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Effective January 2026

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Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV$112,449a year$4,310.40Every two weeks$53.88Per hour$54.15Overtime hour#13On paper#39After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

Sacramento, CA GS pay scale 2026: 29.76% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $112,449 with 29.76% locality pay, but prices above the national average cut what it buys to $105,418 at U.S. prices.

#13 on paper, #39 after prices

−26Places lost, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$105,418BEA price level 106.7, for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.

Ceiling watch

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

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016
+7.15 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate
68.78%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
60.74%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
17,338
Share of all jobs here
1.30%
Largest county by federal jobs
Sacramento County, CA: 10,362
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate

▲ marks the 3 cells cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling. Reading these tables.
Grade12345678910
GS-129,30530,28731,26232,23233,20433,77434,73835,70935,74936,655
GS-232,95033,73434,82635,74936,14937,21138,27439,33740,39941,462
GS-335,95437,15338,35239,55140,75041,94943,14844,34745,54646,745
GS-440,35941,70543,05044,39645,74247,08748,43349,77951,12452,470
GS-545,15546,66048,16649,67151,17652,68154,18655,69257,19758,702
GS-650,33552,01353,69155,36957,04658,72460,40262,08063,75865,435
GS-755,93457,79959,66461,52863,39365,25867,12268,98770,85272,716
GS-861,94564,00966,07468,13870,20372,26774,33276,39678,46180,525
GS-968,41970,70072,98175,26277,54379,82482,10684,38786,66888,949
GS-1075,34477,85580,36682,87685,38787,89890,40992,92095,43197,942
GS-1182,78085,54088,30091,06093,82096,58099,340102,100104,860107,620
GS-1299,218102,526105,834109,141112,449115,756119,064122,371125,679128,987
GS-13117,984121,917125,850129,783133,716137,649141,582145,515149,448153,382
GS-14139,422144,070148,718153,366158,014162,662167,310171,958176,606181,254
GS-15163,996169,463174,929180,396185,863191,330196,797197,200197,200197,200
Annual rate divided by 2,087 hours (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)), as in OPM’s hourly table.
Grade12345678910
GS-114.0414.5114.9815.4415.9116.1816.6417.1117.1317.56
GS-215.7916.1616.6917.1317.3217.8318.3418.8519.3619.87
GS-317.2317.8018.3818.9519.5320.1020.6721.2521.8222.40
GS-419.3419.9820.6321.2721.9222.5623.2123.8524.5025.14
GS-521.6422.3623.0823.8024.5225.2425.9626.6927.4128.13
GS-624.1224.9225.7326.5327.3328.1428.9429.7530.5531.35
GS-726.8027.6928.5929.4830.3831.2732.1633.0633.9534.84
GS-829.6830.6731.6632.6533.6434.6335.6236.6137.6038.58
GS-932.7833.8834.9736.0637.1638.2539.3440.4341.5342.62
GS-1036.1037.3038.5139.7140.9142.1243.3244.5245.7346.93
GS-1139.6640.9942.3143.6344.9546.2847.6048.9250.2451.57
GS-1247.5449.1350.7152.3053.8855.4757.0558.6360.2261.80
GS-1356.5358.4260.3062.1964.0765.9667.8469.7271.6173.49
GS-1466.8069.0371.2673.4975.7177.9480.1782.3984.6286.85
GS-1578.5881.2083.8286.4489.0691.6894.3094.4994.4994.49
Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
Grade12345678910
GS-11,123.201,160.801,198.401,235.201,272.801,294.401,331.201,368.801,370.401,404.80
GS-21,263.201,292.801,335.201,370.401,385.601,426.401,467.201,508.001,548.801,589.60
GS-31,378.401,424.001,470.401,516.001,562.401,608.001,653.601,700.001,745.601,792.00
GS-41,547.201,598.401,650.401,701.601,753.601,804.801,856.801,908.001,960.002,011.20
GS-51,731.201,788.801,846.401,904.001,961.602,019.202,076.802,135.202,192.802,250.40
GS-61,929.601,993.602,058.402,122.402,186.402,251.202,315.202,380.002,444.002,508.00
GS-72,144.002,215.202,287.202,358.402,430.402,501.602,572.802,644.802,716.002,787.20
GS-82,374.402,453.602,532.802,612.002,691.202,770.402,849.602,928.803,008.003,086.40
GS-92,622.402,710.402,797.602,884.802,972.803,060.003,147.203,234.403,322.403,409.60
GS-102,888.002,984.003,080.803,176.803,272.803,369.603,465.603,561.603,658.403,754.40
GS-113,172.803,279.203,384.803,490.403,596.003,702.403,808.003,913.604,019.204,125.60
GS-123,803.203,930.404,056.804,184.004,310.404,437.604,564.004,690.404,817.604,944.00
GS-134,522.404,673.604,824.004,975.205,125.605,276.805,427.205,577.605,728.805,879.20
GS-145,344.005,522.405,700.805,879.206,056.806,235.206,413.606,591.206,769.606,948.00
GS-156,286.406,496.006,705.606,915.207,124.807,334.407,544.007,559.207,559.207,559.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-SAC, 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
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
42Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA$104,65899.6$105,114
BEA price levels, 2024, for the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spendingHereU.S.Rank of 57
Goods105.299.6#7 (tied)
Housing (rent)130.2100.6#10
Utilities151.398.4#6
Other services100.3100.1#16 (tied)
All items106.7100.0#10

Locality pay since 2016

22.61% in 2016, 29.76% in 2026, up 7.15 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
Sacramento, CA22.6124.1424.8625.5926.3726.3727.3028.3029.1629.7629.76
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 area68.7860.7429.76
2025March 2023Locality pay area72.2364.0329.76
2024March 2022Locality pay area67.2959.3229.16
2023March 2021Locality pay area65.3557.4828.30
2022March 2020Locality pay area62.3754.6427.30
2021March 2019Locality pay area63.7855.9826.37
2020March 2018Locality pay area66.7958.8526.37
2019March 2017Locality pay area66.2658.3425.59
2018March 2016Locality pay area65.5457.6624.86

Since the edition for pay in 2018, the first checked here, the estimate for Sacramento, CA has risen 3.24 points, from 65.54% to 68.78%, the fifth-biggest rise of the 56 areas with a gap in all nine editions.

Federal jobs

17,338 federal civilian jobs in 2025, 581 fewer than in 2024, down 3.24%: table
In this area’s 13 counties and 1 independent city, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 10,756 federal jobs in California 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.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
202317,7631.37$94,135
202417,9191.35$98,301
202517,3381.30$103,251

Counties

13 counties and 1 independent city paid at this rate

California, 12 counties

  • Alpine County (added 2024)
  • Amador County (added 2024)
  • Butte County (added 2024)
  • Colusa County (added 2024)
  • El Dorado County
  • Nevada County
  • Placer County
  • Sacramento County
  • Sierra County (added 2024)
  • Sutter County
  • Yolo County
  • Yuba County

Nevada, 1 county and 1 independent city

  • Carson City
  • Douglas County
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions.