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Reno-Fernley, NV$101,842a year$3,904.00Every two weeks$48.80Per hour$49.05Overtime hour#57On paper#54After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Reno-Fernley, NV

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

Reno, NV GS pay scale 2026: 17.52% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $101,842 with 17.52% locality pay; local prices are within 2% of the national average, so at U.S. prices it is worth close to that, $100,820.

#57 on paper, #54 after prices

+3Places gained, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$100,820BEA price level 101.0, for Reno, NV.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016
+3.17 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate
47.00%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
40.00%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
4,610
Share of all jobs here
1.60%
Largest county by federal jobs
Washoe County, NV: 4,004
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate

No cell here reaches the $197,200 statutory ceiling. Reading these tables.
Grade12345678910
GS-126,54127,43028,31329,19230,07230,58831,46132,34032,37733,197
GS-229,84230,55231,54132,37732,73933,70134,66435,62636,58937,551
GS-332,56233,64834,73435,82036,90637,99239,07840,16441,25042,335
GS-436,55237,77138,99040,20841,42742,64643,86445,08346,30247,520
GS-540,89642,25943,62244,98546,34947,71249,07550,43851,80253,165
GS-645,58747,10748,62650,14651,66553,18554,70456,22457,74359,263
GS-750,65852,34754,03655,72457,41359,10260,79162,48064,16865,857
GS-856,10257,97159,84161,71163,58165,45067,32069,19071,06072,929
GS-961,96564,03166,09768,16370,22972,29574,36176,42778,49380,559
GS-1068,23770,51172,78575,05977,33379,60781,88184,15586,42988,703
GS-1174,97277,47279,97182,47184,97087,47089,97092,46994,96997,469
GS-1289,85992,85595,85098,846101,842104,837107,833110,828113,824116,820
GS-13106,855110,417113,979117,541121,103124,665128,227131,789135,351138,913
GS-14126,271130,480134,690138,899143,109147,318151,528155,738159,947164,157
GS-15148,526153,478158,429163,380168,331173,282178,233183,184188,135193,087
Annual rate divided by 2,087 hours (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)), as in OPM’s hourly table.
Grade12345678910
GS-112.7213.1413.5713.9914.4114.6615.0715.5015.5115.91
GS-214.3014.6415.1115.5115.6916.1516.6117.0717.5317.99
GS-315.6016.1216.6417.1617.6818.2018.7219.2419.7720.29
GS-417.5118.1018.6819.2719.8520.4321.0221.6022.1922.77
GS-519.6020.2520.9021.5522.2122.8623.5124.1724.8225.47
GS-621.8422.5723.3024.0324.7625.4826.2126.9427.6728.40
GS-724.2725.0825.8926.7027.5128.3229.1329.9430.7531.56
GS-826.8827.7828.6729.5730.4731.3632.2633.1534.0534.94
GS-929.6930.6831.6732.6633.6534.6435.6336.6237.6138.60
GS-1032.7033.7934.8835.9737.0538.1439.2340.3241.4142.50
GS-1135.9237.1238.3239.5240.7141.9143.1144.3145.5146.70
GS-1243.0644.4945.9347.3648.8050.2351.6753.1054.5455.98
GS-1351.2052.9154.6156.3258.0359.7361.4463.1564.8566.56
GS-1460.5062.5264.5466.5568.5770.5972.6174.6276.6478.66
GS-1571.1773.5475.9178.2880.6683.0385.4087.7790.1592.52
Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
Grade12345678910
GS-11,017.601,051.201,085.601,119.201,152.801,172.801,205.601,240.001,240.801,272.80
GS-21,144.001,171.201,208.801,240.801,255.201,292.001,328.801,365.601,402.401,439.20
GS-31,248.001,289.601,331.201,372.801,414.401,456.001,497.601,539.201,581.601,623.20
GS-41,400.801,448.001,494.401,541.601,588.001,634.401,681.601,728.001,775.201,821.60
GS-51,568.001,620.001,672.001,724.001,776.801,828.801,880.801,933.601,985.602,037.60
GS-61,747.201,805.601,864.001,922.401,980.802,038.402,096.802,155.202,213.602,272.00
GS-71,941.602,006.402,071.202,136.002,200.802,265.602,330.402,395.202,460.002,524.80
GS-82,150.402,222.402,293.602,365.602,437.602,508.802,580.802,652.002,724.002,795.20
GS-92,375.202,454.402,533.602,612.802,692.002,771.202,850.402,929.603,008.803,088.00
GS-102,616.002,703.202,790.402,877.602,964.003,051.203,138.403,225.603,312.803,400.00
GS-112,873.602,969.603,065.603,161.603,256.803,352.803,448.803,544.803,640.803,736.00
GS-123,444.803,559.203,674.403,788.803,904.004,018.404,133.604,248.004,363.204,478.40
GS-134,096.004,232.804,368.804,505.604,642.404,778.404,915.205,052.005,188.005,324.80
GS-144,840.005,001.605,163.205,324.005,485.605,647.205,808.805,969.606,131.206,292.80
GS-155,693.605,883.206,072.806,262.406,452.806,642.406,832.007,021.607,212.007,401.60
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-RN, matched cell by cell; compare with Rest of U.S..

