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Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI$110,594a year$4,239.20Every two weeks$52.99Per hour$53.27Overtime hour#16On paper#38After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

Minneapolis, MN GS pay scale 2026: 27.62% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $110,594 with 27.62% locality pay, but prices above the national average cut what it buys to $105,506 at U.S. prices.

#16 on paper, #38 after prices

−22Places lost, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$105,506BEA price level 104.8, for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.

Ceiling watch

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

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016
+6.32 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate
57.25%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
49.76%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
25,802
Share of all jobs here
1.08%
Largest county by federal jobs
Hennepin County, MN: 12,784
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate

▲ marks the 3 cells cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling. Reading these tables.
Grade12345678910
GS-128,82229,78830,74631,70132,65733,21734,16535,12035,15936,050
GS-232,40733,17734,25235,15935,55236,59837,64338,68839,73340,778
GS-335,36136,54037,71938,89940,07841,25742,43643,61544,79545,974
GS-439,69441,01742,34043,66444,98746,31147,63448,95850,28151,604
GS-544,41045,89147,37148,85250,33251,81253,29354,77356,25457,734
GS-649,50551,15552,80554,45556,10657,75659,40661,05662,70664,356
GS-755,01256,84658,68060,51462,34764,18166,01567,84969,68371,517
GS-860,92362,95464,98467,01569,04571,07573,10675,13677,16779,197
GS-967,29069,53471,77774,02176,26478,50880,75282,99585,23987,482
GS-1074,10176,57179,04081,51083,97986,44988,91891,38793,85796,326
GS-1181,41584,13086,84489,55992,27394,98897,702100,417103,131105,845
GS-1297,582100,835104,088107,341110,594113,847117,100120,353123,606126,859
GS-13116,038119,907123,775127,643131,511135,379139,247143,116146,984150,852
GS-14137,123141,694146,265150,837155,408159,979164,551169,122173,693178,265
GS-15161,291166,668172,045177,421182,798188,174193,551197,200197,200197,200
Annual rate divided by 2,087 hours (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)), as in OPM’s hourly table.
Grade12345678910
GS-113.8114.2714.7315.1915.6515.9216.3716.8316.8517.27
GS-215.5315.9016.4116.8517.0317.5418.0418.5419.0419.54
GS-316.9417.5118.0718.6419.2019.7720.3320.9021.4622.03
GS-419.0219.6520.2920.9221.5622.1922.8223.4624.0924.73
GS-521.2821.9922.7023.4124.1224.8325.5426.2426.9527.66
GS-623.7224.5125.3026.0926.8827.6728.4629.2630.0530.84
GS-726.3627.2428.1229.0029.8730.7531.6332.5133.3934.27
GS-829.1930.1631.1432.1133.0834.0635.0336.0036.9837.95
GS-932.2433.3234.3935.4736.5437.6238.6939.7740.8441.92
GS-1035.5136.6937.8739.0640.2441.4242.6143.7944.9746.16
GS-1139.0140.3141.6142.9144.2145.5146.8148.1249.4250.72
GS-1246.7648.3249.8751.4352.9954.5556.1157.6759.2360.79
GS-1355.6057.4559.3161.1663.0164.8766.7268.5770.4372.28
GS-1465.7067.8970.0872.2774.4676.6678.8581.0483.2385.42
GS-1577.2879.8682.4485.0187.5990.1692.7494.4994.4994.49
Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
Grade12345678910
GS-11,104.801,141.601,178.401,215.201,252.001,273.601,309.601,346.401,348.001,381.60
GS-21,242.401,272.001,312.801,348.001,362.401,403.201,443.201,483.201,523.201,563.20
GS-31,355.201,400.801,445.601,491.201,536.001,581.601,626.401,672.001,716.801,762.40
GS-41,521.601,572.001,623.201,673.601,724.801,775.201,825.601,876.801,927.201,978.40
GS-51,702.401,759.201,816.001,872.801,929.601,986.402,043.202,099.202,156.002,212.80
GS-61,897.601,960.802,024.002,087.202,150.402,213.602,276.802,340.802,404.002,467.20
GS-72,108.802,179.202,249.602,320.002,389.602,460.002,530.402,600.802,671.202,741.60
GS-82,335.202,412.802,491.202,568.802,646.402,724.802,802.402,880.002,958.403,036.00
GS-92,579.202,665.602,751.202,837.602,923.203,009.603,095.203,181.603,267.203,353.60
GS-102,840.802,935.203,029.603,124.803,219.203,313.603,408.803,503.203,597.603,692.80
GS-113,120.803,224.803,328.803,432.803,536.803,640.803,744.803,849.603,953.604,057.60
GS-123,740.803,865.603,989.604,114.404,239.204,364.004,488.804,613.604,738.404,863.20
GS-134,448.004,596.004,744.804,892.805,040.805,189.605,337.605,485.605,634.405,782.40
GS-145,256.005,431.205,606.405,781.605,956.806,132.806,308.006,483.206,658.406,833.60
GS-156,182.406,388.806,595.206,800.807,007.207,212.807,419.207,559.207,559.207,559.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-MSP, 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
35Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX$104,29498.1$106,351
36New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA$119,546112.6$106,204
37Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT$114,893108.3$106,121
38Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI$110,594104.8$105,506
39Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV$112,449106.7$105,418
40Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY$102,15497.0$105,275
41Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC$102,95197.9$105,115
BEA price levels, 2024, for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spendingHereU.S.Rank of 57
Goods103.199.6#15
Housing (rent)111.8100.6#21
Utilities93.598.4#27
Other services104.4100.1#4 (tied)
All items104.8100.0#13

