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Salary Table 2026-DCB (LEO)

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

Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 33.94%

For the Locality Pay Area of Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA

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 14.49 14.98 15.46 15.94 16.42 16.70 17.18 17.66 17.68 18.13
O 21.74 22.47 23.19 23.91 24.63 25.05 25.77 26.49 26.52 27.20
2 B 16.30 16.68 17.22 17.68 17.88 18.40 18.93 19.46 19.98 20.51
O 24.45 25.02 25.83 26.52 26.82 27.60 28.40 29.19 29.97 30.77
3 B 21.34 21.93 22.53 23.12 23.71 24.31 24.90 25.49 26.08 26.68
O 32.01 32.90 33.80 34.68 35.57 36.47 37.35 38.24 39.12 40.02
4 B 23.95 24.62 25.29 25.95 26.62 27.28 27.95 28.61 29.28 29.94
O 35.93 36.93 37.94 38.93 39.93 40.92 41.93 42.92 43.92 44.91
5 B 27.54 28.29 29.03 29.78 30.52 31.27 32.01 32.76 33.50 34.24
O 41.31 42.44 43.55 44.67 45.78 46.91 48.02 49.14 50.25 51.36
6 B 29.04 29.87 30.70 31.53 32.36 33.19 34.02 34.85 35.68 36.51
O 43.56 44.81 46.05 47.30 48.54 49.79 51.03 52.28 53.52 54.77
7 B 31.35 32.28 33.20 34.12 35.04 35.97 36.89 37.81 38.73 39.65
O 47.03 48.42 49.80 51.18 52.56 53.96 55.34 56.72 57.77 57.77
8 B 32.68 33.70 34.72 35.74 36.76 37.78 38.81 39.83 40.85 41.87
O 49.02 50.55 52.08 53.61 55.14 56.67 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77
9 B 34.97 36.10 37.22 38.35 39.48 40.61 41.74 42.87 43.99 45.12
O 52.46 54.15 55.83 57.53 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77
10 B 38.51 39.75 40.99 42.23 43.47 44.72 45.96 47.20 48.44 49.68
O 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77
11 B 40.94 42.31 43.67 45.04 46.40 47.77 49.13 50.50 51.86 53.23
O 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77
12 B 49.07 50.71 52.34 53.98 55.62 57.25 58.89 60.52 62.16 63.80
O 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 57.77 58.89 60.52 62.16 63.80
13 B 58.35 60.30 62.24 64.19 66.14 68.08 70.03 71.97 73.92 75.86
O 58.35 60.30 62.24 64.19 66.14 68.08 70.03 71.97 73.92 75.86
14 B 68.96 71.26 73.55 75.85 78.15 80.45 82.75 85.05 87.35 89.65
O 68.96 71.26 73.55 75.85 78.15 80.45 82.75 85.05 87.35 89.65
15 B 81.11 83.82 86.52 89.22 91.93 94.49 94.49 94.49 94.49 94.49
O 81.11 83.82 86.52 89.22 91.93 94.49 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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