At 17.52%, its locality payment is the second-lowest of the 58 areas.

After local prices

Its neighbors by what it buys (how; all 57).
#LocalityOn paperPrice levelWhat it buys
51Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT$103,514100.9$102,541
52Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$102,197100.0$102,192
53Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID$101,972100.3$101,620
54Reno-Fernley, NV$101,842101.0$100,820
55Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA$101,954102.2$99,800
56State of Hawaii$105,906110.0$96,321
57Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL$108,038114.2$94,641

Rent here runs well ahead of prices overall: BEA puts housing 22.7% above the U.S. level, at 123.5, while all prices together, at 101.0, are within 2% of 100.

BEA price levels, 2024, for the Reno, NV metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spendingHereU.S.Rank of 57
Goods96.399.6#37 (tied)
Housing (rent)123.5100.6#13
Utilities89.398.4#38
Other services98.7100.1#33 (tied)
All items101.0100.0#21

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. Grey: the Rest of U.S. rate its counties were paid before it had a table of its own. Sources and caveats; every area since 2016: ten years of locality pay.
Locality pay, %20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Reno, NV14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5017.1117.5217.52
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

Reno, NV got a locality pay table of its own in 2024; the grey figures before that are the Rest of U.S. rate its counties were paid.

From 2016 to 2026 the rate paid in its counties rose 3.17 percentage points, from 14.35% (the Rest of U.S. rate then) to 17.52%, the second-smallest rise of the 58 areas, shared with Cincinnati, OH.

The 1990 pay law’s formula

The editions checked here, the memos for pay in 2018 to 2026. Formula rate “—”: the memos print none for a Rest of U.S. research area, whose gap is from the memo’s research-area table. 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 area47.0040.0017.52
2025March 2023Locality pay area48.1741.1117.52
2024March 2022Proposed locality pay area45.4838.5517.11
2023March 2021Rest of U.S. research area45.47—16.50

Reno, NV is a separate locality pay area in the memos from the edition for pay in 2024; before that, in the edition for pay in 2023, it is a Rest of U.S. research area, with a gap of 45.47%, and the editions for pay in 2018 to 2022 give it no gap.

Federal jobs

4,610 federal civilian jobs in 2025, 204 fewer than in 2024, down 4.24%: table
In this area’s 4 counties, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 1,046 federal jobs in 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.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
20234,6741.67$92,326
20244,8141.70$95,851
20254,6101.60$99,613

Counties

4 counties paid at this rate

Nevada, 4 counties

  • Churchill County
  • Lyon County
  • Storey County
  • Washoe County
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions.