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Fort Polk Lake Charles-Alexandria - Payscales for 2016

Fort Polk is the primary United States government installation in the Lake Charles-Alexandria , Louisiana area. This page lists the pay rates for various civilian government employees based at Fort Polk.

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 Lake Charles-Alexandria are listed below.

GS: General Schedule (GS) Employees - Fort Polk  Print

General Schedule employees who work at Fort Polk, Lake Charles-Alexandria are paid based on the General Schedule base pay table, modified with the Locality Pay Adjustment for the Fort Polk 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 2016 Louisiana 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$18,343$18,956$19,566$20,173$20,783$21,140$21,743$22,351$22,375$22,941
GS-2$20,623$21,114$21,797$22,375$22,629$23,295$23,961$24,627$25,293$25,959
GS-3$22,502$23,252$24,002$24,752$25,502$26,252$27,002$27,752$28,502$29,252
GS-4$25,261$26,103$26,945$27,787$28,629$29,471$30,313$31,155$31,997$32,839
GS-5$28,262$29,204$30,146$31,088$32,030$32,972$33,914$34,856$35,798$36,740
GS-6$31,504$32,554$33,604$34,654$35,704$36,754$37,804$38,854$39,904$40,954
GS-7$35,009$36,176$37,343$38,510$39,677$40,844$42,011$43,178$44,345$45,512
GS-8$38,771$40,063$41,355$42,647$43,939$45,231$46,523$47,815$49,107$50,399
GS-9$42,823$44,250$45,677$47,104$48,531$49,958$51,385$52,812$54,239$55,666
GS-10$47,158$48,730$50,302$51,874$53,446$55,018$56,590$58,162$59,734$61,306
GS-11$51,811$53,538$55,265$56,992$58,719$60,446$62,173$63,900$65,627$67,354
GS-12$62,101$64,171$66,241$68,311$70,381$72,451$74,521$76,591$78,661$80,731
GS-13$73,846$76,308$78,770$81,232$83,694$86,156$88,618$91,080$93,542$96,004
GS-14$87,263$90,172$93,081$95,990$98,899$101,808$104,717$107,626$110,535$113,444
GS-15$102,646$106,068$109,490$112,912$116,334$119,756$123,178$126,600$130,022$133,444
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FWS: Regular Worker, Appropriated Funds  Print

This 2016 FWS payscale applies to Worker-level employees at Fort Polk 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 $9.96 / hour$10.37 / hour$10.77 / hour$11.20 / hour$11.62 / hour
Grade 2 $11.16 / hour$11.64 / hour$12.10 / hour$12.55 / hour$13.02 / hour
Grade 3 $13.21 / hour$13.75 / hour$14.30 / hour$14.85 / hour$15.41 / hour
Grade 4 $15.26 / hour$15.91 / hour$16.54 / hour$17.17 / hour$17.81 / hour
Grade 5 $17.33 / hour$18.04 / hour$18.75 / hour$19.48 / hour$20.21 / hour
Grade 6 $19.37 / hour$20.20 / hour$21.00 / hour$21.79 / hour$22.60 / hour
Grade 7 $21.45 / hour$22.32 / hour$23.22 / hour$24.10 / hour$24.99 / hour
Grade 8 $23.26 / hour$24.28 / hour$25.23 / hour$26.20 / hour$27.18 / hour
Grade 9 $25.24 / hour$26.29 / hour$27.35 / hour$28.40 / hour$29.45 / hour
Grade 10 $26.93 / hour$28.06 / hour$29.17 / hour$30.31 / hour$31.42 / hour
Grade 11 $28.58 / hour$29.85 / hour$31.04 / hour$32.28 / hour$33.44 / hour
Grade 12 $30.30 / hour$31.60 / hour$32.85 / hour$34.11 / hour$35.35 / hour
Grade 13 $31.91 / hour$33.18 / hour$34.55 / hour$35.83 / hour$37.24 / hour
Grade 14 $33.43 / hour$34.82 / hour$36.22 / hour$37.62 / hour$39.08 / hour
Grade 15 $35.05 / hour$36.52 / hour$37.97 / hour$39.40 / hour$40.91 / hour
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FWS: Regular Leader, Appropriated Funds  Print

