Government Salaries

The following table is the General Base Pay Schedule for United States federal government employee salaries.

Governmental agencies use this schedule to determine what each position will pay. There are fifteen pay grades from 1 (the lowest) to 15 (the highest). Typically, a high school degree is required for jobs with pay grade 2, a college degree for grade 5, and a Master's degree for grade 9.

Each pay grade has ten steps of advancement within it. These raises are awarded based on performance ratings and length of service.

Grade	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8	Step 9	Step 10	Within
1	$17,803	$18,398	$18,990	$19,579	$20,171	$20,519	$21,104	$21,694	$21,717	$22,269	Varies
2	20,017	20,493	21,155	21,717	21,961	22,607	23,253	23,899	24,545	25,191	Varies
3	21,840	22,568	23,296	24,024	24,752	25,480	26,208	26,936	27,664	28,392	728
4	24,518	25,335	26,152	26,969	27,786	28,603	29,420	30,237	31,054	31,871	817
5	27,431	28,345	29,259	30,173	31,087	32,001	32,915	33,829	34,743	35,657	914
6	30,577	31,596	32,615	33,634	34,653	35,672	36,691	37,710	38,729	39,748	1019
7	33,979	35,112	36,245	37,378	38,511	39,644	40,777	41,910	43,043	44,176	1133
8	37,631	38,885	40,139	41,393	42,647	43,901	45,155	46,409	47,663	48,917	1254
9	41,563	42,948	44,333	45,718	47,103	48,488	49,873	51,258	52,643	54,028	1385
10	45,771	47,297	48,823	50,349	51,875	53,401	54,927	56,453	57,979	59,505	1526
11	50,287	51,963	53,639	55,315	56,991	58,667	60,343	62,019	63,695	65,371	1676
12	60,274	62,283	64,292	66,301	68,310	70,319	72,328	74,337	76,346	78,355	2009
13	71,674	74,063	76,452	78,841	81,230	83,619	86,008	88,397	90,786	93,175	2389
14	84,697	87,520	90,343	93,166	95,989	98,812	101,635	104,458	107,281	110,104	2823
15	99,628	102,949	106,270	109,591	112,912	116,233	119,554	122,875	126,196	129,517	3321

Government jobs earn additional pay based on the location. This additional pay can be up to 35% of the base. Download the below PDF file for full 2018 government job pay tables based on locality. For more information, visit the US Office of Personnel Management.

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