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General Schedule (GS) Payscale in South Carolina for 2018

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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.

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, see our General Schedule Pay Calculator.

CHARLOTTE-CONCORD, NC-SC

The CHARLOTTE-CONCORD, NC-SC General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Charlotte and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.21% 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$21,830$22,561$23,287$24,009$24,735$25,159$25,876$26,602$26,630$27,312
GS-2$24,545$25,129$25,942$26,630$26,932$27,724$28,517$29,309$30,102$30,894
GS-3$26,781$27,673$28,566$29,458$30,351$31,243$32,136$33,028$33,921$34,813
GS-4$30,065$31,066$32,068$33,070$34,072$35,073$36,075$37,077$38,079$39,080
GS-5$33,637$34,758$35,880$37,001$38,123$39,244$40,366$41,487$42,608$43,730
GS-6$37,494$38,743$39,993$41,242$42,491$43,740$44,990$46,239$47,488$48,737
GS-7$41,666$43,055$44,443$45,832$47,221$48,609$49,998$51,387$52,776$54,164
GS-8$46,144$47,682$49,221$50,759$52,298$53,837$55,375$56,914$58,452$59,991
GS-9$50,966$52,665$54,364$56,063$57,762$59,461$61,160$62,859$64,558$66,257
GS-10$56,126$57,997$59,868$61,739$63,610$65,481$67,352$69,223$71,094$72,965
GS-11$61,663$63,719$65,775$67,831$69,886$71,942$73,998$76,054$78,109$80,165
GS-12$73,910$76,373$78,837$81,301$83,764$86,228$88,691$91,155$93,619$96,082
GS-13$87,887$90,817$93,747$96,676$99,606$102,536$105,465$108,395$111,325$114,254
GS-14$103,857$107,319$110,781$114,243$117,704$121,166$124,628$128,090$131,552$135,014
GS-15$122,163$126,235$130,307$134,379$138,451$142,523$146,595$150,667$154,739$158,811
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Rest of South Carolina

Any federal employees in South Carolina 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 15.37% (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$21,672$22,398$23,119$23,835$24,557$24,978$25,689$26,409$26,437$27,114
GS-2$24,367$24,948$25,754$26,437$26,737$27,524$28,311$29,097$29,884$30,671
GS-3$26,587$27,473$28,359$29,245$30,131$31,017$31,903$32,789$33,675$34,561
GS-4$29,847$30,842$31,836$32,831$33,825$34,820$35,814$36,809$37,803$38,798
GS-5$33,394$34,507$35,620$36,734$37,847$38,960$40,074$41,187$42,300$43,414
GS-6$37,223$38,463$39,703$40,944$42,184$43,424$44,664$45,905$47,145$48,385
GS-7$41,365$42,743$44,122$45,501$46,879$48,258$49,637$51,015$52,394$53,773
GS-8$45,810$47,337$48,865$50,392$51,920$53,447$54,975$56,502$58,030$59,557
GS-9$50,598$52,285$53,971$55,658$57,345$59,031$60,718$62,405$64,091$65,778
GS-10$55,720$57,578$59,435$61,293$63,150$65,008$66,865$68,722$70,580$72,437
GS-11$61,218$63,259$65,299$67,340$69,381$71,422$73,463$75,504$77,545$79,586
GS-12$73,375$75,821$78,267$80,713$83,159$85,605$88,050$90,496$92,942$95,388
GS-13$87,252$90,161$93,069$95,977$98,886$101,794$104,703$107,611$110,520$113,428
GS-14$103,106$106,543$109,980$113,417$116,854$120,291$123,727$127,164$130,601$134,038
GS-15$121,280$125,323$129,366$133,408$137,451$141,493$145,536$149,578$153,621$157,663

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rate also applies to Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Goose Creek, North Charleston, Sumter, Parris Island, and other cities within the region.

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* For some high-paygrade workers pay under the GS scale may be capped at $164,200, 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/2018/southcarolina