Salary Table 2025-SEA
Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 31.57%
For the Locality Pay Area of Seattle-Tacoma, WA
Total Increase: 2.29%
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 | 29419 | 30406 | 31383 | 32358 | 33335 | 33906 | 34874 | 35849 | 35888 | 36800 |
2 | 33079 | 33866 | 34962 | 35888 | 36291 | 37358 | 38425 | 39492 | 40559 | 41626 |
3 | 36095 | 37297 | 38500 | 39703 | 40905 | 42108 | 43310 | 44513 | 45715 | 46918 |
4 | 40517 | 41868 | 43219 | 44571 | 45922 | 47273 | 48624 | 49976 | 51327 | 52678 |
5 | 45331 | 46842 | 48352 | 49862 | 51373 | 52883 | 54394 | 55904 | 57415 | 58925 |
6 | 50532 | 52216 | 53900 | 55584 | 57268 | 58953 | 60637 | 62321 | 64005 | 65689 |
7 | 56153 | 58025 | 59897 | 61769 | 63642 | 65514 | 67386 | 69258 | 71131 | 73003 |
8 | 62187 | 64260 | 66334 | 68407 | 70481 | 72554 | 74628 | 76701 | 78775 | 80848 |
9 | 68686 | 70975 | 73265 | 75554 | 77843 | 80133 | 82422 | 84711 | 87001 | 89290 |
10 | 75638 | 78159 | 80680 | 83201 | 85722 | 88243 | 90764 | 93284 | 95805 | 98326 |
11 | 83104 | 85873 | 88643 | 91412 | 94182 | 96951 | 99721 | 102490 | 105260 | 108029 |
12 | 99606 | 102927 | 106248 | 109569 | 112890 | 116211 | 119531 | 122852 | 126173 | 129494 |
13 | 118446 | 122394 | 126343 | 130291 | 134240 | 138188 | 142136 | 146085 | 150033 | 153982 |
14 | 139967 | 144632 | 149298 | 153963 | 158629 | 163294 | 167960 | 172625 | 177291 | 181956 |
15 | 164637 | 170125 | 175613 | 181101 | 186589 | 192076 | 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.