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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

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 13.22 13.66 14.10 14.54 14.98 15.23 15.67 16.11 16.12 16.53
O 19.83 20.49 21.15 21.81 22.47 22.85 23.51 24.17 24.18 24.80
2 B 14.86 15.22 15.71 16.12 16.31 16.78 17.26 17.74 18.22 18.70
O 22.29 22.83 23.57 24.18 24.47 25.17 25.89 26.61 27.33 28.05
3 B 19.46 20.00 20.54 21.08 21.63 22.17 22.71 23.25 23.79 24.33
O 29.19 30.00 30.81 31.62 32.45 33.26 34.07 34.88 35.69 36.50
4 B 21.85 22.45 23.06 23.67 24.27 24.88 25.49 26.09 26.70 27.31
O 32.78 33.68 34.59 35.51 36.41 37.32 38.24 39.14 40.05 40.97
5 B 25.12 25.80 26.48 27.16 27.84 28.51 29.19 29.87 30.55 31.23
O 37.68 38.70 39.72 40.74 41.76 42.77 43.79 44.81 45.83 46.85
6 B 26.49 27.24 28.00 28.76 29.52 30.27 31.03 31.79 32.54 33.30
O 39.74 40.86 42.00 43.14 44.28 45.41 46.55 47.69 48.81 49.95
7 B 28.59 29.43 30.28 31.12 31.96 32.80 33.64 34.48 35.32 36.16
O 42.89 44.15 45.42 46.68 47.94 49.20 50.46 51.72 52.68 52.68
8 B 29.80 30.73 31.67 32.60 33.53 34.46 35.39 36.32 37.25 38.18
O 44.70 46.10 47.51 48.90 50.30 51.69 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68
9 B 31.89 32.92 33.95 34.98 36.01 37.03 38.06 39.09 40.12 41.15
O 47.84 49.38 50.93 52.47 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68
10 B 35.12 36.25 37.38 38.51 39.65 40.78 41.91 43.04 44.18 45.31
O 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68
11 B 37.34 38.58 39.83 41.07 42.32 43.56 44.81 46.05 47.30 48.54
O 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68
12 B 44.75 46.24 47.74 49.23 50.72 52.21 53.70 55.20 56.69 58.18
O 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 52.68 53.70 55.20 56.69 58.18
13 B 53.22 54.99 56.77 58.54 60.31 62.09 63.86 65.64 67.41 69.18
O 53.22 54.99 56.77 58.54 60.31 62.09 63.86 65.64 67.41 69.18
14 B 62.89 64.98 67.08 69.18 71.27 73.37 75.47 77.56 79.66 81.76
O 62.89 64.98 67.08 69.18 71.27 73.37 75.47 77.56 79.66 81.76
15 B 73.97 76.44 78.90 81.37 83.83 86.30 88.77 91.23 93.70 94.49
O 73.97 76.44 78.90 81.37 83.83 86.30 88.77 91.23 93.70 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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