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General Schedule (GS) Payscale in Hawaii for 2021

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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.

Hawaii 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 Hawaii, see our General Schedule Pay Calculator.

STATE OF HAWAII

The STATE OF HAWAII General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Hawaii and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 19.56% 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$23,599$24,390$25,175$25,955$26,740$27,199$27,975$28,757$28,788$29,519
GS-2$26,535$27,166$28,045$28,788$29,112$29,968$30,824$31,680$32,536$33,392
GS-3$28,953$29,917$30,882$31,847$32,812$33,777$34,742$35,707$36,671$37,636
GS-4$32,501$33,584$34,668$35,751$36,834$37,917$39,000$40,084$41,167$42,250
GS-5$36,363$37,575$38,788$40,000$41,212$42,425$43,637$44,849$46,062$47,274
GS-6$40,534$41,885$43,236$44,588$45,939$47,290$48,641$49,992$51,343$52,694
GS-7$45,043$46,545$48,046$49,548$51,050$52,551$54,053$55,555$57,056$58,558
GS-8$49,884$51,547$53,210$54,873$56,536$58,199$59,862$61,526$63,189$64,852
GS-9$55,097$56,933$58,770$60,606$62,443$64,279$66,115$67,952$69,788$71,625
GS-10$60,674$62,697$64,720$66,743$68,766$70,789$72,812$74,835$76,858$78,881
GS-11$66,662$68,884$71,107$73,330$75,552$77,775$79,998$82,220$84,443$86,665
GS-12$79,901$82,565$85,228$87,892$90,556$93,220$95,884$98,547$101,211$103,875
GS-13$95,012$98,179$101,346$104,513$107,681$110,848$114,015$117,182$120,349$123,516
GS-14$112,275$116,017$119,760$123,502$127,244$130,986$134,729$138,471$142,213$145,955
GS-15$132,066$136,468$140,870$145,273$149,675$154,077$158,479$162,881$167,284$171,686

The Hawaii locality pay rate also applies to Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, Kauai, Hilo, Kaneohe, Kekaha, Wahiawa, Wailuku, Waimanalo, and other cities within the region.

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* For some high-paygrade workers pay under the GS scale may be capped at $172,500, 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/2021/hawaii