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OPM salary table 2026-IND

2026 Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, 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.

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Primary sources
Official OPM 2025–2026 salary tables and 2026 locality definitions
Coverage
34 counties · 1 jurisdictions
2026 locality payment
18.15%
Salary-table code
2026-IND
Official table cells
15 grades × 10 steps
Effective period
January 2026

2026 Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN General Schedule annual salary by grade and step
GradeStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7Step 8Step 9Step 10
GS-1$26,683$27,577$28,465$29,348$30,233$30,752$31,630$32,514$32,550$33,375
GS-2$30,002$30,715$31,710$32,550$32,914$33,882$34,850$35,817$36,785$37,752
GS-3$32,737$33,829$34,920$36,012$37,104$38,196$39,287$40,379$41,471$42,562
GS-4$36,748$37,973$39,199$40,424$41,649$42,874$44,099$45,325$46,550$47,775
GS-5$41,115$42,486$43,856$45,227$46,597$47,968$49,338$50,709$52,079$53,450
GS-6$45,832$47,359$48,887$50,415$51,942$53,470$54,998$56,525$58,053$59,581
GS-7$50,930$52,628$54,325$56,023$57,721$59,419$61,117$62,814$64,512$66,210
GS-8$56,402$58,282$60,162$62,042$63,922$65,801$67,681$69,561$71,441$73,320
GS-9$62,297$64,374$66,451$68,528$70,605$72,682$74,759$76,836$78,914$80,991
GS-10$68,603$70,889$73,175$75,461$77,747$80,034$82,320$84,606$86,892$89,178
GS-11$75,374$77,887$80,400$82,913$85,426$87,939$90,452$92,965$95,478$97,991
GS-12$90,341$93,353$96,364$99,376$102,388$105,399$108,411$111,423$114,434$117,446
GS-13$107,428$111,009$114,590$118,171$121,752$125,334$128,915$132,496$136,077$139,658
GS-14$126,947$131,180$135,412$139,644$143,876$148,108$152,340$156,572$160,805$165,037
GS-15$149,323$154,300$159,278$164,256$169,233$174,211$179,189$184,166$189,144$194,122

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

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 IND

OPM’s 2026 locality definitions and the checked county mapping assign 34 counties or county equivalents across 1 state or district 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)

34 counties or equivalents

Bartholomew County, Benton County, Blackford County, Boone County, Brown County, Carroll County, Clinton County, Decatur County, Delaware County, Fayette County, Fountain County, Grant County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hendricks County, Henry County, Jackson County, Jennings County, Johnson County, Lawrence County, Madison County, Marion County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Owen County, Putnam County, Randolph County, Rush County, Shelby County, Tippecanoe County, Tipton County, Warren County, Wayne 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
18.15%
2026 locality
18.15%
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$40,707$41,115+$4081.00%
GS-9, step 1$61,680$62,297+$6171.00%
GS-12, step 1$89,447$90,341+$8941.00%
GS-15, step 1$147,845$149,323+$1,4781.00%

OPM reports a 1.00% total increase for table IND. Across all 150 published cells, annual dollar changes range from +$265 to +$1,925. Percentage changes can differ slightly because OPM publishes whole-dollar cells and applies statutory caps where required.

Indianapolis–Carmel–Muncie GS pay questions

What is the 2026 Indianapolis–Carmel–Muncie locality pay percentage?

OPM’s 2026 salary table IND uses a 18.15% 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN pay table?

OPM’s 2026 locality definitions and the checked county mapping assign 34 counties or county equivalents across 1 state or district 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.

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OPM 2026 salary table XMLExact annual and hourly cells for table IND.OPM 2026 General ScheduleOfficial salary-table index and downloads.OPM 2026 locality definitionsOfficial county, city, and special-worksite coverage definitions.OPM 2025 General SchedulePrior-year table used for the same-cell comparison.
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