- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
Chapter 1: Section 11
Annual Salaries of Top U.S. Government Positions
Executive Schedule
President $400,000 plus $50,000 official expense allowance
Vice President $253,300
Level I Cabinet Officers $219,200
Level II $197,300
Level III $181,500
Level IV $170,800
Level V $160,100
Congressional Salaries
Senators, Representatives, Delegates to Congress $174,000
President pro tempore of the Senate $193,400
Majority leader and minority leader of the Senate $193,400
Majority leader and minority leader of the House $193,400
Speaker of the House of Representatives $223,500
Judicial Salaries
Chief Justice of the United States $277,700
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court $265,600
Circuit Judges $229,500
District Judges $216,400
Judges, Court of International Trade, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Claims Court $216,400
Senior Executive Service, Senior Level,
and Senior Scientific and Technical Salaries
Agencies with a Certified Performance Appraisal System
Minimum Maximum
$131,239 $197,300
Agencies without a Certified Performance Appraisal System
Minimum Maximum
$131,239 $181,500
Note: Rates shown for the Vice President and Executive Level positions are amounts used for setting pay caps as described in Section 2 of this chapter. Amounts actually paid to these officials are slightly lower.
General Schedule Pay Boundaries and Tables
The boundaries for the General Schedule locality pay system generally follow standard government measures of metropolitan areas. In some cases, jurisdictions that lie just outside such areas are included based on the numbers of employees working there and the rate of commuting between the core and adjacent areas.
Metropolitan areas are designated because of their numbers of federal employees, not because of the overall population. Thus, some larger cities with small federal populations fall in the RUS locality, while some smaller cities that have a large federal presence have rates specific to them. Following are the current boundaries for the locality pay areas. The names of the metropolitan locality areas are those of the statistical areas that are the core of each.
Alaska: The state of Alaska
Albany-Schenectady: In New York, Counties of Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington
In Massachusetts, Berkshire County
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas: Counties of Bernalillo, Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance, and Valencia
Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs: In Georgia, Counties of Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chambers, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Lamar, Madison, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup, Upson, and Walton
In Alabama, Chambers County
Austin-Round Rock: Counties of Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson
Birmingham-Hoover: Counties of Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa, and Walker
Boston-Worcester-Providence: In Massachusetts, Counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester
In New Hampshire, Counties of Belknap, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, and Strafford
In Rhode Island, Counties of Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washingtonaå
In Maine, Counties of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, and York
Buffalo-Cheektowaga: Counties of Cattaraugus, Erie, and Niagara
Burlington-South Burlington: Counties of Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle
Charlotte-Concord: In North Carolina, Counties of Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union
In South Carolina, Chester, Lancaster, and York Counties
Chicago-Naperville: In Illinois, Counties of Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, McHenry, Putnam, and Will
In Indiana, Counties of Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, and Union
In Wisconsin, Kenosha County
Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville: In Ohio, Counties of Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren
In Kentucky, Counties of Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Mason, and Pendleton
In Indiana, Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, and Union Counties
Cleveland-Akron-Canton: Counties of Ashtabula, Carroll, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Harrison, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, and Tuscarawas
Colorado Springs: Counties of El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, and Teller
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville: Counties of Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Guernsey, Hocking, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison Marion, Morrow, Muskingum, Pickaway, Perry, Ross, and Union
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice: Counties of Aransas, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, and San Patricio
Dallas-Fort Worth: In Texas, Counties of Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Henderson, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise
In Oklahoma, Bryan County
Davenport-Moline: In Iowa, Counties of Clinton, Muscatine, and Scott
In Illinois, Counties of Henry, Mercer and Rock Island
Dayton-Springfield-Sidney: Counties of Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby
Denver-Aurora: Counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer, Park, and Weld
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor: Counties of Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne
Harrisburg-Lebanon: Counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and Perry
Hartford-West Hartford: In Connecticut, Counties of Hartford, Middlesex, New London, Tolland, and Windham
In Massachusetts, Counties of Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire
Hawaii: The state of Hawaii
Houston-The Woodlands: Counties of Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, Washington, Waller, and Wharton
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville: Counties of Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie: Counties of Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Decatur, Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby
In Iowa, Counties of Harrison, Mills, and Pottawattamie
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City: In Kansas, Counties of Atchison, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, and Wyandotte
In Missouri, Counties of Andrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Platte, and Ray
Laredo: Webb County
Las Vegas-Henderson: In Nevada, Clark and Nye Counties
In Arizona, Mohave County
Los Angeles-Long Beach: Counties of Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura..
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie: Counties of Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha: Counties of Dodge, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha
Minneapolis-St. Paul: In Minnesota, Counties of Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Le Sueur, McLeod, Mille Lacs, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Washington, and Wright
In Wisconsin, Pierce and St. Croix Counties
New York-Newark: In New York, Counties of Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Ulster, and Westchester
In New Jersey, Counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren. Also includes all of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
In Connecticut, Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties
In Pennsylvania, Counties of Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Pike
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont: In Nebraska, Counties of Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, and Washington
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville: Brevard County
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden: In Pennsylvania, Counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia
In New Jersey, Counties of Atlantic, Burlington (except for portions there of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, all which is in the New York-Newark-Bridgeport locality), Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem
In Delaware, Kent and New Castle Counties
In North Carolina, Counties of Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans and Tyrrell
In Maryland, Cecil County
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale: Maricopa and Pinal Counties
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton: In Pennsylvania, Counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland
In Ohio, Jefferson County
In West Virginia, Brooke and Hancock Counties
Portland-Vancouver-Salem: In Oregon, Counties of Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington, and Yamhill
In Washington, Counties of Clark, Cowlitz, and Skamania
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill: Counties of Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Orange, Person, Robeson, Scotland, Vance, and Wake
Richmond: Counties of Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Louisa, New Kent, Powhatan, Prince George, and Sussex, cities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond
Sacramento-Roseville: In California, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba Counties
In Nevada, Counties of Douglas and Carson City
San Diego-Carlsbad: San Diego County
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall: Counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, and Wilson
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland: Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma
Seattle-Tacoma: Counties of Island, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, and Whatcom
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington: In Illinois, Counties of Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Monroe, and St. Clair
In Missouri, Counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis, and Warren; cities of St. Louis and Sullivan
Tucson-Nogales: Counties of Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz
Virginia Beach-Norfolk: In Virginia, Counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, and York; Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg
In North Carolina, Counties of Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington: District of Columbia
In Maryland, the Counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington and Baltimore city
In Virginia, the Counties of Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Loudon, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, and Winchester
In Pennsylvania, Counties of Adams, Franklin, and York
In West Virginia, the Counties of Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, and Morgan
Rest of U.S. (RUS): Portions of states not in another locality area, and U.S. territories and possessions.
2020 General Schedule (GS) Locality Pay Tables
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