How much does a GS-10 make in 2026?

A GS-10 earns $58,064 to $75,479 in base pay (steps 1–10). With locality pay the range is $67,970 (step 1, Rest of U.S.) to $110,456 (step 10, San Francisco Bay Area).

What is the GS-10 hourly rate?

GS-10 step 1 base is $27.82/hour; step 10 is $36.17/hour (annual ÷ 2,087). Locality pay raises these proportionally.

What is the GS-10 step increase?

Each within-grade increase (WGI) at GS-10 adds $1,935 to base pay. Steps 1–4 come every year, 5–7 every two years, 8–10 every three years.

GS-10 Pay Scale 2026

Base pay $58,064 – $75,479; with locality pay $67,970 – $110,456. Uncommon in most series; used in some technical and law-enforcement ladders.

Source: OPM Salary Table 2026-GS and 2026 locality tables.

Step 1 base

$58,064

$27.82/hr

Step 10 base

$75,479

$36.17/hr

Within-grade increase

$1,935

per step

Highest locality (step 10)

$110,456

San Francisco Bay Area · 46.34%

GS-10 base steps

Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8	Step 9	Step 10
58,064	59,999	61,934	63,869	65,804	67,739	69,674	71,609	73,544	75,479
$27.82/hr	$28.75/hr	$29.68/hr	$30.60/hr	$31.53/hr	$32.46/hr	$33.38/hr	$34.31/hr	$35.24/hr	$36.17/hr

GS-10 salary by locality pay area (2026)

All 58 areas, highest locality percentage first. Values are annual, locality-adjusted.

