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Salary Table 2026-BU (LEO)

Including Special Base Rates at GS-3 through GS-10 and

Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 22.41%

For the Locality Pay Area of Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY

Total Increase: 1%

Effective January 2026

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	27645	28572	29491	30407	31323	31861	32770	33686	33724	34578
2	31084	31823	32854	33724	34101	35104	36106	37109	38111	39114
3	40704	41835	42966	44097	45228	46359	47490	48621	49752	50883
4	45690	46959	48228	49498	50767	52036	53306	54575	55845	57114
5	52537	53957	55377	56797	58217	59637	61057	62477	63897	65317
6	55398	56981	58563	60146	61729	63312	64894	66477	68060	69643
7	59802	61561	63320	65079	66838	68597	70356	72115	73874	75633
8	62331	64279	66226	68174	70121	72069	74016	75964	77912	79859
9	66695	68847	70999	73151	75303	77455	79607	81759	83911	86063
10	73445	75813	78182	80551	82919	85288	87657	90025	92394	94762
11	78091	80695	83299	85902	88506	91110	93713	96317	98921	101524
12	93598	96719	99839	102959	106079	109200	112320	115440	118560	121680
13	111301	115012	118722	122432	126142	129853	133563	137273	140983	144694
14	131525	135909	140294	144679	149064	153448	157833	162218	166602	170987
15	154707	159864	165021	170178	175335	180492	185649	190807	195964	197200 *

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

Note: Locality rates for “law enforcement officers” (LEOs) (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5541(3) and 5 CFR 550.103) are computed using special base rates for LEOs at grades 3 through 10, as authorized by section 403 of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990, as amended. The LEO annual locality rates at other grades match the rates for other (non-LEO) employees.

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