How much does a GS-14 make in 2026?

A GS-14 earns $107,446 to $139,684 in base pay (steps 1–10). With locality pay the range is $125,776 (step 1, Rest of U.S.) to $197,200 (step 10, San Francisco Bay Area).

What is the GS-14 hourly rate?

GS-14 step 1 base is $51.48/hour; step 10 is $66.93/hour (annual ÷ 2,087). Locality pay raises these proportionally.

What is the GS-14 step increase?

Each within-grade increase (WGI) at GS-14 adds $3,582 to base pay. Steps 1–4 come every year, 5–7 every two years, 8–10 every three years.

GS-14 Pay Scale 2026

Base pay $107,446 – $139,684; with locality pay $125,776 – $197,200. Senior program manager / branch chief.

Source: OPM Salary Table 2026-GS and 2026 locality tables. Cells marked * are limited to EX-IV ($197,200).

Step 1 base

$107,446

$51.48/hr

Step 10 base

$139,684

$66.93/hr

Within-grade increase

$3,582

per step

Highest locality (step 10)

$197,200

San Francisco Bay Area · 46.34%

GS-14 base steps

Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8	Step 9	Step 10
107,446	111,028	114,610	118,192	121,774	125,356	128,938	132,520	136,102	139,684
$51.48/hr	$53.20/hr	$54.92/hr	$56.63/hr	$58.35/hr	$60.07/hr	$61.78/hr	$63.50/hr	$65.21/hr	$66.93/hr

