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Effective January 2026

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Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA$105,923a year$4,060.00Every two weeks$50.75Per hour$51.02Overtime hour#26On paper#7After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

Cleveland, OH GS pay scale 2026: 22.23% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $105,923 with 22.23% locality pay, and prices below the national average stretch it to what $112,776 buys elsewhere.

#26 on paper, #7 after prices

+19Places gained, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$112,776BEA price level 93.9, for Cleveland, OH.

Ceiling watch

1 of 150GS-15 step 10 is held to $197,200.

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016
+3.36 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate
36.46%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
29.96%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
25,043
Share of all jobs here
1.26%
Largest county by federal jobs
Cuyahoga County, OH: 15,700
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate

▲ marks the one cell cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling. Reading these tables.
Grade12345678910
GS-127,60428,53029,44830,36231,27731,81432,72233,63633,67434,528
GS-231,03831,77632,80533,67434,05135,05236,05337,05438,05539,056
GS-333,86734,99736,12637,25638,38539,51540,64441,77342,90344,032
GS-438,01739,28540,55241,82043,08744,35545,62246,89048,15749,425
GS-542,53543,95345,37146,78848,20649,62451,04252,46053,87855,296
GS-647,41448,99550,57552,15653,73655,31656,89758,47760,05861,638
GS-752,68854,44556,20157,95859,71461,47163,22764,98466,74068,496
GS-858,35060,29562,24064,18466,12968,07470,01871,96373,90875,852
GS-964,44866,59768,74670,89573,04375,19277,34179,49081,63983,787
GS-1070,97273,33775,70278,06780,43282,79785,16387,52889,89392,258
GS-1177,97780,57683,17685,77688,37690,97693,57696,17598,775101,375
GS-1293,46196,57699,692102,808105,923109,039112,155115,270118,386121,502
GS-13111,138114,842118,547122,252125,957129,662133,366137,071140,776144,481
GS-14131,331135,710140,088144,466148,844153,223157,601161,979166,357170,736
GS-15154,479159,629164,778169,928175,077180,227185,376190,526195,676197,200
Annual rate divided by 2,087 hours (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)), as in OPM’s hourly table.
Grade12345678910
GS-113.2313.6714.1114.5514.9915.2415.6816.1216.1416.54
GS-214.8715.2315.7216.1416.3216.8017.2817.7518.2318.71
GS-316.2316.7717.3117.8518.3918.9319.4720.0220.5621.10
GS-418.2218.8219.4320.0420.6521.2521.8622.4723.0723.68
GS-520.3821.0621.7422.4223.1023.7824.4625.1425.8226.50
GS-622.7223.4824.2324.9925.7526.5127.2628.0228.7829.53
GS-725.2526.0926.9327.7728.6129.4530.3031.1431.9832.82
GS-827.9628.8929.8230.7531.6932.6233.5534.4835.4136.34
GS-930.8831.9132.9433.9735.0036.0337.0638.0939.1240.15
GS-1034.0135.1436.2737.4138.5439.6740.8141.9443.0744.21
GS-1137.3638.6139.8541.1042.3543.5944.8446.0847.3348.57
GS-1244.7846.2847.7749.2650.7552.2553.7455.2356.7358.22
GS-1353.2555.0356.8058.5860.3562.1363.9065.6867.4569.23
GS-1462.9365.0367.1269.2271.3273.4275.5277.6179.7181.81
GS-1574.0276.4978.9581.4283.8986.3688.8291.2993.7694.49
Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
Grade12345678910
GS-11,058.401,093.601,128.801,164.001,199.201,219.201,254.401,289.601,291.201,323.20
GS-21,189.601,218.401,257.601,291.201,305.601,344.001,382.401,420.001,458.401,496.80
GS-31,298.401,341.601,384.801,428.001,471.201,514.401,557.601,601.601,644.801,688.00
GS-41,457.601,505.601,554.401,603.201,652.001,700.001,748.801,797.601,845.601,894.40
GS-51,630.401,684.801,739.201,793.601,848.001,902.401,956.802,011.202,065.602,120.00
GS-61,817.601,878.401,938.401,999.202,060.002,120.802,180.802,241.602,302.402,362.40
GS-72,020.002,087.202,154.402,221.602,288.802,356.002,424.002,491.202,558.402,625.60
GS-82,236.802,311.202,385.602,460.002,535.202,609.602,684.002,758.402,832.802,907.20
GS-92,470.402,552.802,635.202,717.602,800.002,882.402,964.803,047.203,129.603,212.00
GS-102,720.802,811.202,901.602,992.803,083.203,173.603,264.803,355.203,445.603,536.80
GS-112,988.803,088.803,188.003,288.003,388.003,487.203,587.203,686.403,786.403,885.60
GS-123,582.403,702.403,821.603,940.804,060.004,180.004,299.204,418.404,538.404,657.60
GS-134,260.004,402.404,544.004,686.404,828.004,970.405,112.005,254.405,396.005,538.40
GS-145,034.405,202.405,369.605,537.605,705.605,873.606,041.606,208.806,376.806,544.80
GS-155,921.606,119.206,316.006,513.606,711.206,908.807,105.607,303.207,500.807,559.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-CLE, matched cell by cell; compare with Rest of U.S..