This 2016 FWS payscale applies to Leader-level employees at Fort Polk 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 $10.96 / hour$11.41 / hour$11.85 / hour$12.33 / hour$12.77 / hour
Grade 2 $12.29 / hour$12.78 / hour$13.30 / hour$13.83 / hour$14.31 / hour
Grade 3 $14.54 / hour$15.13 / hour$15.75 / hour$16.34 / hour$16.96 / hour
Grade 4 $16.80 / hour$17.49 / hour$18.19 / hour$18.90 / hour$19.59 / hour
Grade 5 $19.05 / hour$19.85 / hour$20.62 / hour$21.44 / hour$22.22 / hour
Grade 6 $21.32 / hour$22.20 / hour$23.09 / hour$23.96 / hour$24.84 / hour
Grade 7 $23.57 / hour$24.57 / hour$25.53 / hour$26.52 / hour$27.49 / hour
Grade 8 $25.68 / hour$26.74 / hour$27.82 / hour$28.87 / hour$29.92 / hour
Grade 9 $27.77 / hour$28.93 / hour$30.09 / hour$31.25 / hour$32.40 / hour
Grade 10 $29.65 / hour$30.89 / hour$32.14 / hour$33.37 / hour$34.60 / hour
Grade 11 $31.57 / hour$32.88 / hour$34.15 / hour$35.53 / hour$36.83 / hour
Grade 12 $33.34 / hour$34.69 / hour$36.15 / hour$37.51 / hour$38.88 / hour
Grade 13 $35.12 / hour$36.56 / hour$38.02 / hour$39.52 / hour$40.98 / hour
Grade 14 $36.82 / hour$38.37 / hour$39.85 / hour$41.43 / hour$42.96 / hour
Grade 15 $38.58 / hour$40.14 / hour$41.75 / hour$43.43 / hour$45.03 / hour
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FWS: Regular Supervisory, Appropriated Funds  Print

This 2016 FWS payscale applies to Supervisory-level employees at Fort Polk 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 $18.23 / hour$19.00 / hour$19.75 / hour$20.49 / hour$21.25 / hour
Grade 2 $19.43 / hour$20.25 / hour$21.05 / hour$21.87 / hour$22.67 / hour
Grade 3 $21.49 / hour$22.37 / hour$23.27 / hour$24.18 / hour$25.07 / hour
Grade 4 $23.54 / hour$24.53 / hour$25.50 / hour$26.48 / hour$27.45 / hour
Grade 5 $25.59 / hour$26.67 / hour$27.71 / hour$28.80 / hour$29.84 / hour
Grade 6 $27.66 / hour$28.81 / hour$29.96 / hour$31.10 / hour$32.25 / hour
Grade 7 $29.70 / hour$30.94 / hour$32.16 / hour$33.42 / hour$34.65 / hour
Grade 8 $31.37 / hour$32.68 / hour$33.99 / hour$35.29 / hour$36.60 / hour
Grade 9 $33.40 / hour$34.79 / hour$36.17 / hour$37.56 / hour$38.95 / hour
Grade 10 $35.06 / hour$36.54 / hour$38.05 / hour$39.45 / hour$40.99 / hour
Grade 11 $35.76 / hour$37.19 / hour$38.75 / hour$40.18 / hour$41.72 / hour
Grade 12 $36.26 / hour$37.76 / hour$39.27 / hour$40.78 / hour$42.29 / hour
Grade 13 $36.88 / hour$38.38 / hour$39.98 / hour$41.49 / hour$43.03 / hour
Grade 14 $37.91 / hour$39.51 / hour$41.10 / hour$42.67 / hour$44.24 / hour
Grade 15 $38.86 / hour$40.49 / hour$42.09 / hour$43.73 / hour$45.32 / hour
Grade 16 $39.81 / hour$41.47 / hour$43.11 / hour$44.78 / hour$46.43 / hour
Grade 17 $40.86 / hour$42.59 / hour$44.26 / hour$45.96 / hour$47.68 / hour
Grade 18 $42.03 / hour$43.80 / hour$45.55 / hour$47.29 / hour$49.05 / hour
Grade 19 $41.56 / hour$43.29 / hour$45.02 / hour$46.75 / hour$48.48 / hour

Fort Polk is a government installation in Louisiana 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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