GS pay scale 2026
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

Kansas City, MO GS pay scale 2026: 18.97% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $103,098 with 18.97% locality pay, and prices below the national average stretch it to what $111,406 buys elsewhere.

#43 on paper, #13 after prices

+30Places gained, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$111,406BEA price level 92.5, for Kansas City, MO-KS.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016: +4.48 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate: 41.05%
Rate the 1990 formula would set: 34.33%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025: 32,850
Share of all jobs here: 2.42%
Largest county by federal jobs: Jackson County, MO: 16,063

Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate

A yearAn hourEvery two weeks

No cell here reaches the $197,200 statutory ceiling. Reading these tables.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	26,868	27,769	28,662	29,552	30,443	30,966	31,849	32,739	32,776	33,607
GS-2	30,210	30,929	31,930	32,776	33,143	34,117	35,091	36,066	37,040	38,014
GS-3	32,964	34,063	35,163	36,262	37,361	38,461	39,560	40,659	41,758	42,858
GS-4	37,003	38,237	39,471	40,704	41,938	43,172	44,406	45,639	46,873	48,107
GS-5	41,400	42,780	44,160	45,541	46,921	48,301	49,681	51,061	52,441	53,821
GS-6	46,150	47,688	49,226	50,764	52,303	53,841	55,379	56,918	58,456	59,994
GS-7	51,283	52,993	54,702	56,412	58,122	59,831	61,541	63,250	64,960	66,670
GS-8	56,794	58,687	60,580	62,472	64,365	66,258	68,151	70,044	71,936	73,829
GS-9	62,729	64,821	66,912	69,004	71,095	73,187	75,278	77,370	79,461	81,553
GS-10	69,079	71,381	73,683	75,985	78,287	80,589	82,891	85,193	87,495	89,797
GS-11	75,897	78,427	80,958	83,488	86,019	88,549	91,080	93,610	96,141	98,671
GS-12	90,968	94,001	97,033	100,066	103,098	106,131	109,163	112,196	115,228	118,261
GS-13	108,173	111,779	115,385	118,991	122,597	126,203	129,809	133,415	137,021	140,627
GS-14	127,829	132,090	136,352	140,613	144,875	149,136	153,398	157,659	161,921	166,182
GS-15	150,359	155,371	160,383	165,396	170,408	175,420	180,432	185,444	190,457	195,469

Annual rate divided by 2,087 hours (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)), as in OPM’s hourly table.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	12.87	13.31	13.73	14.16	14.59	14.84	15.26	15.69	15.70	16.10
GS-2	14.48	14.82	15.30	15.70	15.88	16.35	16.81	17.28	17.75	18.21
GS-3	15.79	16.32	16.85	17.38	17.90	18.43	18.96	19.48	20.01	20.54
GS-4	17.73	18.32	18.91	19.50	20.09	20.69	21.28	21.87	22.46	23.05
GS-5	19.84	20.50	21.16	21.82	22.48	23.14	23.80	24.47	25.13	25.79
GS-6	22.11	22.85	23.59	24.32	25.06	25.80	26.54	27.27	28.01	28.75
GS-7	24.57	25.39	26.21	27.03	27.85	28.67	29.49	30.31	31.13	31.95
GS-8	27.21	28.12	29.03	29.93	30.84	31.75	32.66	33.56	34.47	35.38
GS-9	30.06	31.06	32.06	33.06	34.07	35.07	36.07	37.07	38.07	39.08
GS-10	33.10	34.20	35.31	36.41	37.51	38.61	39.72	40.82	41.92	43.03
GS-11	36.37	37.58	38.79	40.00	41.22	42.43	43.64	44.85	46.07	47.28
GS-12	43.59	45.04	46.49	47.95	49.40	50.85	52.31	53.76	55.21	56.67
GS-13	51.83	53.56	55.29	57.02	58.74	60.47	62.20	63.93	65.65	67.38
GS-14	61.25	63.29	65.33	67.38	69.42	71.46	73.50	75.54	77.59	79.63
GS-15	72.05	74.45	76.85	79.25	81.65	84.05	86.46	88.86	91.26	93.66

Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	1,029.60	1,064.80	1,098.40	1,132.80	1,167.20	1,187.20	1,220.80	1,255.20	1,256.00	1,288.00
GS-2	1,158.40	1,185.60	1,224.00	1,256.00	1,270.40	1,308.00	1,344.80	1,382.40	1,420.00	1,456.80
GS-3	1,263.20	1,305.60	1,348.00	1,390.40	1,432.00	1,474.40	1,516.80	1,558.40	1,600.80	1,643.20
GS-4	1,418.40	1,465.60	1,512.80	1,560.00	1,607.20	1,655.20	1,702.40	1,749.60	1,796.80	1,844.00
GS-5	1,587.20	1,640.00	1,692.80	1,745.60	1,798.40	1,851.20	1,904.00	1,957.60	2,010.40	2,063.20
GS-6	1,768.80	1,828.00	1,887.20	1,945.60	2,004.80	2,064.00	2,123.20	2,181.60	2,240.80	2,300.00
GS-7	1,965.60	2,031.20	2,096.80	2,162.40	2,228.00	2,293.60	2,359.20	2,424.80	2,490.40	2,556.00
GS-8	2,176.80	2,249.60	2,322.40	2,394.40	2,467.20	2,540.00	2,612.80	2,684.80	2,757.60	2,830.40
GS-9	2,404.80	2,484.80	2,564.80	2,644.80	2,725.60	2,805.60	2,885.60	2,965.60	3,045.60	3,126.40
GS-10	2,648.00	2,736.00	2,824.80	2,912.80	3,000.80	3,088.80	3,177.60	3,265.60	3,353.60	3,442.40
GS-11	2,909.60	3,006.40	3,103.20	3,200.00	3,297.60	3,394.40	3,491.20	3,588.00	3,685.60	3,782.40
GS-12	3,487.20	3,603.20	3,719.20	3,836.00	3,952.00	4,068.00	4,184.80	4,300.80	4,416.80	4,533.60
GS-13	4,146.40	4,284.80	4,423.20	4,561.60	4,699.20	4,837.60	4,976.00	5,114.40	5,252.00	5,390.40
GS-14	4,900.00	5,063.20	5,226.40	5,390.40	5,553.60	5,716.80	5,880.00	6,043.20	6,207.20	6,370.40
GS-15	5,764.00	5,956.00	6,148.00	6,340.00	6,532.00	6,724.00	6,916.80	7,108.80	7,300.80	7,492.80

Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-KC, matched cell by cell; compare with Rest of U.S..

After local prices

Its neighbors by what it buys (how; all 57).
#	Locality	On paper	Price level	What it buys
10	Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI	$111,894	100.3	$111,562
11	Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA	$102,266	91.7	$111,521
12	Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA	$102,457	91.9	$111,474
13	Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS	$103,098	92.5	$111,406
14	Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA	$114,459	102.7	$111,400
15	Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH	$105,854	95.5	$110,878
16	Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN	$105,663	95.4	$110,793

Here it is other services, not rent, that stand out: at 93.4, they are the third-lowest of the 57 areas with a price index.

BEA price levels, 2024, for the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spending	Here	U.S.	Rank of 57
Goods	94.1	99.6	#46 (tied)
Housing (rent)	86.6	100.6	#45
Utilities	89.0	98.4	#41 (tied)
Other services	93.4	100.1	#55
All items	92.5	100.0	#52

Locality pay since 2016

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, %	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Kansas City, MO	14.49	15.59	16.10	16.60	17.13	17.13	17.67	18.18	18.65	18.97	18.97
Rest of U.S.	14.35	15.06	15.37	15.67	15.95	15.95	16.20	16.50	16.82	17.06	17.06

Kansas City, MO has had a locality pay table of its own only since 2016; before that its counties were paid the Rest of U.S. rate.

The 1990 pay law’s formula

Formula 34.33%, paid 18.97%: 15.36 points apart (median 18.40); nine editions: table

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 in	Data as of	Listed as	Pay gap, %	Formula rate, %	Rate paid that year, %
2026	March 2024	Locality pay area	41.05	34.33	18.97
2025	March 2023	Locality pay area	44.30	37.43	18.97
2024	March 2022	Locality pay area	41.87	35.11	18.65
2023	March 2021	Locality pay area	39.55	32.90	18.18
2022	March 2020	Locality pay area	40.26	33.58	17.67
2021	March 2019	Locality pay area	42.24	35.47	17.13
2020	March 2018	Locality pay area	45.92	38.97	17.13
2019	March 2017	Locality pay area	46.29	39.32	16.60
2018	March 2016	Locality pay area	46.30	39.33	16.10

Federal jobs

32,850 federal civilian jobs in 2025, 1,249 fewer than in 2024, down 3.66%: table

In this area’s 33 counties, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 4,901 federal jobs in Kansas and Missouri 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.
Year	Federal civilian jobs	Share of all jobs, %	Average pay per job
2023	33,475	2.49	$88,094
2024	34,099	2.52	$91,856
2025	32,850	2.42	$94,815

Counties

33 counties paid at this rate

Kansas, 15 counties

Anderson County (added 2024)
Atchison County
Doniphan County
Douglas County
Franklin County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Johnson County
Leavenworth County
Linn County
Miami County
Osage County
Shawnee County
Wabaunsee County
Wyandotte County

Missouri, 18 counties

Andrew County
Bates County
Buchanan County
Caldwell County
Carroll County (added 2024)
Cass County
Clay County
Clinton County
Daviess County (added 2024)
DeKalb County
Gentry County (added 2024)
Henry County (added 2024)
Holt County (added 2024)
Jackson County
Johnson County
Lafayette County
Platte County
Ray County

Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions.