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Effective January 2026

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New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA$119,546a year$4,582.40Every two weeks$57.28Per hour$57.57Overtime hour#2On paper#36After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

New York, NY GS pay scale 2026: 37.95% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $119,546 with 37.95% locality pay, but prices above the national average cut what it buys to $106,204 at U.S. prices.

#2 on paper, #36 after prices

−34Places lost, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$106,204BEA price level 112.6, for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

Ceiling watch

6 of 150cells held to $197,200, from GS-15 step 5.

Against Rest of U.S.

+$18,103over $101,443 at GS-12 step 5, on paper.

Rest of U.S. buys as much at

95.5or lower prices, U.S. = 100, against 112.6 here; 15 of the 57 priced areas are that cheap (the two side by side).

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016
+8.75 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate
82.26%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
73.58%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
120,712
Share of all jobs here
1.05%
Largest county by federal jobs
New York County, NY: 19,917
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate

▲ marks the 6 cells cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling. Reading these tables.
Grade12345678910
GS-131,15532,19933,23534,26735,30035,90636,93137,96238,00538,968
GS-235,03035,86337,02438,00538,43039,56040,69041,82042,94944,079
GS-338,22339,49840,77342,04743,32244,59645,87147,14648,42049,695
GS-442,90744,33745,76847,19848,62950,05951,49052,92054,35155,781
GS-548,00549,60551,20652,80654,40656,00657,60759,20760,80762,407
GS-653,51255,29657,08058,86360,64762,43164,21465,99867,78269,565
GS-759,46561,44763,42965,41267,39469,37671,35973,34175,32377,306
GS-865,85568,04970,24472,43974,63476,82879,02381,21883,41385,608
GS-972,73775,16277,58780,01282,43884,86387,28889,71392,13894,563
GS-1080,09982,76985,43888,10790,77793,44696,11598,785101,454104,123
GS-1188,00590,93993,87496,80899,742102,676105,610108,545111,479114,413
GS-12105,481108,997112,513116,030119,546123,062126,579130,095133,611137,128
GS-13125,431129,612133,794137,975142,156146,337150,519154,700158,881163,062
GS-14148,222153,163158,104163,046167,987172,929177,870182,811187,753192,694
GS-15174,347180,159185,970191,782197,200197,200197,200197,200197,200197,200
Annual rate divided by 2,087 hours (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)), as in OPM’s hourly table.
Grade12345678910
GS-114.9315.4315.9216.4216.9117.2017.7018.1918.2118.67
GS-216.7817.1817.7418.2118.4118.9619.5020.0420.5821.12
GS-318.3118.9319.5420.1520.7621.3721.9822.5923.2023.81
GS-420.5621.2421.9322.6223.3023.9924.6725.3626.0426.73
GS-523.0023.7724.5425.3026.0726.8427.6028.3729.1429.90
GS-625.6426.5027.3528.2029.0629.9130.7731.6232.4833.33
GS-728.4929.4430.3931.3432.2933.2434.1935.1436.0937.04
GS-831.5532.6133.6634.7135.7636.8137.8638.9239.9741.02
GS-934.8536.0137.1838.3439.5040.6641.8242.9944.1545.31
GS-1038.3839.6640.9442.2243.5044.7846.0547.3348.6149.89
GS-1142.1743.5744.9846.3947.7949.2050.6052.0153.4254.82
GS-1250.5452.2353.9155.6057.2858.9760.6562.3464.0265.71
GS-1360.1062.1064.1166.1168.1170.1272.1274.1376.1378.13
GS-1471.0273.3975.7678.1280.4982.8685.2387.6089.9692.33
GS-1583.5486.3289.1191.8994.4994.4994.4994.4994.4994.49
Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
Grade12345678910
GS-11,194.401,234.401,273.601,313.601,352.801,376.001,416.001,455.201,456.801,493.60
GS-21,342.401,374.401,419.201,456.801,472.801,516.801,560.001,603.201,646.401,689.60
GS-31,464.801,514.401,563.201,612.001,660.801,709.601,758.401,807.201,856.001,904.80
GS-41,644.801,699.201,754.401,809.601,864.001,919.201,973.602,028.802,083.202,138.40
GS-51,840.001,901.601,963.202,024.002,085.602,147.202,208.002,269.602,331.202,392.00
GS-62,051.202,120.002,188.002,256.002,324.802,392.802,461.602,529.602,598.402,666.40
GS-72,279.202,355.202,431.202,507.202,583.202,659.202,735.202,811.202,887.202,963.20
GS-82,524.002,608.802,692.802,776.802,860.802,944.803,028.803,113.603,197.603,281.60
GS-92,788.002,880.802,974.403,067.203,160.003,252.803,345.603,439.203,532.003,624.80
GS-103,070.403,172.803,275.203,377.603,480.003,582.403,684.003,786.403,888.803,991.20
GS-113,373.603,485.603,598.403,711.203,823.203,936.004,048.004,160.804,273.604,385.60
GS-124,043.204,178.404,312.804,448.004,582.404,717.604,852.004,987.205,121.605,256.80
GS-134,808.004,968.005,128.805,288.805,448.805,609.605,769.605,930.406,090.406,250.40
GS-145,681.605,871.206,060.806,249.606,439.206,628.806,818.407,008.007,196.807,386.40
GS-156,683.206,905.607,128.807,351.207,559.207,559.207,559.207,559.207,559.207,559.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-NY, matched cell by cell; compare with Rest of U.S..

6 of its 150 cells, from GS-15 step 5 up, are held to the $197,200 statutory ceiling, the second-most of the 58 areas.

After local prices

Its neighbors by what it buys (how; all 57).
#LocalityOn paperPrice levelWhat it buys
33Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA$116,071108.9$106,601
34Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC$103,70597.3$106,530
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
BEA price levels, 2024, for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spendingHereU.S.Rank of 57
Goods110.399.6#2
Housing (rent)148.6100.6#7
Utilities127.098.4#12
Other services105.8100.1#3
All items112.6100.0#3

Prices here have been rising faster than in the country as a whole: BLS consumer prices for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area rose 4.5% in the twelve months to September 2026, against 3.7% for the U.S. city average over the same months.

Locality pay since 2016

29.20% in 2016, 37.95% in 2026, up 8.75 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
New York, NY29.2031.2232.1333.0633.9833.9835.0636.1637.2437.9537.95
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 area82.2673.5837.95
2025March 2023Locality pay area87.3178.3937.95
2024March 2022Locality pay area84.0075.2437.24
2023March 2021Locality pay area76.4168.0136.16
2022March 2020Locality pay area75.3366.9835.06
2021March 2019Locality pay area77.3968.9433.98
2020March 2018Locality pay area80.9272.3033.98
2019March 2017Locality pay area83.9275.1633.06
2018March 2016Locality pay area82.5273.8332.13

Pay here is further from the 1990 pay law’s formula than in most areas: the formula would set 73.58%, 35.63 points above the 37.95% paid in 2026, against a median distance of 18.40 points across the 57 areas with a formula rate.

Federal jobs

In this area’s 34 counties and 5 Connecticut planning regions, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 10,252 federal jobs in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania 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
2023124,3441.11$96,294
2024124,9141.09$100,741
2025120,7121.05$104,977

No single county holds more than 16.5% of them, the second-smallest such share of the 56 areas with more than one county; the most, 19,917, are in New York County, New York.

In Connecticut BLS has counted by planning region rather than county since 2024, while OPM still draws its areas by the old counties: each region is counted in the area that holds most of its towns, and 4 of the 9 regions straddle two areas; 1,043 of this area’s jobs are in such regions.

Civilians at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, which OPM puts in this area, are counted by BLS in Burlington County, New Jersey, which is in the Philadelphia area.

Counties

37 counties paid at this rate

Connecticut, 3 counties

  • Fairfield County
  • Litchfield County
  • New Haven County

New Jersey, 14 counties

  • Bergen County
  • Essex County
  • Hudson County
  • Hunterdon County
  • Mercer County
  • Middlesex County
  • Monmouth County
  • Morris County
  • Ocean County
  • Passaic County
  • Somerset County
  • Sussex County
  • Union County
  • Warren County

New York, 14 counties

  • Bronx County
  • Dutchess County
  • Kings County
  • Nassau County
  • New York County
  • Orange County
  • Putnam County
  • Queens County
  • Richmond County
  • Rockland County
  • Suffolk County
  • Sullivan County (added 2024)
  • Ulster County
  • Westchester County

Pennsylvania, 6 counties

  • Carbon County
  • Lehigh County
  • Monroe County
  • Northampton County
  • Pike County
  • Wayne County (added 2024)
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions. OPM also assigns 3 named installations to this area separately from the county they sit in.