After local prices

Its neighbors by what it buys (how; all 57).
#LocalityOn paperPrice levelWhat it buys
4San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA$126,817110.4$114,847
5Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH$105,22192.7$113,514
6Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN$105,64693.1$113,510
7Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA$105,92393.9$112,776
8State of Alaska$114,702102.4$112,059
9Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL$102,46691.6$111,809
10Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI$111,894100.3$111,562

Prices here are those of the Cleveland, OH metro area, 93.9. The area’s name also takes in Akron and Canton: BEA puts the Akron, OH metro area at 93.4 and the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area at 89.4, and at those levels GS-12 step 5 here would buy $113,444 and $118,474.

Here it is goods, not rent, that stand out: at 93.6, they are tied for the lowest of the 57 areas with a price index, with Columbus, OH and Dayton, OH.

BEA price levels, 2024, for the Cleveland, OH metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spendingHereU.S.Rank of 57
Goods93.699.6#55 (tied)
Housing (rent)79.4100.6#50
Utilities96.098.4#23
Other services98.9100.1#29 (tied)
All items93.9100.0#48

Locality pay since 2016

18.87% in 2016, 22.23% in 2026, up 3.36 points; Rest of U.S. up 2.71: chart and table
0%25%50%20162026
Dashed: the Rest of U.S. rate.
Percent, from OPM’s tables for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Sources and caveats; every area since 2016: ten years of locality pay.
Locality pay, %20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Cleveland, OH18.8719.7120.0820.4520.8220.8221.2521.6922.0122.2322.23
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

The 1990 pay law’s formula

The editions checked here, the memos for pay in 2018 to 2026. Sources: memo of January 10, 2025, Attachment 1, and the council’s earlier memos; the President’s Pay Agent on 2026; what these estimates are and are not; every area against the formula: how far pay is from the 1990 law.
Edition, for pay inData as ofListed asPay gap, %Formula rate, %Rate paid that year, %
2026March 2024Locality pay area36.4629.9622.23
2025March 2023Locality pay area41.6434.9022.23
2024March 2022Locality pay area39.8033.1422.01
2023March 2021Locality pay area41.0734.3521.69
2022March 2020Locality pay area40.4933.8021.25
2021March 2019Locality pay area40.7534.0520.82
2020March 2018Locality pay area43.0136.2020.82
2019March 2017Locality pay area43.8036.9520.45
2018March 2016Locality pay area43.7736.9220.08

The formula would pay Cleveland, OH 29.96%, 7.73 points above the 22.23% paid in 2026, the narrowest distance between formula and pay of the 57 areas with a formula rate; just above it is Houston, TX (8.88 points).

Federal jobs

25,043 federal civilian jobs in 2025, 797 fewer than in 2024, down 3.08%: table
In this area’s 23 counties, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 7,887 federal jobs in Ohio and Pennsylvania with no county; the states page counts them with the state, not with any area. Sources and caveats; every area: where the federal jobs are.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
202325,6171.29$90,280
202425,8401.30$93,519
202525,0431.26$98,037

Counties

23 counties paid at this rate

Ohio, 22 counties

  • Ashland County (added 2024)
  • Ashtabula County
  • Carroll County
  • Columbiana County (added 2024)
  • Crawford County (added 2024)
  • Cuyahoga County
  • Erie County
  • Geauga County
  • Harrison County
  • Holmes County (added 2024)
  • Huron County
  • Lake County
  • Lorain County
  • Mahoning County (added 2024)
  • Medina County
  • Portage County
  • Richland County (added 2024)
  • Stark County
  • Summit County
  • Trumbull County (added 2024)
  • Tuscarawas County
  • Wayne County (added 2024)

Pennsylvania, 1 county

  • Mercer County (added 2024)
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions.