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Salary Table 2026-CHI (LEO)

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

Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 30.86%

For the Locality Pay Area of Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI

Total Increase: 1%

Effective January 2026

Hourly Basic (B) Rates by Grade and Step

Hourly Title 5 Overtime (O) Rates for FLSA-Exempt Employees by Grade and Step

Grade B/O Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
1 B 14.16 14.64 15.11 15.58 16.05 16.32 16.79 17.25 17.27 17.71
O 21.24 21.96 22.67 23.37 24.08 24.48 25.19 25.88 25.91 26.57
2 B 15.92 16.30 16.83 17.27 17.47 17.98 18.49 19.01 19.52 20.04
O 23.88 24.45 25.25 25.91 26.21 26.97 27.74 28.52 29.28 30.06
3 B 20.85 21.43 22.01 22.59 23.17 23.75 24.33 24.91 25.48 26.06
O 31.28 32.15 33.02 33.89 34.76 35.63 36.50 37.37 38.22 39.09
4 B 23.40 24.05 24.70 25.35 26.00 26.66 27.31 27.96 28.61 29.26
O 35.10 36.08 37.05 38.03 39.00 39.99 40.97 41.94 42.92 43.89
5 B 26.91 27.64 28.37 29.09 29.82 30.55 31.28 32.00 32.73 33.46
O 40.37 41.46 42.56 43.64 44.73 45.83 46.92 48.00 49.10 50.19
6 B 28.38 29.19 30.00 30.81 31.62 32.43 33.24 34.05 34.86 35.67
O 42.57 43.79 45.00 46.22 47.43 48.65 49.86 51.08 52.29 53.51
7 B 30.63 31.53 32.43 33.34 34.24 35.14 36.04 36.94 37.84 38.74
O 45.95 47.30 48.65 50.01 51.36 52.71 54.06 55.41 56.43 56.43
8 B 31.93 32.93 33.92 34.92 35.92 36.92 37.91 38.91 39.91 40.91
O 47.90 49.40 50.88 52.38 53.88 55.38 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43
9 B 34.16 35.27 36.37 37.47 38.57 39.68 40.78 41.88 42.98 44.08
O 51.24 52.91 54.56 56.21 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43
10 B 37.62 38.83 40.05 41.26 42.47 43.69 44.90 46.11 47.33 48.54
O 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43
11 B 40.00 41.33 42.67 44.00 45.34 46.67 48.00 49.34 50.67 52.00
O 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43
12 B 47.94 49.54 51.14 52.74 54.34 55.94 57.53 59.13 60.73 62.33
O 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 56.43 57.53 59.13 60.73 62.33
13 B 57.01 58.91 60.81 62.71 64.61 66.51 68.42 70.32 72.22 74.12
O 57.01 58.91 60.81 62.71 64.61 66.51 68.42 70.32 72.22 74.12
14 B 67.37 69.62 71.86 74.11 76.36 78.60 80.85 83.09 85.34 87.59
O 67.37 69.62 71.86 74.11 76.36 78.60 80.85 83.09 85.34 87.59
15 B 79.25 81.89 84.53 87.17 89.81 92.45 94.49 94.49 94.49 94.49
O 79.25 81.89 84.53 87.17 89.81 92.45 94.49 94.49 94.49 94.49

* 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. Also, the LEO special base rate for GS-10, step 1, is used in computing the title 5 overtime hourly rate cap under 5 U.S.C. 5542 and 5 CFR 550.113 for all FLSA-exempt LEOs regardless of GS grade level.

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