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OPM salary table 2026-CIN

2026 Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN GS pay scale

Full grades 1–15 and steps 1–10, the published locality percentage, official worksite coverage, and a same-cell 2025 comparison.

Data review
Reviewed
Primary sources
Official OPM 2025–2026 salary tables and 2026 locality definitions
Coverage
27 counties · 3 jurisdictions
2026 locality payment
21.93%
Salary-table code
2026-CIN
Official table cells
15 grades × 10 steps
Effective period
January 2026

2026 Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN GS salary table

Official scheduled annual rates by grade and step. These are gross salary figures before taxes, retirement, TSP, insurance, and other payroll deductions.

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2026 Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN General Schedule annual salary by grade and step
GradeStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7Step 8Step 9Step 10
GS-1$27,537$28,460$29,375$30,287$31,201$31,736$32,642$33,554$33,592$34,443
GS-2$30,962$31,698$32,725$33,592$33,967$34,966$35,964$36,963$37,962$38,960
GS-3$33,784$34,911$36,038$37,164$38,291$39,418$40,544$41,671$42,797$43,924
GS-4$37,924$39,188$40,453$41,717$42,982$44,246$45,510$46,775$48,039$49,304
GS-5$42,430$43,845$45,259$46,674$48,088$49,502$50,917$52,331$53,746$55,160
GS-6$47,298$48,874$50,451$52,028$53,604$55,181$56,757$58,334$59,910$61,487
GS-7$52,559$54,311$56,063$57,816$59,568$61,320$63,072$64,824$66,576$68,328
GS-8$58,207$60,147$62,087$64,027$65,967$67,906$69,846$71,786$73,726$75,666
GS-9$64,290$66,434$68,577$70,721$72,864$75,008$77,151$79,295$81,438$83,582
GS-10$70,797$73,157$75,516$77,875$80,235$82,594$84,954$87,313$89,672$92,032
GS-11$77,785$80,379$82,972$85,566$88,159$90,752$93,346$95,939$98,533$101,126
GS-12$93,231$96,339$99,447$102,555$105,663$108,771$111,879$114,987$118,095$121,203
GS-13$110,865$114,561$118,256$121,952$125,648$129,343$133,039$136,735$140,430$144,126
GS-14$131,009$135,376$139,744$144,112$148,479$152,847$157,214$161,582$165,949$170,317
GS-15$154,100$159,237$164,374$169,511$174,648$179,785$184,921$190,058$195,195$197,200, statutory pay cap applies

The table scrolls horizontally on narrow screens. Salary cells come directly from OPM’s 2026 XML table CIN.

A statutory pay cap can cause several upper-grade cells to show the same annual rate. Position-specific special rates are not included.

Areas covered by table CIN

OPM’s 2026 locality definitions and the checked county mapping assign 27 counties or county equivalents across 3 states or districts to this salary table.

Locality pay generally follows the official worksite on the employee record—not a home address, mailing address, or ZIP code by itself. Use your SF-50 and agency HR office when the worksite assignment is uncertain.

OPM locality definitions

Indiana (IN)

6 counties or equivalents

Dearborn County, Franklin County, Ohio County, Ripley County, Switzerland County, Union County

Kentucky (KY)

13 counties or equivalents

Boone County, Bracken County, Campbell County, Carroll County, Fleming County, Gallatin County, Grant County, Kenton County, Lewis County, Mason County, Owen County, Pendleton County, Robertson County

Ohio (OH)

8 counties or equivalents

Adams County, Brown County, Butler County, Clermont County, Clinton County, Hamilton County, Highland County, Warren County

2025 versus 2026

Each row holds locality, grade, and step constant. That keeps a promotion or within-grade increase out of the comparison.

2025 locality
21.93%
2026 locality
21.93%
Point change
0.00 percentage points
Representative annual salary cells for 2025 and 2026 at the same locality, grade, and step
Grade and step20252026Dollar changePercent change
GS-5, step 1$42,010$42,430+$4201.00%
GS-9, step 1$63,654$64,290+$6361.00%
GS-12, step 1$92,308$93,231+$9231.00%
GS-15, step 1$152,575$154,100+$1,5251.00%

OPM reports a 1.00% total increase for table CIN. Across all 150 published cells, annual dollar changes range from +$273 to +$2,000. Percentage changes can differ slightly because OPM publishes whole-dollar cells and applies statutory caps where required.

Cincinnati–Wilmington–Maysville GS pay questions

What is the 2026 Cincinnati–Wilmington–Maysville locality pay percentage?

OPM’s 2026 salary table CIN uses a 21.93% locality payment. The annual cells shown on this page are OPM’s published locality rates, not a percentage reconstructed from an older base table.

Which worksites use the Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN pay table?

OPM’s 2026 locality definitions and the checked county mapping assign 27 counties or county equivalents across 3 states or districts to this salary table. Locality generally follows the official worksite recorded by the agency, so employees should confirm an uncertain assignment with their SF-50 or agency HR office.

How did this GS locality table change from 2025 to 2026?

The locality percentage changed by 0.00 percentage points. OPM reports a 1.00% total increase for this 2026 table; individual salary-cell percentages can vary slightly because OPM publishes whole-dollar annual rates and applies statutory caps where required.

Does this table include every federal special salary rate?

No. It shows the ordinary OPM GS locality table. A position-specific special rate, law-enforcement schedule, wildland-firefighter schedule, retained rate, or another pay system may control instead. OPM special rate table 001M can also replace a lower locality cell for covered GS-1 through GS-4 employees.