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Salary Table 2026-COL (LEO)

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

Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 22.15%

For the Locality Pay Area of Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH

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

27586

28511

29428

30342

31257

31793

32701

33614

33652

34505

2

31018

31755

32784

33652

34029

35029

36029

37030

38030

39031

3

40617

41746

42875

44003

45132

46261

47389

48518

49647

50775

4

45592

46859

48126

49393

50659

51926

53193

54459

55726

56993

5

52426

53842

55259

56676

58093

59510

60927

62344

63761

65178

6

55280

56860

58439

60018

61598

63177

64757

66336

67915

69495

7

59675

61430

63186

64941

66696

68452

70207

71962

73718

75473

8

62199

64142

66086

68029

69972

71916

73859

75803

77746

79689

9

66553

68701

70848

72996

75143

77290

79438

81585

83733

85880

10

73289

75652

78016

80380

82743

85107

87470

89834

92198

94561

11

77926

80524

83122

85720

88318

90916

93514

96113

98711

101309

12

93400

96513

99627

102740

105854

108968

112081

115195

118308

121422

13

111065

114767

118470

122172

125874

129577

133279

136981

140684

144386

14

131245

135621

139996

144372

148747

153122

157498

161873

166249

170624

15

154378

159524

164670

169817

174963

180109

185255

190401

195547

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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