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Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara - Payscales for 2013

Vandenberg Air Force Base is the primary United States government installation in the Santa Barbara, California area. This page lists the pay rates for various civilian government employees based at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Civilian government employees are paid either on the General Schedule (GS) payscale, which applies to salaried employees, or the Federal Wage System (FWS), which applies to hourly employees.

Employees paid under the FWS are paid based on their grade and step, as well as their status a worker, leader, or supervisor. Wage tables for all levels of FWS workers in Santa Barbara are listed below.

GS: General Schedule (GS) Employees - Vandenberg Air Force Base  Print

General Schedule employees who work at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara are paid based on the General Schedule base pay table, modified with the Locality Pay Adjustment for the Vandenberg Air Force Base area. We do not currently have the Locality Pay Adjustment amount for this location, so the table below represents Base Pay only.For more information about General Schedule pay, visit the 2013 California GS payscale page.

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

This 2013 FWS payscale applies to Worker-level employees at Vandenberg Air Force Base who are classified as 'Regular' employees. For information on how long it takes to advance between steps, hover over any pay step.

FWS Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
Grade 1 $11.22 / hour$11.69 / hour$12.17 / hour$12.65 / hour$13.08 / hour
Grade 2 $12.79 / hour$13.32 / hour$13.86 / hour$14.39 / hour$14.91 / hour
Grade 3 $14.39 / hour$14.97 / hour$15.57 / hour$16.16 / hour$16.77 / hour
Grade 4 $15.98 / hour$16.63 / hour$17.29 / hour$17.96 / hour$18.60 / hour
Grade 5 $17.55 / hour$18.28 / hour$19.01 / hour$19.75 / hour$20.46 / hour
Grade 6 $19.12 / hour$19.91 / hour$20.73 / hour$21.50 / hour$22.31 / hour
Grade 7 $20.28 / hour$21.09 / hour$21.95 / hour$22.83 / hour$23.64 / hour
Grade 8 $21.25 / hour$22.17 / hour$23.09 / hour$23.95 / hour$24.81 / hour
Grade 9 $22.23 / hour$23.17 / hour$24.13 / hour$25.05 / hour$25.91 / hour
Grade 10 $23.13 / hour$24.07 / hour$25.10 / hour$26.00 / hour$27.03 / hour
Grade 11 $24.05 / hour$25.10 / hour$26.06 / hour$27.12 / hour$28.10 / hour
Grade 12 $24.96 / hour$26.00 / hour$27.08 / hour$28.09 / hour$29.19 / hour
Grade 13 $25.90 / hour$26.96 / hour$28.08 / hour$29.15 / hour$30.25 / hour
Grade 14 $26.82 / hour$27.97 / hour$29.06 / hour$30.20 / hour$31.33 / hour
Grade 15 $27.69 / hour$28.87 / hour$30.01 / hour$31.18 / hour$32.32 / hour
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FWS: Regular Leader, Appropriated Funds  Print

This 2013 FWS payscale applies to Leader-level employees at Vandenberg Air Force Base who are classified as 'Regular' employees. For information on how long it takes to advance between steps, hover over any pay step.

FWS Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
Grade 1 $12.37 / hour$12.87 / hour$13.37 / hour$13.90 / hour$14.39 / hour
Grade 2 $14.07 / hour$14.64 / hour$15.23 / hour$15.81 / hour$16.40 / hour
Grade 3 $15.81 / hour$16.46 / hour$17.12 / hour$17.77 / hour$18.46 / hour
Grade 4 $17.55 / hour$18.28 / hour$19.01 / hour$19.75 / hour$20.46 / hour
Grade 5 $19.31 / hour$20.10 / hour$20.89 / hour$21.71 / hour$22.52 / hour
Grade 6 $21.03 / hour$21.92 / hour$22.79 / hour$23.64 / hour$24.53 / hour
Grade 7 $22.32 / hour$23.19 / hour$24.15 / hour$25.05 / hour$26.06 / hour
Grade 8 $23.39 / hour$24.38 / hour$25.37 / hour$26.34 / hour$27.35 / hour
Grade 9 $24.44 / hour$25.44 / hour$26.48 / hour$27.53 / hour$28.51 / hour
Grade 10 $25.43 / hour$26.54 / hour$27.57 / hour$28.68 / hour$29.80 / hour
Grade 11 $26.52 / hour$27.59 / hour$28.73 / hour$29.82 / hour$30.92 / hour
Grade 12 $27.48 / hour$28.66 / hour$29.71 / hour$30.92 / hour$32.08 / hour
Grade 13 $28.48 / hour$29.63 / hour$30.90 / hour$32.08 / hour$33.28 / hour
Grade 14 $29.53 / hour$30.73 / hour$32.04 / hour$33.26 / hour$34.43 / hour
Grade 15 $30.53 / hour$31.77 / hour$33.03 / hour$34.34 / hour$35.60 / hour
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FWS: Regular Supervisory, Appropriated Funds  Print

This 2013 FWS payscale applies to Supervisory-level employees at Vandenberg Air Force Base who are classified as 'Regular' employees. For information on how long it takes to advance between steps, hover over any pay step.

FWS Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
Grade 1 $18.84 / hour$19.60 / hour$20.41 / hour$21.18 / hour$21.97 / hour
Grade 2 $20.43 / hour$21.28 / hour$22.11 / hour$22.96 / hour$23.84 / hour
Grade 3 $22.01 / hour$22.92 / hour$23.85 / hour$24.76 / hour$25.68 / hour
Grade 4 $23.59 / hour$24.58 / hour$25.55 / hour$26.54 / hour$27.54 / hour
Grade 5 $25.18 / hour$26.24 / hour$27.30 / hour$28.33 / hour$29.39 / hour
Grade 6 $26.29 / hour$27.36 / hour$28.47 / hour$29.55 / hour$30.66 / hour
Grade 7 $27.31 / hour$28.41 / hour$29.55 / hour$30.71 / hour$31.86 / hour
Grade 8 $28.29 / hour$29.42 / hour$30.63 / hour$31.87 / hour$33.01 / hour
Grade 9 $29.19 / hour$30.46 / hour$31.63 / hour$32.86 / hour$34.06 / hour
Grade 10 $30.11 / hour$31.43 / hour$32.69 / hour$33.95 / hour$35.19 / hour
Grade 11 $31.09 / hour$32.35 / hour$33.69 / hour$34.98 / hour$36.32 / hour
Grade 12 $32.25 / hour$33.66 / hour$34.98 / hour$36.35 / hour$37.71 / hour
Grade 13 $33.64 / hour$35.05 / hour$36.48 / hour$37.83 / hour$39.29 / hour
Grade 14 $35.40 / hour$36.92 / hour$38.42 / hour$39.87 / hour$41.37 / hour
Grade 15 $37.31 / hour$38.85 / hour$40.43 / hour$41.99 / hour$43.54 / hour
Grade 16 $38.64 / hour$40.23 / hour$41.86 / hour$43.47 / hour$45.09 / hour
Grade 17 $40.13 / hour$41.80 / hour$43.48 / hour$45.15 / hour$46.82 / hour
Grade 18 $41.76 / hour$43.52 / hour$45.26 / hour$47.00 / hour$48.74 / hour
Grade 19 $40.94 / hour$42.65 / hour$44.36 / hour$46.06 / hour$47.77 / hour

Vandenberg Air Force Base is a government installation in California primarily managed by the Department of Defense. Civilian government employees at this location may be paid under the Federal Wage System or General Schedule payscales shown on this page.

Since this is a DoD installation, servicemembers from the military may operate at this location as well. Military servicemembers are paid under the Military Basic Pay Scale.


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