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Salary Table 2026-HOU (LEO)

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

Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 35.00%

For the Locality Pay Area of Houston-The Woodlands, TX

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 14.61 15.10 15.58 16.07 16.55 16.84 17.32 17.80 17.82 18.27
O 21.92 22.65 23.37 24.11 24.83 25.26 25.98 26.70 26.73 27.41
2 B 16.43 16.82 17.36 17.82 18.02 18.55 19.08 19.61 20.14 20.67
O 24.65 25.23 26.04 26.73 27.03 27.83 28.62 29.42 30.21 31.01
3 B 21.51 22.11 22.70 23.30 23.90 24.50 25.10 25.69 26.29 26.89
O 32.27 33.17 34.05 34.95 35.85 36.75 37.65 38.54 39.44 40.34
4 B 24.14 24.82 25.49 26.16 26.83 27.50 28.17 28.84 29.51 30.18
O 36.21 37.23 38.24 39.24 40.25 41.25 42.26 43.26 44.27 45.27
5 B 27.76 28.51 29.26 30.01 30.76 31.51 32.26 33.02 33.77 34.52
O 41.64 42.77 43.89 45.02 46.14 47.27 48.39 49.53 50.66 51.78
6 B 29.27 30.11 30.95 31.78 32.62 33.46 34.29 35.13 35.97 36.80
O 43.91 45.17 46.43 47.67 48.93 50.19 51.44 52.70 53.96 55.20
7 B 31.60 32.53 33.46 34.39 35.32 36.25 37.18 38.11 39.04 39.97
O 47.40 48.80 50.19 51.59 52.98 54.38 55.77 57.17 58.22 58.22
8 B 32.94 33.97 35.00 36.03 37.05 38.08 39.11 40.14 41.17 42.20
O 49.41 50.96 52.50 54.05 55.58 57.12 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22
9 B 35.24 36.38 37.52 38.66 39.79 40.93 42.07 43.20 44.34 45.48
O 52.86 54.57 56.28 57.99 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22
10 B 38.81 40.06 41.31 42.57 43.82 45.07 46.32 47.57 48.82 50.08
O 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22
11 B 41.27 42.64 44.02 45.39 46.77 48.15 49.52 50.90 52.27 53.65
O 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22
12 B 49.46 51.11 52.76 54.41 56.06 57.71 59.35 61.00 62.65 64.30
O 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 58.22 59.35 61.00 62.65 64.30
13 B 58.82 60.78 62.74 64.70 66.66 68.62 70.58 72.54 74.50 76.46
O 58.82 60.78 62.74 64.70 66.66 68.62 70.58 72.54 74.50 76.46
14 B 69.50 71.82 74.14 76.45 78.77 81.09 83.40 85.72 88.04 90.36
O 69.50 71.82 74.14 76.45 78.77 81.09 83.40 85.72 88.04 90.36
15 B 81.75 84.48 87.20 89.93 92.65 94.49 94.49 94.49 94.49 94.49
O 81.75 84.48 87.20 89.93 92.65 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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