Locality	%	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
San Francisco Bay Area	46.34	84,971	87,803	90,634	93,466	96,298	99,129	101,961	104,793	107,624	110,456
New York	37.95	80,099	82,769	85,438	88,107	90,777	93,446	96,115	98,785	101,454	104,123
Los Angeles	36.47	79,240	81,881	84,521	87,162	89,803	92,443	95,084	97,725	100,365	103,006
Houston	35.00	78,386	80,999	83,611	86,223	88,835	91,448	94,060	96,672	99,284	101,897
Washington DC	33.94	77,771	80,363	82,954	85,546	88,138	90,730	93,321	95,913	98,505	101,097
San Diego	33.72	77,643	80,231	82,818	85,406	87,993	90,581	93,168	95,756	98,343	100,931
Boston	32.58	76,981	79,547	82,112	84,678	87,243	89,808	92,374	94,939	97,505	100,070
Alaska	32.36	76,854	79,415	81,976	84,537	87,098	89,659	92,221	94,782	97,343	99,904
Hartford	32.08	76,691	79,247	81,802	84,358	86,914	89,470	92,025	94,581	97,137	99,693
Seattle	31.57	76,395	78,941	81,487	84,032	86,578	89,124	91,670	94,216	96,762	99,308
Chicago	30.86	75,983	78,515	81,047	83,579	86,111	88,643	91,175	93,708	96,240	98,772
Denver	30.52	75,785	78,311	80,836	83,362	85,887	88,413	90,939	93,464	95,990	98,515
Sacramento	29.76	75,344	77,855	80,366	82,876	85,387	87,898	90,409	92,920	95,431	97,942
Detroit	29.12	74,972	77,471	79,969	82,468	84,966	87,465	89,963	92,462	94,960	97,458
Philadelphia	28.99	74,897	77,393	79,889	82,385	84,881	87,377	89,872	92,368	94,864	97,360
Minneapolis	27.62	74,101	76,571	79,040	81,510	83,979	86,449	88,918	91,387	93,857	96,326
Dallas-Fort Worth	27.26	73,892	76,355	78,817	81,280	83,742	86,205	88,667	91,130	93,592	96,055
Portland	26.13	73,236	75,677	78,117	80,558	82,999	85,439	87,880	90,320	92,761	95,202
Miami	24.67	72,388	74,801	77,213	79,625	82,038	84,450	86,863	89,275	91,687	94,100
Atlanta	23.79	71,877	74,273	76,668	79,063	81,459	83,854	86,249	88,645	91,040	93,435
Phoenix	22.45	71,099	73,469	75,838	78,208	80,577	82,946	85,316	87,685	90,055	92,424
Milwaukee	22.42	71,082	73,451	75,820	78,188	80,557	82,926	85,295	87,664	90,033	92,401
Buffalo	22.41	71,076	73,445	75,813	78,182	80,551	82,919	85,288	87,657	90,025	92,394
Richmond	22.28	71,001	73,367	75,733	78,099	80,465	82,831	85,197	87,563	89,930	92,296
Raleigh	22.24	70,977	73,343	75,708	78,073	80,439	82,804	85,169	87,535	89,900	92,266
Cleveland	22.23	70,972	73,337	75,702	78,067	80,432	82,797	85,163	87,528	89,893	92,258
Hawaii	22.21	70,960	73,325	75,690	78,054	80,419	82,784	85,149	87,513	89,878	92,243
Columbus	22.15	70,925	73,289	75,652	78,016	80,380	82,743	85,107	87,470	89,834	92,198
Cincinnati	21.93	70,797	73,157	75,516	77,875	80,235	82,594	84,954	87,313	89,672	92,032
Huntsville	21.91	70,786	73,145	75,504	77,863	80,222	82,581	84,940	87,299	89,657	92,016
Laredo	21.59	70,600	72,953	75,306	77,658	80,011	82,364	84,717	87,069	89,422	91,775
Dayton	21.42	70,501	72,851	75,200	77,550	79,899	82,249	84,598	86,948	89,297	91,647
Pittsburgh	21.03	70,275	72,617	74,959	77,301	79,643	81,985	84,326	86,668	89,010	91,352
Albany	20.77	70,124	72,461	74,798	77,135	79,471	81,808	84,145	86,482	88,819	91,156
Austin	20.35	69,880	72,209	74,538	76,866	79,195	81,524	83,853	86,181	88,510	90,839
Colorado Springs	20.15	69,764	72,089	74,414	76,739	79,064	81,388	83,713	86,038	88,363	90,688
St. Louis	20.03	69,694	72,017	74,339	76,662	78,985	81,307	83,630	85,952	88,275	90,597
Charlotte	19.67	69,485	71,801	74,116	76,432	78,748	81,063	83,379	85,694	88,010	90,326
Las Vegas	19.57	69,427	71,741	74,054	76,368	78,682	80,996	83,309	85,623	87,937	90,250
Burlington	19.45	69,357	71,669	73,980	76,292	78,603	80,914	83,226	85,537	87,848	90,160
Harrisburg	19.43	69,346	71,657	73,968	76,279	78,590	80,901	83,212	85,523	87,834	90,145
Tucson	19.28	69,259	71,567	73,875	76,183	78,491	80,799	83,107	85,415	87,723	90,031
Kansas City	18.97	69,079	71,381	73,683	75,985	78,287	80,589	82,891	85,193	87,495	89,797
Davenport	18.93	69,056	71,357	73,658	75,959	78,261	80,562	82,863	85,165	87,466	89,767
Virginia Beach	18.80	68,980	71,279	73,578	75,876	78,175	80,474	82,773	85,071	87,370	89,669
San Antonio	18.78	68,968	71,267	73,565	75,864	78,162	80,460	82,759	85,057	87,356	89,654
Albuquerque	18.33	68,707	70,997	73,287	75,576	77,866	80,156	82,445	84,735	87,025	89,314
Birmingham	18.24	68,655	70,943	73,231	75,519	77,807	80,095	82,383	84,670	86,958	89,246
Omaha	18.23	68,649	70,937	73,225	75,512	77,800	80,088	82,376	84,663	86,951	89,239
Indianapolis	18.15	68,603	70,889	73,175	75,461	77,747	80,034	82,320	84,606	86,892	89,178
Des Moines	18.01	68,521	70,805	73,088	75,372	77,655	79,939	82,222	84,506	86,789	89,073
Palm Bay	17.93	68,475	70,757	73,039	75,321	77,603	79,885	82,167	84,448	86,730	89,012
Rochester	17.88	68,446	70,727	73,008	75,289	77,570	79,851	82,132	84,413	86,694	88,975
Spokane	17.67	68,324	70,601	72,878	75,155	77,432	79,708	81,985	84,262	86,539	88,816
Fresno	17.65	68,312	70,589	72,865	75,142	77,418	79,695	81,971	84,248	86,525	88,801
Corpus Christi	17.63	68,301	70,577	72,853	75,129	77,405	79,681	81,958	84,234	86,510	88,786
Reno	17.52	68,237	70,511	72,785	75,059	77,333	79,607	81,881	84,155	86,429	88,703
Rest of U.S.	17.06	67,970	70,235	72,500	74,765	77,030	79,295	81,560	83,825	86,091	88,356

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