GS pay scale 2026
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

Miami, FL GS pay scale 2026: 24.67% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $108,038 with 24.67% locality pay, but prices above the national average cut what it buys to $94,641 at U.S. prices.

#19 on paper, #57 after prices

−38Places lost, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$94,641BEA price level 114.2, for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.

Ceiling watch

2 of 150cells held to $197,200, from GS-15 step 9.

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016: +3.62 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate: 44.77%
Rate the 1990 formula would set: 37.88%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025: 38,925
Share of all jobs here: 1.26%
Largest county by federal jobs: Miami-Dade County, FL: 21,373

Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate

A yearAn hourEvery two weeks

▲ marks the 2 cells cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling. Reading these tables.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	28,155	29,099	30,035	30,968	31,902	32,449	33,375	34,308	34,347	35,217
GS-2	31,657	32,410	33,460	34,347	34,731	35,752	36,773	37,794	38,815	39,836
GS-3	34,544	35,696	36,847	37,999	39,151	40,303	41,455	42,607	43,759	44,911
GS-4	38,776	40,069	41,362	42,655	43,947	45,240	46,533	47,826	49,119	50,412
GS-5	43,384	44,830	46,276	47,722	49,169	50,615	52,061	53,507	54,953	56,399
GS-6	48,361	49,973	51,585	53,197	54,809	56,421	58,033	59,645	61,257	62,869
GS-7	53,740	55,532	57,323	59,115	60,906	62,698	64,489	66,281	68,072	69,864
GS-8	59,515	61,498	63,482	65,465	67,449	69,432	71,416	73,399	75,383	77,366
GS-9	65,735	67,926	70,118	72,310	74,502	76,693	78,885	81,077	83,268	85,460
GS-10	72,388	74,801	77,213	79,625	82,038	84,450	86,863	89,275	91,687	94,100
GS-11	79,533	82,185	84,837	87,488	90,140	92,792	95,444	98,095	100,747	103,399
GS-12	95,326	98,504	101,682	104,860	108,038	111,216	114,393	117,571	120,749	123,927
GS-13	113,356	117,135	120,914	124,692	128,471	132,250	136,029	139,807	143,586	147,365
GS-14	133,953	138,419	142,884	147,350	151,816	156,281	160,747	165,213	169,678	174,144
GS-15	157,563	162,815	168,068	173,320	178,572	183,825	189,077	194,329	197,200	197,200

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	13.49	13.94	14.39	14.84	15.29	15.55	15.99	16.44	16.46	16.87
GS-2	15.17	15.53	16.03	16.46	16.64	17.13	17.62	18.11	18.60	19.09
GS-3	16.55	17.10	17.66	18.21	18.76	19.31	19.86	20.42	20.97	21.52
GS-4	18.58	19.20	19.82	20.44	21.06	21.68	22.30	22.92	23.54	24.16
GS-5	20.79	21.48	22.17	22.87	23.56	24.25	24.95	25.64	26.33	27.02
GS-6	23.17	23.94	24.72	25.49	26.26	27.03	27.81	28.58	29.35	30.12
GS-7	25.75	26.61	27.47	28.33	29.18	30.04	30.90	31.76	32.62	33.48
GS-8	28.52	29.47	30.42	31.37	32.32	33.27	34.22	35.17	36.12	37.07
GS-9	31.50	32.55	33.60	34.65	35.70	36.75	37.80	38.85	39.90	40.95
GS-10	34.69	35.84	37.00	38.15	39.31	40.46	41.62	42.78	43.93	45.09
GS-11	38.11	39.38	40.65	41.92	43.19	44.46	45.73	47.00	48.27	49.54
GS-12	45.68	47.20	48.72	50.24	51.77	53.29	54.81	56.33	57.86	59.38
GS-13	54.32	56.13	57.94	59.75	61.56	63.37	65.18	66.99	68.80	70.61
GS-14	64.18	66.32	68.46	70.60	72.74	74.88	77.02	79.16	81.30	83.44
GS-15	75.50	78.01	80.53	83.05	85.56	88.08	90.60	93.11	94.49	94.49

Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	1,079.20	1,115.20	1,151.20	1,187.20	1,223.20	1,244.00	1,279.20	1,315.20	1,316.80	1,349.60
GS-2	1,213.60	1,242.40	1,282.40	1,316.80	1,331.20	1,370.40	1,409.60	1,448.80	1,488.00	1,527.20
GS-3	1,324.00	1,368.00	1,412.80	1,456.80	1,500.80	1,544.80	1,588.80	1,633.60	1,677.60	1,721.60
GS-4	1,486.40	1,536.00	1,585.60	1,635.20	1,684.80	1,734.40	1,784.00	1,833.60	1,883.20	1,932.80
GS-5	1,663.20	1,718.40	1,773.60	1,829.60	1,884.80	1,940.00	1,996.00	2,051.20	2,106.40	2,161.60
GS-6	1,853.60	1,915.20	1,977.60	2,039.20	2,100.80	2,162.40	2,224.80	2,286.40	2,348.00	2,409.60
GS-7	2,060.00	2,128.80	2,197.60	2,266.40	2,334.40	2,403.20	2,472.00	2,540.80	2,609.60	2,678.40
GS-8	2,281.60	2,357.60	2,433.60	2,509.60	2,585.60	2,661.60	2,737.60	2,813.60	2,889.60	2,965.60
GS-9	2,520.00	2,604.00	2,688.00	2,772.00	2,856.00	2,940.00	3,024.00	3,108.00	3,192.00	3,276.00
GS-10	2,775.20	2,867.20	2,960.00	3,052.00	3,144.80	3,236.80	3,329.60	3,422.40	3,514.40	3,607.20
GS-11	3,048.80	3,150.40	3,252.00	3,353.60	3,455.20	3,556.80	3,658.40	3,760.00	3,861.60	3,963.20
GS-12	3,654.40	3,776.00	3,897.60	4,019.20	4,141.60	4,263.20	4,384.80	4,506.40	4,628.80	4,750.40
GS-13	4,345.60	4,490.40	4,635.20	4,780.00	4,924.80	5,069.60	5,214.40	5,359.20	5,504.00	5,648.80
GS-14	5,134.40	5,305.60	5,476.80	5,648.00	5,819.20	5,990.40	6,161.60	6,332.80	6,504.00	6,675.20
GS-15	6,040.00	6,240.80	6,442.40	6,644.00	6,844.80	7,046.40	7,248.00	7,448.80	7,559.20	7,559.20

Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-MFL, 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
54	Reno-Fernley, NV	$101,842	101.0	$100,820
55	Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA	$101,954	102.2	$99,800
56	State of Hawaii	$105,906	110.0	$96,321
57	Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL	$108,038	114.2	$94,641

Prices here are those of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, 114.2. The area’s name also takes in Port St. Lucie: BEA puts the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area at 100.2, and at that level GS-12 step 5 here would buy $107,792.

A GS-12 step 5 here buys $94,641 at national average prices, the least of the 57 areas with a price index.

Local prices here, 114.2 against a U.S. average of 100, are the highest of the 57 areas with a price index.

BEA price levels, 2024, for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spending	Here	U.S.	Rank of 57
Goods	103.6	99.6	#14
Housing (rent)	155.6	100.6	#4
Utilities	97.2	98.4	#21
Other services	109.1	100.1	#1
All items	114.2	100.0	#1

Prices here have been rising faster than in the country as a whole: BLS consumer prices for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area rose 3.7% in the twelve months to August 2026, the latest month BLS has for it, against 3.4% for the U.S. city average over the same months; to September 2026 the U.S. figure is 3.7%.

Locality pay since 2016

21.05% in 2016, 24.67% in 2026, up 3.62 points; Rest of U.S. up 2.71: chart and table

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
Miami, FL	21.05	22.13	22.64	23.12	23.51	23.51	23.80	24.14	24.42	24.67	24.67
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

The 1990 pay law’s formula

Formula 37.88%, paid 24.67%: 13.21 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	44.77	37.88	24.67
2025	March 2023	Locality pay area	45.77	38.83	24.67
2024	March 2022	Locality pay area	40.89	34.18	24.42
2023	March 2021	Locality pay area	40.82	34.11	24.14
2022	March 2020	Locality pay area	39.03	32.41	23.80
2021	March 2019	Locality pay area	42.86	36.06	23.51
2020	March 2018	Locality pay area	46.88	39.89	23.51
2019	March 2017	Locality pay area	51.91	44.68	23.12
2018	March 2016	Locality pay area	53.46	46.15	22.64

Federal jobs

In this area’s 8 counties, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 9,173 federal jobs in Florida 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	38,181	1.26	$97,897
2024	39,379	1.28	$101,742
2025	38,925	1.26	$106,518

Federal jobs here fell less than half as fast as across all areas: 454 fewer than in 2024, down 1.15%, against a drop of 2.95% across the 58 areas together.

Counties

8 counties paid at this rate

Florida, 8 counties

Broward County
Indian River County
Martin County
Miami-Dade County
Monroe County
Okeechobee County
Palm Beach County
St. Lucie County

Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions.