GS Locality Pay Tables

Salary Table 2025-SD

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 33.72%

For the Locality Pay Area of San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Total Increase: 2.21%

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 29900 30903 31896 32887 33879 34460 35444 36435 36475 37401
2 33620 34420 35533 36475 36884 37968 39053 40137 41222 42306
3 36685 37907 39129 40351 41574 42796 44018 45240 46462 47685
4 41179 42552 43926 45299 46672 48046 49419 50792 52166 53539
5 46072 47607 49142 50677 52212 53747 55283 56818 58353 59888
6 51358 53069 54781 56493 58204 59916 61628 63339 65051 66762
7 57070 58973 60876 62779 64682 66585 68487 70390 72293 74196
8 63203 65310 67418 69525 71632 73740 75847 77955 80062 82170
9 69809 72135 74462 76789 79115 81442 83769 86096 88422 90749
10 76874 79436 81998 84561 87123 89685 92247 94809 97371 99933
11 84462 87276 90091 92906 95721 98536 101350 104165 106980 109795
12 101234 104609 107984 111359 114734 118110 121485 124860 128235 131610
13 120381 124394 128407 132420 136433 140446 144459 148472 152485 156498
14 142254 146996 151737 156479 161221 165963 170704 175446 180188 184929
15 167328 172905 178483 184060 189638 195200 * 195200 * 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.