Scheduled annual rate
The authoritative table value for the selected OPM schedule, including the statutory cap or nationwide 001M floor when applicable.
2025 and 2026 OPM data · 59 tables per year
GS pay calculator by locality, grade and step
Look up the exact OPM scheduled rate, inspect the whole step row, and compare years or localities without mistaking gross salary for take-home pay.
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Choose the official salary table for your duty station, then select grade and step. No personal information leaves this browser.
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Use the locality area tied to your official duty station, not your home address.
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Comparison keeps the same year, grade and step.
This is ordinary GS scheduled pay. Special-rate, LEO, firefighter, wage-grade and retained-pay schedules can be higher or follow different rules.
2026 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, GS-12 step 1: $102,415 annual scheduled pay.
2026 · GS-12, step 1
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
$102,415
official scheduled annual rate
Gross pay—not take-home pay
Official hourly
$49.07
40-hour week
$1,962.80
80-hour pay period
$3,925.60
Monthly average
$8,534.58
What changed
From 2025
+$1,014 (1%)
$101,401 at the same locality, grade and step.
Above the base GS table
+$25,952 (33.94%)
$76,463 is the base-table rate before locality for this grade and step.
Versus Rest of U.S.
+$12,907 (14.42%)
$89,508 at the same year, grade and step.
26-pay-date illustration
$102,065.60
Hourly rate × 80 hours × 26 pay dates. That is −$349 versus the scheduled annual rate.
OPM explains that calendar pay dates and the 2,087-hour divisor can make this cash illustration differ from the annual table value.
GS-12 step table
Same 2026 locality table. Your selected step is highlighted.
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| Rate | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $102,415 | $105,829 | $109,243 | $112,657 | $116,071 | $119,485 | $122,899 | $126,313 | $129,728 | $133,142 |
| Hourly | $49.07 | $50.71 | $52.34 | $53.98 | $55.62 | $57.25 | $58.89 | $60.52 | $62.16 | $63.80 |
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One pay table, several useful views
OPM’s scheduled annual and hourly values answer different payroll questions. The calculator preserves those official values and labels every derived view.
Gross payroll views
The official hourly rate drives the 40-hour and 80-hour figures. The monthly amount is annual ÷ 12 for budgeting—not a payroll frequency.
Not net pay
Taxes, retirement, TSP, health and life insurance, and other deductions are absent. Gross salary should not be used as spendable income.
Methodology
Exact where OPM is exact
A repeatable importer fetches official tables, validates their shape, verifies hourly rounding, and saves a reviewed local snapshot. The public calculator never waits on OPM.
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Use the OPM table—not a reconstructed percentage
The primary annual and hourly values come from the selected OPM XML cell. This preserves OPM rounding and statutory-cap treatment.
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Apply the nationwide 001M floor where required
For covered U.S. GS-1 through GS-4 selections, the calculator compares the locality cell with OPM special-rate table 001M and uses the higher annual rate.
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Keep scheduled pay and payroll views separate
Weekly and 80-hour figures use the official hourly rate. Monthly and 26/27-pay-date totals remain clearly labeled budgeting illustrations.
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Compare like with like
Prior-year and locality comparisons hold grade and step constant, so the reported difference is not contaminated by a promotion or within-grade increase.
Choose by official worksite
Locality pay generally follows the official worksite or duty station on the employee record. Remote and telework arrangements can make a home address an unreliable shortcut.
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Included
Ordinary GS base/locality rates, the nationwide 001M floor, statutory-cap flags, and same-cell comparisons.
Separate OPM schedules
LEO, wildland firefighter, Federal Wage System, Title 38 and position-specific special rates.
Separate calculations
Take-home pay, promotion/two-step rules, overtime entitlement, premiums, retained pay and agency adjudication.
GS pay calculator questions
Which GS locality pay area should I choose?
Use the locality area tied to your official worksite or duty station, which is generally recorded on your SF-50. Do not choose only from your home address if your official worksite is elsewhere. OPM's locality-area definitions can help, and your agency HR office is authoritative for your record.
Does the calculator include special rate table 001M?
Yes. OPM says nationwide table 001M replaces a lower corresponding locality rate for covered GS-1 through GS-4 employees at U.S. worksites. The calculator applies that higher rate automatically and labels it. Other special-rate tables require position-specific eligibility and are not inferred here.
Why does 80 hours times 26 pay dates differ from the annual salary?
OPM computes hourly basic pay by dividing the annual rate by 2,087 and rounding to the nearest cent. Multiplying that rounded hourly rate by 80 and by 26 or 27 pay dates can differ from the scheduled annual table value. The calculator keeps both figures visible rather than forcing them to match.
Is this a GS take-home pay calculator?
No. Results are gross scheduled pay before federal, state and local taxes; FERS or CSRS deductions; TSP contributions; FEHB and FEGLI premiums; and other payroll deductions. Those inputs constitute a separate net-pay calculation.
Does this cover federal law-enforcement or special salary rates?
No, except for the broadly applicable 001M floor. OPM publishes separate LEO and wildland-firefighter schedules, and hundreds of special-rate tables can depend on agency, occupation, grade, location and table notes. Use the appropriate OPM schedule or agency HR when one applies.
Can I use the year-over-year percentage as my personal pay raise?
Only if your locality, grade and step stayed the same. A promotion, within-grade increase, retained rate, special-rate change or duty-station move changes the comparison. The tool deliberately compares the identical table code, grade and step.
Primary sources
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Snapshot reviewed 2026-07-22
OPM 2026 General ScheduleOfficial base and 58 locality tables with annual, hourly and XML downloads.OPM 2025 General SchedulePrior-year tables used for same-table, same-grade and same-step comparison.OPM Special Rate Table 001MNationwide minimum special rates for covered GS-1 through GS-4 employees.OPM Salary Table XML Data DictionaryDefinitions for table, grade, step, locality and cap fields.OPM 2,087-hour divisor guidanceOfficial annual-to-hourly rounding and pay-date explanation.OPM 2026 locality-area definitionsCounties, cities and special definitions assigned to locality areas.OPM special-rates searchPosition-specific tables excluded from the ordinary GS lookup.
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