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Salary Table 2026-DM (LEO)

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

Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 18.01%

For the Locality Pay Area of Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA

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

26651

27545

28431

29314

30198

30716

31592

32475

32512

33335

2

29966

30679

31673

32512

32875

33842

34808

35775

36741

37708

3

39241

40331

41422

42512

43602

44693

45783

46874

47964

49054

4

44047

45271

46495

47719

48942

50166

51390

52614

53837

55061

5

50649

52018

53387

54755

56124

57493

58862

60231

61600

62969

6

53407

54932

56458

57984

59510

61036

62562

64088

65614

67139

7

57653

59348

61044

62740

64436

66132

67827

69523

71219

72915

8

60091

61968

63846

65723

67601

69478

71356

73233

75111

76989

9

64298

66372

68447

70522

72596

74671

76745

78820

80895

82969

10

70805

73088

75372

77655

79939

82222

84506

86789

89073

91356

11

75284

77795

80305

82815

85325

87835

90345

92855

95365

97875

12

90234

93242

96250

99258

102266

105274

108282

111291

114299

117307

13

107301

110877

114454

118031

121608

125185

128762

132339

135916

139493

14

126797

131024

135251

139478

143705

147933

152160

156387

160614

164841

15

149146

154118

159089

164061

169033

174005

178976

183948

188920

193892

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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