Currently, the federal government’s locality pay program is bifurcated based on whether employees are paid according to the General Schedule or the Federal Wage System.

The GS pay system covers about 1.5 million civilian, white-collar, federal employees in professional, technical, clerical and administrative roles, according to USA FACTS.

Consider this example: If you are offered a job as a GS 9, the 2016 first "step" in Grade 9, according to the GS Pay Scale, is $42,823. The highest level in GS 9 -- Step 10 -- pays $55,666.

The base pay for an entry-level GS-12 employee this year is $88,621, but that same employee working in the D.C. region would get $101,401. In New York, the employee would get $104,436. Advertisement ...

Each year, the Office of Personnel Management provides a list of pay tables for all general schedule federal employees based on the job's location. A table consists of 15 pay grades, each of which ...

Federal civilian employees on Guam and across the nation can expect a 2% salary increase effective Jan. 1, 2025.