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2016 Pay Scale for US Federal Government Employees

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published December 12, 2016

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Summary: Government employees receive pay based on the same scale, adjusted based on the location of the employee.
 
Find out what the US federal government employee 2016 pay scale is in this article.


There are three branches of the federal government – judicial, executive and legislative. Of the executive branch, there are fifteen cabinet departments with over 60 independent agencies. These agencies and departments operate from all over the world. While the Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland metropolitan areas have the largest amount of federal workers, there are employees all over that receive their pay on the same scale.

View the 2017 pay scale here: 2017 Pay Scale for Federal Government Employees

The government uses a pay scale with various pay grades, affected by localities. All U.S. General Schedule (GS) government employees receive more than the base rate pay with an adjustment based on the location of the employee. The GS has 10 pay steps classifying its white-collar workers. There are 36 areas for the locality adjustments.

In 2016, there was a 1 percent GS increase. Looking at the chart, a GS-1 Step 1 is $18,343. A Step 10 increases this to $22,941. This rate will then receive an adjustment according to the locality of the employee.

For hourly employees, a GS-1 Step 1 base starts at $8.79 per hour with overtime starting at $13.19. This increased to $10.99 for a base rate and $16.49 for overtime at a Step 10 level.

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See the below chart for the full 2016 pay scale for United States federal government employees:
 
INCORPORATING THE 1% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2016

Annual base rates by grade and step
 
Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 WGI
1 18343 18956 19566 20173 20783 21140 21743 22351 22375 22941 VARIES
2 20623 21114 21797 22375 22629 23295 23961 24627 25293 25959 VARIES
3 22502 23252 24002 24752 25502 26252 27002 27752 28502 29252 750
4 25261 26103 26945 27787 28629 29471 30313 31155 31997 32839 842
5 28262 29204 30146 31088 32030 32972 33914 34856 35798 36740 942
6 31504 32554 33604 34654 35704 36754 37804 38854 39904 40954 1050
7 35009 36176 37343 38510 39677 40844 42011 43178 44345 45512 1167
8 38771 40063 41355 42647 43939 45231 46523 47815 49107 50399 1292
9 42823 44250 45677 47104 48531 49958 51385 52812 54239 55666 1427
10 47158 48730 50302 51874 53446 55018 56590 58162 59734 61306 1572
11 51811 53538 55265 56992 58719 60446 62173 63900 65627 67354 1727
12 62101 64171 66241 68311 70381 72451 74521 76591 78661 80731 2070
13 73846 76308 78770 81232 83694 86156 88618 91080 93542 96004 2462
14 87263 90172 93081 95990 98899 101808 104717 107626 110535 113444 2909
15 102646 106068 109490 112912 116334 119756 123178 126600 130022 133444 3422
 
2016 HOURLY RATE SCHEDULE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2016
 
  • Hourly Basic (B) Rates by Grade and Step
  • Hourly Overtime (O) Rates by Grade and Step
 
Grade B/O Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
1 B 8.79 9.08 9.38 9.67 9.96 10.13 10.42 10.71 10.72 10.99
O 13.19 13.62 14.07 14.51 14.94 15.2 15.63 16.07 16.08 16.49
2 B 9.88 10.12 10.44 10.72 10.84 11.16 11.48 11.8 12.12 12.44
O 14.82 15.18 15.66 16.08 16.26 16.74 17.22 17.7 18.18 18.66
3 B 10.78 11.14 11.5 11.86 12.22 12.58 12.94 13.3 13.66 14.02
O 16.17 16.71 17.25 17.79 18.33 18.87 19.41 19.95 20.49 21.03
4 B 12.1 12.51 12.91 13.31 13.72 14.12 14.52 14.93 15.33 15.74
O 18.15 18.77 19.37 19.97 20.58 21.18 21.78 22.4 23 23.61
5 B 13.54 13.99 14.44 14.9 15.35 15.8 16.25 16.7 17.15 17.6
O 20.31 20.99 21.66 22.35 23.03 23.7 24.38 25.05 25.73 26.4
6 B 15.1 15.6 16.1 16.6 17.11 17.61 18.11 18.62 19.12 19.62
O 22.65 23.4 24.15 24.9 25.67 26.42 27.17 27.93 28.68 29.43
7 B 16.77 17.33 17.89 18.45 19.01 19.57 20.13 20.69 21.25 21.81
O 25.16 26 26.84 27.68 28.52 29.36 30.2 31.04 31.88 32.72
8 B 18.58 19.2 19.82 20.43 21.05 21.67 22.29 22.91 23.53 24.15
O 27.87 28.8 29.73 30.65 31.58 32.51 33.44 33.9 33.9 33.9
9 B 20.52 21.2 21.89 22.57 23.25 23.94 24.62 25.31 25.99 26.67
O 30.78 31.8 32.84 33.86 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9
10 B 22.6 23.35 24.1 24.86 25.61 26.36 27.12 27.87 28.62 29.38
O 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9
11 B 24.83 25.65 26.48 27.31 28.14 28.96 29.79 30.62 31.45 32.27
O 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9
12 B 29.76 30.75 31.74 32.73 33.72 34.72 35.71 36.7 37.69 38.68
O 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 34.72 35.71 36.7 37.69 38.68
13 B 35.38 36.56 37.74 38.92 40.1 41.28 42.46 43.64 44.82 46
O 35.38 36.56 37.74 38.92 40.1 41.28 42.46 43.64 44.82 46
14 B 41.81 43.21 44.6 45.99 47.39 48.78 50.18 51.57 52.96 54.36
O 41.81 43.21 44.6 45.99 47.39 48.78 50.18 51.57 52.96 54.36
15 B 49.18 50.82 52.46 54.1 55.74 57.38 59.02 60.66 62.3 63.94
O 49.18 50.82 52.46 54.1 55.74 57.38 59.02 60.66 62.3 63.94

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