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General Schedule (GS) Payscale in New Jersey for 2016

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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.

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, see our General Schedule Pay Calculator.

NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA

The NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in New York City and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 29.2% 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$23,699$24,491$25,279$26,064$26,852$27,313$28,092$28,877$28,909$29,640
GS-2$26,645$27,279$28,162$28,909$29,237$30,097$30,958$31,818$32,679$33,539
GS-3$29,073$30,042$31,011$31,980$32,949$33,918$34,887$35,856$36,825$37,794
GS-4$32,637$33,725$34,813$35,901$36,989$38,077$39,164$40,252$41,340$42,428
GS-5$36,515$37,732$38,949$40,166$41,383$42,600$43,817$45,034$46,251$47,468
GS-6$40,703$42,060$43,416$44,773$46,130$47,486$48,843$50,199$51,556$52,913
GS-7$45,232$46,739$48,247$49,755$51,263$52,770$54,278$55,786$57,294$58,802
GS-8$50,092$51,761$53,431$55,100$56,769$58,438$60,108$61,777$63,446$65,116
GS-9$55,327$57,171$59,015$60,858$62,702$64,546$66,389$68,233$70,077$71,920
GS-10$60,928$62,959$64,990$67,021$69,052$71,083$73,114$75,145$77,176$79,207
GS-11$66,940$69,171$71,402$73,634$75,865$78,096$80,328$82,559$84,790$87,021
GS-12$80,234$82,909$85,583$88,258$90,932$93,607$96,281$98,956$101,630$104,304
GS-13$95,409$98,590$101,771$104,952$108,133$111,314$114,494$117,675$120,856$124,037
GS-14$112,744$116,502$120,261$124,019$127,778$131,536$135,294$139,053$142,811$146,570
GS-15$132,619$137,040$141,461$145,882$150,304$154,725$159,146$160,300*$160,300*$160,300*

The New York City locality pay rate also applies to Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Wharton, Wrightstown, Colts Neck, and other cities within the region.

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PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD

The PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 22.22% 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$22,419$23,168$23,914$24,655$25,401$25,837$26,574$27,317$27,347$28,038
GS-2$25,205$25,806$26,640$27,347$27,657$28,471$29,285$30,099$30,913$31,727
GS-3$27,502$28,419$29,335$30,252$31,169$32,085$33,002$33,918$34,835$35,752
GS-4$30,874$31,903$32,932$33,961$34,990$36,019$37,049$38,078$39,107$40,136
GS-5$34,542$35,693$36,844$37,996$39,147$40,298$41,450$42,601$43,752$44,904
GS-6$38,504$39,787$41,071$42,354$43,637$44,921$46,204$47,487$48,771$50,054
GS-7$42,788$44,214$45,641$47,067$48,493$49,920$51,346$52,772$54,198$55,625
GS-8$47,386$48,965$50,544$52,123$53,702$55,281$56,860$58,439$60,019$61,598
GS-9$52,338$54,082$55,826$57,571$59,315$61,059$62,803$64,547$66,291$68,035
GS-10$57,637$59,558$61,479$63,400$65,322$67,243$69,164$71,086$73,007$74,928
GS-11$63,323$65,434$67,545$69,656$71,766$73,877$75,988$78,099$80,209$82,320
GS-12$75,900$78,430$80,960$83,490$86,020$88,550$91,080$93,610$96,139$98,669
GS-13$90,255$93,264$96,273$99,282$102,291$105,300$108,309$111,318$114,327$117,336
GS-14$106,653$110,208$113,764$117,319$120,874$124,430$127,985$131,540$135,096$138,651
GS-15$125,454$129,636$133,819$138,001$142,183$146,366$150,548$154,731$158,913$160,300*

The Philadelphia locality pay rate also applies to Cape May, Wildwood, Wrightstown, and other cities within the region.

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* For some high-paygrade workers pay under the GS scale may be capped at $160,300, 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/2016/newjersey