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Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK$110,282a year$4,227.20Every two weeks$52.84Per hour$53.12Overtime hour#17On paper#30After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

Dallas & Fort Worth GS pay scale 2026: 27.26% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $110,282 with 27.26% locality pay, but prices above the national average cut what it buys to $106,976 at U.S. prices.

#17 on paper, #30 after prices

−13Places lost, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$106,976BEA price level 103.1, for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.

Ceiling watch

3 of 150cells held to $197,200, from GS-15 step 8.

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016
+6.22 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate
50.79%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
43.61%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
50,414
Share of all jobs here
1.18%
Largest county by federal jobs
Dallas County, TX: 25,450
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate

▲ marks the 3 cells cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling. Reading these tables.
Grade12345678910
GS-128,74029,70430,65931,61132,56533,12334,06935,02135,06035,948
GS-232,31533,08434,15535,06035,45236,49437,53738,57939,62140,663
GS-335,26136,43737,61338,78939,96541,14142,31643,49244,66845,844
GS-439,58240,90142,22143,54144,86046,18047,50048,81950,13951,459
GS-544,28545,76147,23848,71450,19051,66653,14354,61956,09557,571
GS-649,36551,01152,65654,30255,94757,59359,23860,88462,52964,175
GS-754,85756,68558,51460,34362,17264,00065,82967,65869,48771,315
GS-860,75162,77664,80166,82568,85070,87572,90074,92476,94978,974
GS-967,10069,33871,57573,81276,04978,28780,52482,76184,99887,235
GS-1073,89276,35578,81781,28083,74286,20588,66791,13093,59296,055
GS-1181,18683,89286,59989,30692,01394,72097,426100,133102,840105,547
GS-1297,307100,551103,795107,038110,282113,526116,770120,014123,258126,502
GS-13115,711119,568123,426127,283131,140134,997138,855142,712146,569150,426
GS-14136,736141,294145,853150,411154,970159,528164,086168,645173,203177,762
GS-15160,836166,198171,559176,921182,282187,644193,005197,200197,200197,200
Annual rate divided by 2,087 hours (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)), as in OPM’s hourly table.
Grade12345678910
GS-113.7714.2314.6915.1515.6015.8716.3216.7816.8017.22
GS-215.4815.8516.3716.8016.9917.4917.9918.4918.9819.48
GS-316.9017.4618.0218.5919.1519.7120.2820.8421.4021.97
GS-418.9719.6020.2320.8621.4922.1322.7623.3924.0224.66
GS-521.2221.9322.6323.3424.0524.7625.4626.1726.8827.59
GS-623.6524.4425.2326.0226.8127.6028.3829.1729.9630.75
GS-726.2927.1628.0428.9129.7930.6731.5432.4233.3034.17
GS-829.1130.0831.0532.0232.9933.9634.9335.9036.8737.84
GS-932.1533.2234.3035.3736.4437.5138.5839.6640.7341.80
GS-1035.4136.5937.7738.9540.1341.3142.4943.6744.8546.03
GS-1138.9040.2041.4942.7944.0945.3946.6847.9849.2850.57
GS-1246.6348.1849.7351.2952.8454.4055.9557.5159.0660.61
GS-1355.4457.2959.1460.9962.8464.6866.5368.3870.2372.08
GS-1465.5267.7069.8972.0774.2576.4478.6280.8182.9985.18
GS-1577.0779.6382.2084.7787.3489.9192.4894.4994.4994.49
Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
Grade12345678910
GS-11,101.601,138.401,175.201,212.001,248.001,269.601,305.601,342.401,344.001,377.60
GS-21,238.401,268.001,309.601,344.001,359.201,399.201,439.201,479.201,518.401,558.40
GS-31,352.001,396.801,441.601,487.201,532.001,576.801,622.401,667.201,712.001,757.60
GS-41,517.601,568.001,618.401,668.801,719.201,770.401,820.801,871.201,921.601,972.80
GS-51,697.601,754.401,810.401,867.201,924.001,980.802,036.802,093.602,150.402,207.20
GS-61,892.001,955.202,018.402,081.602,144.802,208.002,270.402,333.602,396.802,460.00
GS-72,103.202,172.802,243.202,312.802,383.202,453.602,523.202,593.602,664.002,733.60
GS-82,328.802,406.402,484.002,561.602,639.202,716.802,794.402,872.002,949.603,027.20
GS-92,572.002,657.602,744.002,829.602,915.203,000.803,086.403,172.803,258.403,344.00
GS-102,832.802,927.203,021.603,116.003,210.403,304.803,399.203,493.603,588.003,682.40
GS-113,112.003,216.003,319.203,423.203,527.203,631.203,734.403,838.403,942.404,045.60
GS-123,730.403,854.403,978.404,103.204,227.204,352.004,476.004,600.804,724.804,848.80
GS-134,435.204,583.204,731.204,879.205,027.205,174.405,322.405,470.405,618.405,766.40
GS-145,241.605,416.005,591.205,765.605,940.006,115.206,289.606,464.806,639.206,814.40
GS-156,165.606,370.406,576.006,781.606,987.207,192.807,398.407,559.207,559.207,559.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-DFW, 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
27Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM$102,54495.5$107,324
28Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL$107,275100.1$107,213
29Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN$102,38895.7$106,993
30Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK$110,282103.1$106,976
31Denver-Aurora, CO$113,107105.8$106,925
32Tucson-Nogales, AZ$103,36796.9$106,678
33Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA$116,071108.9$106,601
BEA price levels, 2024, for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spendingHereU.S.Rank of 57
Goods102.899.6#16
Housing (rent)117.9100.6#16
Utilities90.798.4#33
Other services99.7100.1#22
All items103.1100.0#16