GS-14 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	157,236	162,478	167,720	172,962	178,204	183,446	188,688	193,930	197,200*	197,200*
New York	37.95	148,222	153,163	158,104	163,046	167,987	172,929	177,870	182,811	187,753	192,694
Los Angeles	36.47	146,632	151,520	156,408	161,297	166,185	171,073	175,962	180,850	185,738	190,627
Houston	35.00	145,052	149,888	154,724	159,559	164,395	169,231	174,066	178,902	183,738	188,573
Washington DC	33.94	143,913	148,711	153,509	158,306	163,104	167,902	172,700	177,497	182,295	187,093
San Diego	33.72	143,677	148,467	153,256	158,046	162,836	167,626	172,416	177,206	181,996	186,785
Boston	32.58	142,452	147,201	151,950	156,699	161,448	166,197	170,946	175,695	180,444	185,193
Alaska	32.36	142,216	146,957	151,698	156,439	161,180	165,921	170,662	175,403	180,145	184,886
Hartford	32.08	141,915	146,646	151,377	156,108	160,839	165,570	170,301	175,032	179,764	184,495
Seattle	31.57	141,367	146,080	150,792	155,505	160,218	164,931	169,644	174,357	179,069	183,782
Chicago	30.86	140,604	145,291	149,979	154,666	159,353	164,041	168,728	173,416	178,103	182,790
Denver	30.52	140,239	144,914	149,589	154,264	158,939	163,615	168,290	172,965	177,640	182,316
Sacramento	29.76	139,422	144,070	148,718	153,366	158,014	162,662	167,310	171,958	176,606	181,254
Detroit	29.12	138,734	143,359	147,984	152,610	157,235	161,860	166,485	171,110	175,735	180,360
Philadelphia	28.99	138,595	143,215	147,835	152,456	157,076	161,697	166,317	170,938	175,558	180,178
Minneapolis	27.62	137,123	141,694	146,265	150,837	155,408	159,979	164,551	169,122	173,693	178,265
Dallas-Fort Worth	27.26	136,736	141,294	145,853	150,411	154,970	159,528	164,086	168,645	173,203	177,762
Portland	26.13	135,522	140,040	144,558	149,076	153,594	158,112	162,629	167,147	171,665	176,183
Miami	24.67	133,953	138,419	142,884	147,350	151,816	156,281	160,747	165,213	169,678	174,144
Atlanta	23.79	133,007	137,442	141,876	146,310	150,744	155,178	159,612	164,047	168,481	172,915
Phoenix	22.45	131,568	135,954	140,340	144,726	149,112	153,498	157,885	162,271	166,657	171,043
Milwaukee	22.42	131,535	135,920	140,306	144,691	149,076	153,461	157,846	162,231	166,616	171,001
Buffalo	22.41	131,525	135,909	140,294	144,679	149,064	153,448	157,833	162,218	166,602	170,987
Richmond	22.28	131,385	135,765	140,145	144,525	148,905	153,285	157,665	162,045	166,426	170,806
Raleigh	22.24	131,342	135,721	140,099	144,478	148,857	153,235	157,614	161,992	166,371	170,750
Cleveland	22.23	131,331	135,710	140,088	144,466	148,844	153,223	157,601	161,979	166,357	170,736
Hawaii	22.21	131,310	135,687	140,065	144,442	148,820	153,198	157,575	161,953	166,330	170,708
Columbus	22.15	131,245	135,621	139,996	144,372	148,747	153,122	157,498	161,873	166,249	170,624
Cincinnati	21.93	131,009	135,376	139,744	144,112	148,479	152,847	157,214	161,582	165,949	170,317
Huntsville	21.91	130,987	135,354	139,721	144,088	148,455	152,821	157,188	161,555	165,922	170,289
Laredo	21.59	130,644	134,999	139,354	143,710	148,065	152,420	156,776	161,131	165,486	169,842
Dayton	21.42	130,461	134,810	139,159	143,509	147,858	152,207	156,557	160,906	165,255	169,604
Pittsburgh	21.03	130,042	134,377	138,712	143,048	147,383	151,718	156,054	160,389	164,724	169,060
Albany	20.77	129,763	134,089	138,414	142,740	147,066	151,392	155,718	160,044	164,370	168,696
Austin	20.35	129,311	133,622	137,933	142,244	146,555	150,866	155,177	159,488	163,799	168,110
Colorado Springs	20.15	129,096	133,400	137,704	142,008	146,311	150,615	154,919	159,223	163,527	167,830
St. Louis	20.03	128,967	133,267	137,566	141,866	146,165	150,465	154,764	159,064	163,363	167,663
Charlotte	19.67	128,581	132,867	137,154	141,440	145,727	150,014	154,300	158,587	162,873	167,160
Las Vegas	19.57	128,473	132,756	137,039	141,322	145,605	149,888	154,171	158,454	162,737	167,020
Burlington	19.45	128,344	132,623	136,902	141,180	145,459	149,738	154,016	158,295	162,574	166,853
Harrisburg	19.43	128,323	132,601	136,879	141,157	145,435	149,713	153,991	158,269	162,547	166,825
Tucson	19.28	128,162	132,434	136,707	140,979	145,252	149,525	153,797	158,070	162,342	166,615
Kansas City	18.97	127,829	132,090	136,352	140,613	144,875	149,136	153,398	157,659	161,921	166,182
Davenport	18.93	127,786	132,046	136,306	140,566	144,826	149,086	153,346	157,606	161,866	166,126
Virginia Beach	18.80	127,646	131,901	136,157	140,412	144,668	148,923	153,178	157,434	161,689	165,945
San Antonio	18.78	127,624	131,879	136,134	140,388	144,643	148,898	153,153	157,407	161,662	165,917
Albuquerque	18.33	127,141	131,379	135,618	139,857	144,095	148,334	152,572	156,811	161,049	165,288
Birmingham	18.24	127,044	131,280	135,515	139,750	143,986	148,221	152,456	156,692	160,927	165,162
Omaha	18.23	127,033	131,268	135,503	139,738	143,973	148,208	152,443	156,678	160,913	165,148
Indianapolis	18.15	126,947	131,180	135,412	139,644	143,876	148,108	152,340	156,572	160,805	165,037
Des Moines	18.01	126,797	131,024	135,251	139,478	143,705	147,933	152,160	156,387	160,614	164,841
Palm Bay	17.93	126,711	130,935	135,160	139,384	143,608	147,832	152,057	156,281	160,505	164,729
Rochester	17.88	126,657	130,880	135,102	139,325	143,547	147,770	151,992	156,215	160,437	164,659
Spokane	17.67	126,432	130,647	134,862	139,077	143,291	147,506	151,721	155,936	160,151	164,366
Fresno	17.65	126,410	130,624	134,839	139,053	143,267	147,481	151,696	155,910	160,124	164,338
Corpus Christi	17.63	126,389	130,602	134,816	139,029	143,243	147,456	151,670	155,883	160,097	164,310
Reno	17.52	126,271	130,480	134,690	138,899	143,109	147,318	151,528	155,738	159,947	164,157
Rest of U.S.	17.06	125,776	129,969	134,162	138,356	142,549	146,742	150,935	155,128	159,321	163,514

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