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Policy, Data, Oversight Pay & Leave

Salary Table 2012-SEA

Incorporating a locality payment of 21.81%.

Rates frozen at 2010 levels.

Effective January 2012.

For the locality pay area of Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA - 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	21686	22411	23132	23849	24570	24994	25707	26425	26453	27126
2	24383	24963	25769	26453	26751	27538	28324	29111	29898	30685
3	26603	27490	28377	29264	30150	31037	31924	32811	33698	34584
4	29865	30861	31856	32851	33846	34841	35837	36832	37827	38822
5	33414	34527	35640	36754	37867	38980	40094	41207	42320	43434
6	37246	38487	39728	40970	42211	43452	44693	45935	47176	48417
7	41390	42770	44150	45530	46910	48290	49670	51051	52431	53811
8	45838	47366	48893	50421	51948	53476	55003	56531	58058	59586
9	50628	52315	54002	55689	57376	59063	60750	62437	64124	65812
10	55754	57612	59471	61330	63189	65048	66907	68765	70624	72483
11	61255	63296	65338	67379	69421	71462	73504	75545	77587	79628
12	73420	75867	78314	80761	83208	85656	88103	90550	92997	95444
13	87306	90216	93126	96036	98946	101856	104766	107676	110586	113496
14	103169	106608	110047	113486	116924	120363	123802	127240	130679	134118
15	121357	125402	129447	133493	137538	141583	145629	149674	153719	155500

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