Prices here have been rising more slowly than in the country as a whole: BLS consumer prices for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area rose 3.0% in the twelve months to September 2026, against 3.7% for the U.S. city average over the same months.

Locality pay since 2016

21.04% in 2016, 27.26% in 2026, up 6.22 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
Dallas, TX21.0422.6123.4024.2124.9824.9825.6826.3726.9127.2627.26
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 area50.7943.6127.26
2025March 2023Locality pay area54.7447.3727.26
2024March 2022Locality pay area53.3246.0226.91
2023March 2021Locality pay area53.5946.2826.37
2022March 2020Locality pay area53.6246.3025.68
2021March 2019Locality pay area57.7050.1924.98
2020March 2018Locality pay area64.9257.0724.98
2019March 2017Locality pay area68.9460.9024.21
2018March 2016Locality pay area67.3359.3623.40

Since the edition for pay in 2018, the first checked here, the estimate for Dallas, TX has fallen 16.54 points, from 67.33% to 50.79%, the fourth-biggest fall of the 56 areas with a gap in all nine editions.

Federal jobs

In this area’s 29 counties, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 13,590 federal jobs in Oklahoma and Texas 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
202349,9821.19$97,193
202450,5861.19$102,511
202550,4141.18$105,437

Federal jobs here fell from 2024 to 2025, 172 fewer than in 2024, down 0.34%, the second-smallest drop of the 55 areas where they fell, and the 2025 average still counts staff on paid administrative leave until 30 September.

Counties

29 counties paid at this rate

Oklahoma, 3 counties

  • Bryan County
  • Carter County (added 2024)
  • Love County (added 2024)

Texas, 26 counties

  • Collin County
  • Cooke County
  • Dallas County
  • Delta County
  • Denton County
  • Ellis County
  • Fannin County
  • Grayson County
  • Henderson County
  • Hill County (added 2024)
  • Hood County
  • Hopkins County
  • Hunt County
  • Jack County (added 2024)
  • Johnson County
  • Kaufman County
  • Montague County (added 2024)
  • Navarro County
  • Palo Pinto County
  • Parker County
  • Rains County (added 2024)
  • Rockwall County
  • Somervell County
  • Tarrant County
  • Van Zandt County (added 2024)
  • Wise County
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions.