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General Schedule (GS) Payscale in Washington for 2009

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The General Schedule (GS) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Under the GS payscale, an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the GS Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the GS payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

Washington has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly GS pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a GS-1 broken down by county in the interactive map. For a detailed calculation of your pay as a GS employee in Washington, see our General Schedule Pay Calculator.

SEATTLE-TACOMA, WA

The SEATTLE-TACOMA, WA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Seattle and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.06% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

GS Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
GS-1$21,234$21,943$22,649$23,352$24,058$24,473$25,171$25,874$25,902$26,565
GS-2$23,874$24,442$25,231$25,902$26,191$26,961$27,731$28,501$29,271$30,041
GS-3$26,048$26,916$27,784$28,652$29,520$30,388$31,256$32,124$32,992$33,860
GS-4$29,243$30,218$31,192$32,167$33,141$34,116$35,090$36,065$37,040$38,014
GS-5$32,718$33,808$34,899$35,990$37,081$38,171$39,262$40,353$41,444$42,534
GS-6$36,469$37,685$38,900$40,116$41,331$42,547$43,762$44,977$46,193$47,408
GS-7$40,527$41,878$43,229$44,580$45,931$47,282$48,633$49,984$51,335$52,687
GS-8$44,883$46,379$47,876$49,372$50,868$52,365$53,861$55,357$56,853$58,350
GS-9$49,573$51,225$52,878$54,530$56,183$57,835$59,488$61,140$62,793$64,445
GS-10$54,592$56,412$58,231$60,051$61,870$63,690$65,509$67,329$69,148$70,968
GS-11$59,978$61,977$63,975$65,974$67,973$69,971$71,970$73,969$75,968$77,966
GS-12$71,889$74,285$76,681$79,076$81,472$83,868$86,264$88,660$91,055$93,451
GS-13$85,487$88,336$91,186$94,036$96,886$99,735$102,585$105,435$108,285$111,134
GS-14$101,019$104,386$107,754$111,122$114,490$117,858$121,226$124,594$127,962$131,330
GS-15$118,828$122,789$126,750$130,711$134,672$138,633$142,594$146,555$150,516$153,200*

The Seattle locality pay rate also applies to Bellevue, Bremerton, Everett, Kent, Oak Harbor, Seattle, Tacoma, and other cities within the region.

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PORTLAND-VANCOUVER-SALEM, OR-WA

The PORTLAND-VANCOUVER-SALEM, OR-WA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Portland and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 19.71% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

GS Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
GS-1$20,997$21,699$22,397$23,092$23,790$24,201$24,890$25,586$25,613$26,269
GS-2$23,608$24,169$24,950$25,613$25,899$26,661$27,422$28,183$28,945$29,706
GS-3$25,758$26,616$27,475$28,333$29,191$30,050$30,908$31,766$32,625$33,483
GS-4$28,917$29,881$30,844$31,808$32,772$33,735$34,699$35,663$36,626$37,590
GS-5$32,353$33,431$34,510$35,589$36,667$37,746$38,824$39,903$40,982$42,060
GS-6$36,063$37,265$38,466$39,668$40,870$42,072$43,274$44,476$45,678$46,880
GS-7$40,075$41,411$42,747$44,083$45,419$46,755$48,091$49,427$50,763$52,099
GS-8$44,382$45,862$47,342$48,821$50,301$51,781$53,260$54,740$56,219$57,699
GS-9$49,020$50,654$52,288$53,922$55,556$57,190$58,824$60,458$62,092$63,726
GS-10$53,983$55,782$57,582$59,381$61,180$62,979$64,779$66,578$68,377$70,176
GS-11$59,309$61,286$63,262$65,238$67,215$69,191$71,168$73,144$75,120$77,097
GS-12$71,087$73,456$75,826$78,195$80,564$82,933$85,302$87,671$90,040$92,409
GS-13$84,533$87,351$90,169$92,987$95,805$98,623$101,441$104,259$107,077$109,895
GS-14$99,892$103,222$106,553$109,883$113,213$116,544$119,874$123,204$126,535$129,865
GS-15$117,503$121,419$125,336$129,253$133,170$137,087$141,004$144,921$148,838$152,755

The Portland locality pay rate also applies to Vancouver, and other cities within the region.

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Rest of Washington

Any federal employees in Washington who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 13.86% (shown in the table below).

GS Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
GS-1$19,971$20,638$21,302$21,964$22,627$23,018$23,674$24,335$24,361$24,985
GS-2$22,454$22,988$23,731$24,361$24,634$25,358$26,082$26,806$27,530$28,254
GS-3$24,499$25,316$26,132$26,948$27,765$28,581$29,398$30,214$31,030$31,847
GS-4$27,504$28,421$29,337$30,254$31,170$32,087$33,003$33,920$34,837$35,753
GS-5$30,772$31,798$32,824$33,849$34,875$35,901$36,927$37,953$38,979$40,005
GS-6$34,300$35,443$36,587$37,730$38,873$40,016$41,159$42,302$43,446$44,589
GS-7$38,117$39,388$40,658$41,929$43,200$44,470$45,741$47,012$48,282$49,553
GS-8$42,214$43,621$45,028$46,436$47,843$49,250$50,657$52,065$53,472$54,879
GS-9$46,625$48,179$49,733$51,287$52,841$54,395$55,950$57,504$59,058$60,612
GS-10$51,345$53,056$54,768$56,479$58,190$59,902$61,613$63,324$65,036$66,747
GS-11$56,411$58,291$60,170$62,050$63,930$65,810$67,690$69,570$71,449$73,329
GS-12$67,613$69,867$72,120$74,373$76,627$78,880$81,133$83,387$85,640$87,893
GS-13$80,402$83,083$85,763$88,443$91,123$93,804$96,484$99,164$101,844$104,525
GS-14$95,010$98,178$101,346$104,513$107,681$110,848$114,016$117,184$120,351$123,519
GS-15$111,760$115,486$119,211$122,937$126,662$130,388$134,113$137,839$141,564$145,290

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rate also applies to Yakima, and other cities within the region.

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* For some high-paygrade workers pay under the GS scale may be capped at $153,200, which is the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).


** This Document Provided By www.FederalPay.org - The Civil Employee's Resource **
Source: www.federalpay.org/gs/2009/washington