GS pay scale 2026
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

Las Vegas, NV GS pay scale 2026: 19.57% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $103,618 with 19.57% locality pay; local prices are within 2% of the national average, so at U.S. prices it is worth close to that, $103,396.

#39 on paper, #47 after prices

−8Places lost, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$103,396BEA price level 100.2, for Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016: +5.02 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate: 42.00%
Rate the 1990 formula would set: 35.24%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025: 15,387
Share of all jobs here: 1.27%
Largest county by federal jobs: Clark County, NV: 14,733

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	27,004	27,909	28,807	29,701	30,597	31,122	32,010	32,904	32,942	33,776
GS-2	30,362	31,085	32,091	32,942	33,310	34,289	35,268	36,248	37,227	38,206
GS-3	33,130	34,235	35,340	36,445	37,550	38,655	39,759	40,864	41,969	43,074
GS-4	37,190	38,430	39,670	40,910	42,150	43,390	44,630	45,869	47,109	48,349
GS-5	41,609	42,996	44,383	45,770	47,157	48,544	49,931	51,318	52,705	54,092
GS-6	46,382	47,928	49,474	51,021	52,567	54,113	55,659	57,205	58,751	60,297
GS-7	51,542	53,260	54,978	56,697	58,415	60,133	61,851	63,569	65,288	67,006
GS-8	57,080	58,983	60,885	62,787	64,690	66,592	68,494	70,397	72,299	74,202
GS-9	63,046	65,148	67,250	69,352	71,454	73,556	75,658	77,760	79,862	81,964
GS-10	69,427	71,741	74,054	76,368	78,682	80,996	83,309	85,623	87,937	90,250
GS-11	76,280	78,823	81,366	83,909	86,453	88,996	91,539	94,082	96,626	99,169
GS-12	91,427	94,475	97,522	100,570	103,618	106,666	109,714	112,762	115,810	118,857
GS-13	108,719	112,343	115,967	119,592	123,216	126,840	130,464	134,088	137,712	141,337
GS-14	128,473	132,756	137,039	141,322	145,605	149,888	154,171	158,454	162,737	167,020
GS-15	151,117	156,155	161,192	166,230	171,267	176,305	181,342	186,380	191,417	196,455

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	12.94	13.37	13.80	14.23	14.66	14.91	15.34	15.77	15.78	16.18
GS-2	14.55	14.89	15.38	15.78	15.96	16.43	16.90	17.37	17.84	18.31
GS-3	15.87	16.40	16.93	17.46	17.99	18.52	19.05	19.58	20.11	20.64
GS-4	17.82	18.41	19.01	19.60	20.20	20.79	21.38	21.98	22.57	23.17
GS-5	19.94	20.60	21.27	21.93	22.60	23.26	23.92	24.59	25.25	25.92
GS-6	22.22	22.97	23.71	24.45	25.19	25.93	26.67	27.41	28.15	28.89
GS-7	24.70	25.52	26.34	27.17	27.99	28.81	29.64	30.46	31.28	32.11
GS-8	27.35	28.26	29.17	30.08	31.00	31.91	32.82	33.73	34.64	35.55
GS-9	30.21	31.22	32.22	33.23	34.24	35.24	36.25	37.26	38.27	39.27
GS-10	33.27	34.38	35.48	36.59	37.70	38.81	39.92	41.03	42.14	43.24
GS-11	36.55	37.77	38.99	40.21	41.42	42.64	43.86	45.08	46.30	47.52
GS-12	43.81	45.27	46.73	48.19	49.65	51.11	52.57	54.03	55.49	56.95
GS-13	52.09	53.83	55.57	57.30	59.04	60.78	62.51	64.25	65.99	67.72
GS-14	61.56	63.61	65.66	67.72	69.77	71.82	73.87	75.92	77.98	80.03
GS-15	72.41	74.82	77.24	79.65	82.06	84.48	86.89	89.31	91.72	94.13

Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	1,035.20	1,069.60	1,104.00	1,138.40	1,172.80	1,192.80	1,227.20	1,261.60	1,262.40	1,294.40
GS-2	1,164.00	1,191.20	1,230.40	1,262.40	1,276.80	1,314.40	1,352.00	1,389.60	1,427.20	1,464.80
GS-3	1,269.60	1,312.00	1,354.40	1,396.80	1,439.20	1,481.60	1,524.00	1,566.40	1,608.80	1,651.20
GS-4	1,425.60	1,472.80	1,520.80	1,568.00	1,616.00	1,663.20	1,710.40	1,758.40	1,805.60	1,853.60
GS-5	1,595.20	1,648.00	1,701.60	1,754.40	1,808.00	1,860.80	1,913.60	1,967.20	2,020.00	2,073.60
GS-6	1,777.60	1,837.60	1,896.80	1,956.00	2,015.20	2,074.40	2,133.60	2,192.80	2,252.00	2,311.20
GS-7	1,976.00	2,041.60	2,107.20	2,173.60	2,239.20	2,304.80	2,371.20	2,436.80	2,502.40	2,568.80
GS-8	2,188.00	2,260.80	2,333.60	2,406.40	2,480.00	2,552.80	2,625.60	2,698.40	2,771.20	2,844.00
GS-9	2,416.80	2,497.60	2,577.60	2,658.40	2,739.20	2,819.20	2,900.00	2,980.80	3,061.60	3,141.60
GS-10	2,661.60	2,750.40	2,838.40	2,927.20	3,016.00	3,104.80	3,193.60	3,282.40	3,371.20	3,459.20
GS-11	2,924.00	3,021.60	3,119.20	3,216.80	3,313.60	3,411.20	3,508.80	3,606.40	3,704.00	3,801.60
GS-12	3,504.80	3,621.60	3,738.40	3,855.20	3,972.00	4,088.80	4,205.60	4,322.40	4,439.20	4,556.00
GS-13	4,167.20	4,306.40	4,445.60	4,584.00	4,723.20	4,862.40	5,000.80	5,140.00	5,279.20	5,417.60
GS-14	4,924.80	5,088.80	5,252.80	5,417.60	5,581.60	5,745.60	5,909.60	6,073.60	6,238.40	6,402.40
GS-15	5,792.80	5,985.60	6,179.20	6,372.00	6,564.80	6,758.40	6,951.20	7,144.80	7,337.60	7,530.40

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

No cell here reaches the $197,200 ceiling, but GS-15 step 10, at $196,455, is $745 short of it, the second-closest of the 21 areas whose rates all stay below it.

After local prices

Its neighbors by what it buys (how; all 57).
#	Locality	On paper	Price level	What it buys
44	Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA	$118,264	113.6	$104,137
45	Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA	$109,303	105.4	$103,682
46	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$115,880	111.9	$103,569
47	Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ	$103,618	100.2	$103,396
48	Colorado Springs, CO	$104,121	100.7	$103,390
49	Phoenix-Mesa, AZ	$106,114	103.3	$102,708
50	Seattle-Tacoma, WA	$114,017	111.1	$102,595

Rent here runs well ahead of prices overall: BEA puts housing 14.8% above the U.S. level, at 115.5, while all prices together, at 100.2, are within 2% of 100.

BEA price levels, 2024, for the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spending	Here	U.S.	Rank of 57
Goods	96.3	99.6	#37 (tied)
Housing (rent)	115.5	100.6	#18
Utilities	90.6	98.4	#34
Other services	98.7	100.1	#33 (tied)
All items	100.2	100.0	#26

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
Las Vegas, NV	14.55	15.93	16.49	17.04	17.68	17.68	18.25	18.76	19.23	19.57	19.57
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

Las Vegas, NV 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 35.24%, paid 19.57%: 15.67 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	42.00	35.24	19.57
2025	March 2023	Locality pay area	46.06	39.10	19.57
2024	March 2022	Locality pay area	42.55	35.76	19.23
2023	March 2021	Locality pay area	40.33	33.65	18.76
2022	March 2020	Locality pay area	41.87	35.11	18.25
2021	March 2019	Locality pay area	48.19	41.13	17.68
2020	March 2018	Locality pay area	51.50	44.29	17.68
2019	March 2017	Locality pay area	48.95	41.86	17.04
2018	March 2016	Locality pay area	49.04	41.94	16.49

Federal jobs

In this area’s 3 counties, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 3,204 federal jobs in Arizona and Nevada 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	15,374	1.32	$86,159
2024	15,715	1.32	$92,031
2025	15,387	1.27	$95,458

Clark County, Nevada, alone holds 95.7% of them, 14,733 jobs, the largest share for one county of the 56 areas with more than one.

Counties

3 counties paid at this rate

Arizona, 1 county

Mohave County

Nevada, 2 counties

Clark County
Nye County

Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions.