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General Schedule (GS) Payscale in Washington for 2014

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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 21.81% 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$21,903$22,635$23,363$24,088$24,816$25,244$25,964$26,690$26,718$27,400
GS-2$24,626$25,212$26,027$26,718$27,016$27,810$28,605$29,399$30,193$30,987
GS-3$26,869$27,764$28,659$29,555$30,450$31,345$32,241$33,136$34,031$34,927
GS-4$30,164$31,169$32,174$33,179$34,184$35,188$36,193$37,198$38,203$39,208
GS-5$33,747$34,873$35,999$37,124$38,250$39,375$40,501$41,626$42,752$43,877
GS-6$37,619$38,872$40,125$41,379$42,632$43,886$45,139$46,393$47,646$48,899
GS-7$41,804$43,197$44,591$45,984$47,378$48,772$50,165$51,559$52,952$54,346
GS-8$46,296$47,840$49,383$50,926$52,470$54,013$55,556$57,100$58,643$60,186
GS-9$51,135$52,839$54,543$56,247$57,951$59,655$61,359$63,063$64,768$66,472
GS-10$56,312$58,189$60,066$61,943$63,820$65,697$67,574$69,451$71,328$73,205
GS-11$61,867$63,930$65,992$68,054$70,116$72,179$74,241$76,303$78,365$80,427
GS-12$74,154$76,626$79,097$81,569$84,040$86,512$88,983$91,455$93,926$96,398
GS-13$88,179$91,119$94,058$96,997$99,937$102,876$105,815$108,754$111,694$114,633
GS-14$104,201$107,674$111,147$114,620$118,092$121,565$125,038$128,511$131,984$135,456
GS-15$122,570$126,656$130,741$134,827$138,912$142,998$147,083$151,169$155,254$155,500*

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 20.35% 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$21,640$22,363$23,083$23,799$24,519$24,941$25,653$26,370$26,398$27,072
GS-2$24,331$24,910$25,715$26,398$26,692$27,477$28,262$29,046$29,831$30,616
GS-3$26,547$27,431$28,316$29,201$30,085$30,970$31,854$32,739$33,623$34,508
GS-4$29,802$30,795$31,788$32,781$33,774$34,767$35,760$36,752$37,745$38,738
GS-5$33,343$34,455$35,567$36,679$37,791$38,903$40,015$41,127$42,239$43,351
GS-6$37,168$38,406$39,644$40,883$42,121$43,360$44,598$45,837$47,075$48,313
GS-7$41,303$42,680$44,057$45,433$46,810$48,187$49,564$50,941$52,317$53,694
GS-8$45,741$47,266$48,791$50,316$51,841$53,366$54,890$56,415$57,940$59,465
GS-9$50,522$52,205$53,889$55,573$57,257$58,940$60,624$62,308$63,991$65,675
GS-10$55,637$57,491$59,346$61,200$63,055$64,910$66,764$68,619$70,473$72,328
GS-11$61,126$63,163$65,201$67,238$69,276$71,313$73,351$75,388$77,426$79,463
GS-12$73,265$75,707$78,149$80,591$83,033$85,475$87,917$90,359$92,801$95,243
GS-13$87,123$90,027$92,931$95,835$98,739$101,643$104,547$107,451$110,355$113,259
GS-14$102,952$106,383$109,815$113,246$116,677$120,108$123,539$126,970$130,402$133,833
GS-15$121,101$125,138$129,174$133,211$137,247$141,284$145,320$149,357$153,393$155,500*

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 14.16% (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$20,527$21,213$21,896$22,575$23,258$23,659$24,333$25,014$25,040$25,679
GS-2$23,080$23,629$24,393$25,040$25,320$26,064$26,808$27,553$28,297$29,041
GS-3$25,181$26,020$26,860$27,699$28,538$29,377$30,216$31,055$31,894$32,733
GS-4$28,269$29,211$30,153$31,095$32,037$32,979$33,920$34,862$35,804$36,746
GS-5$31,628$32,683$33,738$34,793$35,847$36,902$37,957$39,012$40,067$41,122
GS-6$35,256$36,431$37,605$38,780$39,955$41,130$42,304$43,479$44,654$45,828
GS-7$39,179$40,485$41,791$43,097$44,403$45,709$47,015$48,321$49,626$50,932
GS-8$43,389$44,835$46,282$47,728$49,174$50,621$52,067$53,514$54,960$56,406
GS-9$47,923$49,520$51,117$52,715$54,312$55,909$57,506$59,103$60,700$62,297
GS-10$52,775$54,534$56,293$58,053$59,812$61,571$63,330$65,089$66,849$68,608
GS-11$57,982$59,915$61,847$63,780$65,713$67,646$69,578$71,511$73,444$75,376
GS-12$69,497$71,813$74,130$76,446$78,762$81,079$83,395$85,711$88,028$90,344
GS-13$82,642$85,396$88,151$90,906$93,660$96,415$99,170$101,924$104,679$107,434
GS-14$97,657$100,912$104,166$107,421$110,676$113,931$117,185$120,440$123,695$126,949
GS-15$114,872$118,701$122,530$126,359$130,188$134,017$137,846$141,675$145,504$149,333

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 $155,500, 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/2014/washington