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GS Pay Calculator (2026)

Enter a grade, step, and locality pay area to calculate the 2026 General Schedule salary. The result is the gross annual rate from the published 2026 tables, before tax or deductions.

GS pay calculator (2026)

$116,071/yr
Base pay (before locality)$86,659
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA locality33.94%
Adjusted annual$116,071
Per month$9,673
Bi-weekly$4,449.60
Hourly$55.62

Adjusted = base × (1 + locality %), rounded to the nearest dollar. Hourly = annual ÷ 2087; bi-weekly = hourly × 80.

Worked example: a GS-12 Step 5 in the Washington-Baltimore area (33.94% locality) is $116,071 in 2026 — base $86,659 × 1.3394, rounded to the nearest dollar.

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