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General Schedule (GS) Payscale in Georgia 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.

Georgia 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 Georgia, see our General Schedule Pay Calculator.

ATLANTA--ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY--SANDY SPRINGS, GA-AL

The ATLANTA--ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY--SANDY SPRINGS, GA-AL General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Atlanta and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 18.55% 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$20,794$21,488$22,180$22,868$23,559$23,966$24,649$25,338$25,365$26,015
GS-2$23,379$23,935$24,708$25,365$25,648$26,402$27,156$27,910$28,664$29,418
GS-3$25,508$26,358$27,208$28,058$28,908$29,758$30,608$31,458$32,308$33,158
GS-4$28,637$29,591$30,546$31,500$32,454$33,409$34,363$35,317$36,272$37,226
GS-5$32,039$33,107$34,176$35,244$36,312$37,380$38,448$39,516$40,584$41,653
GS-6$35,713$36,903$38,094$39,284$40,474$41,664$42,855$44,045$45,235$46,425
GS-7$39,687$41,010$42,333$43,656$44,979$46,302$47,625$48,948$50,271$51,594
GS-8$43,952$45,418$46,883$48,348$49,814$51,279$52,744$54,209$55,675$57,140
GS-9$48,545$50,163$51,781$53,400$55,018$56,636$58,254$59,872$61,491$63,109
GS-10$53,460$55,242$57,024$58,806$60,587$62,369$64,151$65,933$67,715$69,496
GS-11$58,734$60,692$62,649$64,606$66,563$68,521$70,478$72,435$74,392$76,350
GS-12$70,399$72,745$75,091$77,437$79,783$82,129$84,475$86,821$89,167$91,513
GS-13$83,714$86,505$89,295$92,086$94,877$97,667$100,458$103,249$106,039$108,830
GS-14$98,924$102,222$105,520$108,818$112,116$115,414$118,712$122,010$125,309$128,607
GS-15$116,364$120,243$124,122$128,001$131,880$135,759$139,638$143,517$147,396$151,275

The Atlanta locality pay rate also applies to Atlanta, Columbus, Dahlonega, East Point, Forest Park, Marietta, Sandy Springs, Fort Benning, and other cities within the region.

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Rest of Georgia

Any federal employees in Georgia 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 Albany, Hinesville, Macon, Savannah, Valdosta, Warner Robins, Augusta, Kings Bay, and other cities within the region.

Government installations that use the Rest of U.S. GS locality include Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, and other facilities 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)).


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Source: www.federalpay.org/gs/2009/georgia