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General Schedule (GS) Payscale in Washington for 2022

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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 28.28% 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$25,877$26,745$27,605$28,461$29,321$29,824$30,676$31,533$31,567$32,370
GS-2$29,096$29,789$30,753$31,567$31,924$32,863$33,802$34,741$35,680$36,619
GS-3$31,748$32,806$33,865$34,923$35,981$37,040$38,098$39,156$40,214$41,273
GS-4$35,639$36,827$38,014$39,202$40,390$41,578$42,766$43,954$45,142$46,330
GS-5$39,873$41,202$42,531$43,860$45,189$46,518$47,847$49,176$50,505$51,834
GS-6$44,448$45,929$47,411$48,893$50,374$51,856$53,338$54,819$56,301$57,782
GS-7$49,392$51,037$52,683$54,329$55,975$57,621$59,267$60,912$62,558$64,204
GS-8$54,700$56,523$58,346$60,168$61,991$63,814$65,637$67,460$69,283$71,106
GS-9$60,416$62,430$64,444$66,458$68,472$70,486$72,500$74,514$76,528$78,542
GS-10$66,531$68,749$70,967$73,185$75,403$77,621$79,839$82,057$84,275$86,493
GS-11$73,098$75,534$77,970$80,406$82,842$85,278$87,714$90,150$92,586$95,022
GS-12$87,614$90,535$93,456$96,377$99,298$102,219$105,140$108,061$110,981$113,902
GS-13$104,184$107,656$111,129$114,602$118,074$121,547$125,019$128,492$131,964$135,437
GS-14$123,114$127,218$131,322$135,425$139,529$143,633$147,736$151,840$155,944$160,047
GS-15$144,815$149,642$154,470$159,297$164,124$168,951$173,778$176,300*$176,300*$176,300*

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 24.34% 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$25,082$25,924$26,757$27,587$28,420$28,908$29,733$30,564$30,598$31,376
GS-2$28,203$28,874$29,808$30,598$30,943$31,853$32,764$33,674$34,584$35,494
GS-3$30,773$31,799$32,825$33,850$34,876$35,902$36,928$37,954$38,979$40,005
GS-4$34,544$35,696$36,847$37,998$39,150$40,301$41,452$42,604$43,755$44,907
GS-5$38,649$39,937$41,225$42,513$43,801$45,089$46,378$47,666$48,954$50,242
GS-6$43,083$44,519$45,955$47,391$48,827$50,263$51,699$53,135$54,572$56,008
GS-7$47,875$49,470$51,065$52,660$54,256$55,851$57,446$59,042$60,637$62,232
GS-8$53,020$54,787$56,554$58,320$60,087$61,854$63,621$65,388$67,155$68,922
GS-9$58,560$60,513$62,465$64,417$66,369$68,321$70,273$72,225$74,178$76,130
GS-10$64,488$66,638$68,787$70,937$73,087$75,237$77,387$79,537$81,686$83,836
GS-11$70,853$73,214$75,575$77,936$80,298$82,659$85,020$87,381$89,742$92,104
GS-12$84,923$87,754$90,585$93,417$96,248$99,079$101,910$104,742$107,573$110,404
GS-13$100,984$104,350$107,716$111,082$114,448$117,813$121,179$124,545$127,911$131,277
GS-14$119,333$123,310$127,288$131,266$135,243$139,221$143,199$147,176$151,154$155,132
GS-15$140,367$145,046$149,725$154,404$159,083$163,762$168,441$173,120$176,300*$176,300*

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 16.2% (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$23,440$24,227$25,005$25,781$26,560$27,015$27,787$28,563$28,594$29,322
GS-2$26,356$26,984$27,857$28,594$28,918$29,768$30,619$31,469$32,320$33,170
GS-3$28,758$29,717$30,676$31,634$32,593$33,552$34,510$35,469$36,428$37,386
GS-4$32,283$33,359$34,435$35,511$36,587$37,663$38,739$39,815$40,891$41,967
GS-5$36,118$37,322$38,526$39,730$40,934$42,138$43,341$44,545$45,749$46,953
GS-6$40,262$41,604$42,946$44,288$45,631$46,973$48,315$49,657$50,999$52,341
GS-7$44,740$46,231$47,722$49,213$50,704$52,195$53,686$55,176$56,667$58,158
GS-8$49,549$51,200$52,851$54,502$56,154$57,805$59,456$61,107$62,758$64,410
GS-9$54,727$56,551$58,375$60,200$62,024$63,848$65,673$67,497$69,321$71,146
GS-10$60,266$62,275$64,284$66,293$68,302$70,311$72,321$74,330$76,339$78,348
GS-11$66,214$68,421$70,628$72,834$75,041$77,247$79,454$81,661$83,867$86,074
GS-12$79,363$82,009$84,655$87,301$89,947$92,593$95,239$97,885$100,530$103,176
GS-13$94,373$97,519$100,664$103,810$106,955$110,101$113,246$116,392$119,537$122,683
GS-14$111,521$115,238$118,955$122,672$126,390$130,107$133,824$137,541$141,259$144,976
GS-15$131,178$135,551$139,923$144,296$148,669$153,041$157,414$161,786$166,159$170,532

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 $176,300, 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/2022/washington