2012 Pay Rates Released

OPM has released the 2012 General Schedule pay rates. FedSmith.com has also updated our pay calculator to reflect the new rates.

OPM has released the 2012 General Schedule pay rates.

As readers are aware, 2012 is the second year of a two year pay freeze, so the base pay rates in 2012 remain unchanged over last year.

Locality percentages for most areas were unchanged as well, however Alaska, Hawaii and other non-foreign areas saw a slight increase in their locality percentages.

 

2012 GS Base Pay Rates

RATES FROZEN AT 2010 LEVELS

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2012

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Step 10

WGI

1

17803

18398

18990

19579

20171

20519

21104

21694

21717

22269

VARIES

2

20017

20493

21155

21717

21961

22607

23253

23899

24545

25191

VARIES

3

21840

22568

23296

24024

24752

25480

26208

26936

27664

28392

728

4

24518

25335

26152

26969

27786

28603

29420

30237

31054

31871

817

5

27431

28345

29259

30173

31087

32001

32915

33829

34743

35657

914

6

30577

31596

32615

33634

34653

35672

36691

37710

38729

39748

1019

7

33979

35112

36245

37378

38511

39644

40777

41910

43043

44176

1133

8

37631

38885

40139

41393

42647

43901

45155

46409

47663

48917

1254

9

41563

42948

44333

45718

47103

48488

49873

51258

52643

54028

1385

10

45771

47297

48823

50349

51875

53401

54927

56453

57979

59505

1526

11

50287

51963

53639

55315

56991

58667

60343

62019

63695

65371

1676

12

60274

62283

64292

66301

68310

70319

72328

74337

76346

78355

2009

13

71674

74063

76452

78841

81230

83619

86008

88397

90786

93175

2389

14

84697

87520

90343

93166

95989

98812

101635

104458

107281

110104

2823

15

99628

102949

106270

109591

112912

116233

119554

122875

126196

129517

3321

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