GS-5 pay — 2026
The 2026 base table for GS-5: $34,799 at step 1 up to $45,239 at step 10, before locality pay. Your actual salary adds your locality area's percentage — open your area's table below, or use the GS pay calculator.
Verified 2026-07-30 against Salary Table 2026-GS (effective 2026-01-01)
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $34,799 | $35,959 | $37,119 | $38,279 | $39,439 | $40,599 | $41,759 | $42,919 | $44,079 | $45,239 |
GS-5 with locality pay
Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA+20.77%Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM+18.33%Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL+23.79%Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX+20.35%Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL+18.24%Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT+32.58%Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY+22.41%Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT+19.45%Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC+19.67%Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI+30.86%Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN+21.93%Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA+22.23%Colorado Springs, CO+20.15%Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH+22.15%Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX+17.63%Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK+27.26%Davenport-Moline, IA-IL+18.93%Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH+21.42%Denver-Aurora, CO+30.52%Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA+18.01%Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI+29.12%Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA+17.65%Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA+19.43%Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA+32.08%Houston-The Woodlands, TX+35%Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN+21.91%Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN+18.15%Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS+18.97%Laredo, TX+21.59%Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ+19.57%Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA+36.47%Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL+24.67%Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI+22.42%Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI+27.62%New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA+37.95%Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA+18.23%Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL+17.93%Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD+28.99%Phoenix-Mesa, AZ+22.45%Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV+21.03%Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA+26.13%Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC+22.24%Reno-Fernley, NV+17.52%Rest of U.S.+17.06%Richmond, VA+22.28%Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY+17.88%Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV+29.76%San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX+18.78%San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA+33.72%San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA+46.34%Seattle-Tacoma, WA+31.57%Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID+17.67%St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL+20.03%State of Alaska+32.36%State of Hawaii+22.21%Tucson-Nogales, AZ+19.28%Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC+18.8%Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA+33.94%
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Official source: OPM — 2026 General Schedule pay tables ↗
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