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Salary Table 2026-CIN (LEO)

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

Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 21.93%

For the Locality Pay Area of Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN

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

27537

28460

29375

30287

31201

31736

32642

33554

33592

34443

2

30962

31698

32725

33592

33967

34966

35964

36963

37962

38960

3

40544

41671

42797

43924

45051

46177

47304

48431

49557

50684

4

45510

46775

48039

49304

50568

51832

53097

54361

55626

56890

5

52331

53746

55160

56574

57989

59403

60817

62232

63646

65061

6

55181

56757

58334

59910

61487

63063

64640

66217

67793

69370

7

59568

61320

63072

64824

66576

68328

70080

71833

73585

75337

8

62087

64027

65967

67906

69846

71786

73726

75666

77606

79546

9

66434

68577

70721

72864

75008

77151

79295

81438

83582

85725

10

73157

75516

77875

80235

82594

84954

87313

89672

92032

94391

11

77785

80379

82972

85566

88159

90752

93346

95939

98533

101126

12

93231

96339

99447

102555

105663

108771

111879

114987

118095

121203

13

110865

114561

118256

121952

125648

129343

133039

136735

140430

144126

14

131009

135376

139744

144112

148479

152847

157214

161582

165949

170317

15

154100

159237

164374

169511

174648

179785

184921

190058

195195

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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