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Policy, Data, Oversight Pay & Leave

Salary Table 2012-BU

Incorporating a locality payment of 16.98%.

Rates frozen at 2010 levels.

Effective January 2012.

For the locality pay area of Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY - 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	20826	21522	22215	22904	23596	24003	24687	25378	25405	26050
2	23416	23973	24747	25405	25690	26446	27201	27957	28713	29468
3	25548	26400	27252	28103	28955	29807	30658	31510	32361	33213
4	28681	29637	30593	31548	32504	33460	34416	35371	36327	37283
5	32089	33158	34227	35296	36366	37435	38504	39573	40642	41712
6	35769	36961	38153	39345	40537	41729	42921	44113	45305	46497
7	39749	41074	42399	43725	45050	46376	47701	49026	50352	51677
8	44021	45488	46955	48422	49888	51355	52822	54289	55756	57223
9	48620	50241	51861	53481	55101	56721	58341	59962	61582	63202
10	53543	55328	57113	58898	60683	62468	64254	66039	67824	69609
11	58826	60786	62747	64707	66668	68629	70589	72550	74510	76471
12	70509	72859	75209	77559	79909	82259	84609	86959	89310	91660
13	83844	86639	89434	92228	95023	97818	100612	103407	106201	108996
14	99079	102381	105683	108986	112288	115590	118893	122195	125497	128800
15	116545	120430	124315	128200	132084	135969	139854	143739	147624	151509