GS Locality Pay Tables

Salary Table 2026-HNT
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 21.91%
For the Locality Pay Area of Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN
Total Increase: 1%
Effective January 2026
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 27532 28455 29371 30282 31196 31731 32637 33548 33586 34437
2 30957 31693 32719 33586 33962 34960 35959 36957 37955 38954
3 33779 34905 36032 37158 38285 39411 40538 41664 42790 43917
4 37918 39182 40446 41710 42974 44239 45503 46767 48031 49296
5 42423 43838 45252 46666 48080 49494 50908 52323 53737 55151
6 47290 48866 50443 52019 53595 55172 56748 58324 59900 61477
7 52551 54302 56054 57806 59558 61310 63062 64813 66565 68317
8 58197 60137 62077 64016 65956 67895 69835 71775 73714 75654
9 64279 66423 68566 70709 72852 74995 77139 79282 81425 83568
10 70786 73145 75504 77863 80222 82581 84940 87299 89657 92016
11 77772 80366 82959 85552 88145 90738 93331 95924 98517 101110
12 93216 96324 99431 102539 105646 108753 111861 114968 118076 121183
13 110847 114542 118237 121932 125627 129322 133017 136712 140407 144102
14 130987 135354 139721 144088 148455 152821 157188 161555 165922 170289
15 154075 159211 164347 169483 174619 179755 184891 190027 195163 197200 *

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