77406	79443
10	67297	69539	71782	74025	76268	78511	80754	82997	85240	87482
11	73939	76403	78867	81331	83795	86259	88723	91187	93652	96116
12	88621	91576	94531	97485	100440	103394	106349	109304	112258	115213
13	105383	108896	112409	115922	119435	122948	126461	129974	133487	137000
14	124531	128682	132833	136984	141135	145286	149436	153587	157738	161889
15	146481	151363	156246	161128	166011	170894	175776	180659	185541	190424

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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