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General Schedule (GS) Payscale in Kentucky for 2008

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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.

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, see our General Schedule Pay Calculator.

CINCINNATI-WILMINGTON-MAYSVILLE, OH-KY-IN

The CINCINNATI-WILMINGTON-MAYSVILLE, OH-KY-IN General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 17.57% 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$20,041$20,710$21,377$22,040$22,706$23,098$23,756$24,420$24,446$25,071
GS-2$22,532$23,068$23,814$24,446$24,719$25,446$26,172$26,899$27,625$28,352
GS-3$24,585$25,405$26,224$27,043$27,863$28,682$29,502$30,321$31,141$31,960
GS-4$27,600$28,520$29,441$30,361$31,282$32,202$33,123$34,044$34,964$35,885
GS-5$30,879$31,907$32,936$33,965$34,994$36,022$37,051$38,080$39,108$40,137
GS-6$34,420$35,567$36,715$37,862$39,010$40,157$41,305$42,452$43,600$44,747
GS-7$38,250$39,525$40,799$42,074$43,348$44,623$45,897$47,171$48,446$49,720
GS-8$42,360$43,772$45,185$46,597$48,009$49,421$50,833$52,245$53,657$55,069
GS-9$46,787$48,347$49,907$51,467$53,028$54,588$56,148$57,708$59,268$60,828
GS-10$51,524$53,242$54,959$56,677$58,395$60,112$61,830$63,548$65,265$66,983
GS-11$56,608$58,495$60,382$62,269$64,156$66,043$67,930$69,817$71,704$73,591
GS-12$67,848$70,111$72,373$74,635$76,897$79,159$81,421$83,683$85,945$88,207
GS-13$80,682$83,372$86,062$88,752$91,442$94,132$96,822$99,512$102,202$104,892
GS-14$95,341$98,519$101,697$104,875$108,053$111,231$114,409$117,586$120,764$123,942
GS-15$112,150$115,889$119,627$123,366$127,105$130,844$134,582$138,321$142,060$145,799
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Rest of Kentucky

Any federal employees in Kentucky 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 12.91% (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$19,247$19,889$20,529$21,166$21,806$22,182$22,815$23,453$23,477$24,077
GS-2$21,639$22,154$22,870$23,477$23,739$24,437$25,135$25,833$26,530$27,228
GS-3$23,611$24,398$25,185$25,972$26,759$27,546$28,333$29,119$29,906$30,693
GS-4$26,506$27,390$28,274$29,158$30,042$30,926$31,810$32,694$33,578$34,462
GS-5$29,655$30,643$31,631$32,619$33,607$34,594$35,582$36,570$37,558$38,546
GS-6$33,056$34,158$35,260$36,362$37,464$38,566$39,668$40,770$41,872$42,974
GS-7$36,734$37,958$39,182$40,406$41,630$42,854$44,078$45,302$46,526$47,750
GS-8$40,681$42,038$43,394$44,750$46,106$47,462$48,818$50,174$51,530$52,886
GS-9$44,933$46,431$47,929$49,427$50,926$52,424$53,922$55,421$56,919$58,417
GS-10$49,482$51,131$52,781$54,431$56,080$57,730$59,379$61,029$62,679$64,328
GS-11$54,364$56,176$57,988$59,801$61,613$63,425$65,237$67,049$68,862$70,674
GS-12$65,159$67,332$69,504$71,676$73,849$76,021$78,194$80,366$82,538$84,711
GS-13$77,484$80,068$82,651$85,235$87,818$90,401$92,985$95,568$98,152$100,735
GS-14$91,562$94,614$97,666$100,718$103,770$106,822$109,874$112,926$115,978$119,030
GS-15$107,705$111,295$114,886$118,476$122,067$125,658$129,248$132,839$136,429$140,020

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rate also applies to Hopkinsville, Lexington-Fayette, Lexington, Fort Knox, and other cities within the region.

Government installations that use the Rest of U.S. GS locality include Naval Support Activity Crane, VA Northern Indiana Health Care System - Fort Wayne Campus , VA Northern Indiana Health Care System - Fort Wayne Campus , and other facilities within the region.

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* For some high-paygrade workers pay under the GS scale may be capped at $149,000, which is the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).


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Source: www.federalpay.org/gs/2008/kentucky