Prices here have been rising about as fast as in the country as a whole: BLS consumer prices for the Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area rose 3.6% in the twelve months to September 2026, against 3.7% for the U.S. city average over the same months.

Locality pay since 2016

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
Minneapolis, MN21.3022.7223.3724.0024.6624.6625.4926.3927.1527.6227.62
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

In 2024 OPM added 15 counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin to it, the second-most it added to any area, as many as it added to Indianapolis, IN.

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 area57.2549.7627.62
2025March 2023Locality pay area62.4354.7027.62
2024March 2022Locality pay area61.7054.0027.15
2023March 2021Locality pay area60.2052.5726.39
2022March 2020Locality pay area57.6850.1725.49
2021March 2019Locality pay area58.5751.0224.66
2020March 2018Locality pay area59.9052.2924.66
2019March 2017Locality pay area60.2452.6124.00
2018March 2016Locality pay area60.7053.0523.37

Across the nine editions checked here, the estimate for Minneapolis, MN has run from 57.25% (for pay in 2026) to 62.43% (for pay in 2025), the fourth-narrowest swing of the 56 areas with a gap in all of them.

Federal jobs

25,802 federal civilian jobs in 2025, 551 fewer than in 2024, down 2.09%: table
In this area’s 36 counties, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 4,023 federal jobs in Minnesota and Wisconsin 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
202325,9811.10$93,857
202426,3531.10$96,991
202525,8021.08$100,706

Counties

36 counties paid at this rate

Minnesota, 33 counties

  • Anoka County
  • Benton County
  • Blue Earth County (added 2024)
  • Brown County (added 2024)
  • Carver County
  • Chisago County
  • Dakota County
  • Dodge County (added 2024)
  • Fillmore County (added 2024)
  • Goodhue County
  • Hennepin County
  • Isanti County
  • Kanabec County (added 2024)
  • Le Sueur County
  • McLeod County
  • Meeker County (added 2024)
  • Mille Lacs County
  • Morrison County (added 2024)
  • Mower County (added 2024)
  • Nicollet County (added 2024)
  • Olmsted County (added 2024)
  • Pine County (added 2024)
  • Ramsey County
  • Rice County
  • Scott County
  • Sherburne County
  • Sibley County
  • Stearns County
  • Steele County (added 2024)
  • Wabasha County (added 2024)
  • Waseca County (added 2024)
  • Washington County
  • Wright County

Wisconsin, 3 counties

  • Pierce County
  • Polk County (added 2024)
  • St. Croix County
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions.