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General Schedule (GS) Payscale in Delaware for 2020

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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.

Delaware 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 Delaware, see our General Schedule Pay Calculator.

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 26.04% 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$24,632$25,458$26,277$27,091$27,910$28,389$29,198$30,015$30,048$30,814
GS-2$27,696$28,355$29,273$30,048$30,386$31,279$32,173$33,067$33,960$34,854
GS-3$30,219$31,226$32,233$33,241$34,248$35,255$36,262$37,269$38,276$39,283
GS-4$33,924$35,054$36,185$37,315$38,446$39,577$40,707$41,838$42,968$44,099
GS-5$37,954$39,220$40,485$41,751$43,016$44,282$45,547$46,813$48,078$49,343
GS-6$42,308$43,718$45,129$46,539$47,949$49,360$50,770$52,181$53,591$55,001
GS-7$47,014$48,581$50,148$51,714$53,281$54,848$56,414$57,981$59,548$61,114
GS-8$52,067$53,803$55,538$57,274$59,009$60,745$62,481$64,216$65,952$67,687
GS-9$57,508$59,425$61,342$63,259$65,177$67,094$69,011$70,928$72,845$74,762
GS-10$63,330$65,441$67,552$69,664$71,775$73,886$75,997$78,108$80,219$82,331
GS-11$69,579$71,898$74,217$76,537$78,856$81,175$83,494$85,813$88,132$90,451
GS-12$83,397$86,177$88,958$91,738$94,519$97,299$100,080$102,860$105,640$108,421
GS-13$99,170$102,476$105,782$109,088$112,394$115,700$119,006$122,312$125,618$128,924
GS-14$117,188$121,094$125,000$128,906$132,812$136,718$140,624$144,530$148,436$152,342
GS-15$137,845$142,440$147,036$151,631$156,227$160,822$165,417$170,013$170,800*$170,800*

The Philadelphia locality pay rate also applies to Dover, and other cities within the region.

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* For some high-paygrade workers pay under the GS scale may be capped at $170,800, 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/2020/delaware