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Salaries and Wages

INCLUDING SPECIAL BASE RATES AT GS-3 THROUGH GS-10 AND

INCORPORATING THE 2.90% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 24.47%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF CHICAGO-NAPERVILLE-MICHIGAN CITY, IL-IN-WI

(See http://www.opm.gov/oca/09tables/locdef.asp for definitions of locality pay areas.)

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.99%)

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2009

Annual Rates by Grade and Step

Grade	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8	Step 9	Step 10
1	21832	22561	23287	24010	24736	25163	25880	26603	26632	27314
2	24547	25130	25942	26632	26929	27721	28512	29304	30096	30887
3	32137	33029	33922	34814	35707	36599	37492	38384	39277	40169
4	36079	37081	38083	39085	40087	41089	42091	43093	44095	45097
5	41490	42611	43733	44854	45975	47097	48218	49340	50461	51583
6	43745	44995	46244	47494	48744	49993	51243	52493	53742	54992
7	47225	48614	50003	51392	52782	54171	55560	56949	58338	59727
8	49224	50763	52301	53839	55378	56916	58455	59993	61532	63070
9	52668	54367	56066	57765	59464	61163	62862	64561	66260	67959
10	58001	59871	61742	63613	65484	67354	69225	71096	72967	74838
11	61667	63722	65777	67832	69887	71942	73997	76052	78107	80162
12	73914	76377	78841	81304	83767	86230	88694	91157	93620	96083
13	87894	90825	93755	96685	99615	102545	105475	108405	111335	114265
14	103864	107327	110790	114252	117715	121178	124641	128103	131566	135029
15	122175	126247	130320	134393	138465	142538	146611	150683	153200	153200

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

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