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Effective January 2026

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Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID$101,972a year$3,908.80Every two weeks$48.86Per hour$49.11Overtime hour#54On paper#53After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-22

Spokane, WA GS pay scale 2026: 17.67% locality pay

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 here earns $101,972 with 17.67% locality pay; local prices are within 2% of the national average, so at U.S. prices it is worth close to that, $101,620.

#54 on paper, #53 after prices

+1Places gained, of 57 priced areas.

Buys at U.S. prices

$101,620BEA price level 100.3, for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Locality pay change since 2016
+3.32 points
Pay gap, latest council estimate
50.09%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
42.94%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
6,335
Share of all jobs here
1.85%
Largest county by federal jobs
Spokane County, WA: 4,911
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate

No cell here reaches the $197,200 statutory ceiling. Reading these tables.
Grade12345678910
GS-126,57527,46528,34929,22930,11130,62731,50132,38232,41833,239
GS-229,88030,59131,58132,41832,78133,74434,70835,67236,63537,599
GS-332,60433,69134,77935,86636,95338,04039,12840,21541,30242,389
GS-436,59937,81939,03940,26041,48042,70043,92045,14146,36147,581
GS-540,94842,31343,67845,04346,40847,77349,13850,50351,86853,233
GS-645,64547,16748,68850,21051,73153,25354,77456,29657,81759,339
GS-750,72352,41454,10555,79657,48759,17760,86862,55964,25065,941
GS-856,17358,04559,91861,79063,66265,53467,40669,27871,15073,022
GS-962,04464,11266,18168,25070,31872,38774,45676,52478,59380,662
GS-1068,32470,60172,87875,15577,43279,70881,98584,26286,53988,816
GS-1175,06877,57080,07382,57685,07987,58290,08592,58795,09097,593
GS-1289,97492,97395,97398,972101,972104,971107,970110,970113,969116,969
GS-13106,991110,558114,125117,691121,258124,824128,391131,957135,524139,091
GS-14126,432130,647134,862139,077143,291147,506151,721155,936160,151164,366
GS-15148,716153,673158,631163,588168,546173,503178,461183,418188,376193,333
Annual rate divided by 2,087 hours (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)), as in OPM’s hourly table.
Grade12345678910
GS-112.7313.1613.5814.0114.4314.6815.0915.5215.5315.93
GS-214.3214.6615.1315.5315.7116.1716.6317.0917.5518.02
GS-315.6216.1416.6617.1917.7118.2318.7519.2719.7920.31
GS-417.5418.1218.7119.2919.8820.4621.0421.6322.2122.80
GS-519.6220.2720.9321.5822.2422.8923.5424.2024.8525.51
GS-621.8722.6023.3324.0624.7925.5226.2526.9727.7028.43
GS-724.3025.1125.9226.7427.5528.3629.1729.9830.7931.60
GS-826.9227.8128.7129.6130.5031.4032.3033.2034.0934.99
GS-929.7330.7231.7132.7033.6934.6835.6836.6737.6638.65
GS-1032.7433.8334.9236.0137.1038.1939.2840.3741.4742.56
GS-1135.9737.1738.3739.5740.7741.9743.1644.3645.5646.76
GS-1243.1144.5545.9947.4248.8650.3051.7353.1754.6156.05
GS-1351.2752.9754.6856.3958.1059.8161.5263.2364.9466.65
GS-1460.5862.6064.6266.6468.6670.6872.7074.7276.7478.76
GS-1571.2673.6376.0178.3880.7683.1485.5187.8990.2692.64
Hourly rate times 80 (5 U.S.C. 5504(b)).
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GS-11,018.401,052.801,086.401,120.801,154.401,174.401,207.201,241.601,242.401,274.40
GS-21,145.601,172.801,210.401,242.401,256.801,293.601,330.401,367.201,404.001,441.60
GS-31,249.601,291.201,332.801,375.201,416.801,458.401,500.001,541.601,583.201,624.80
GS-41,403.201,449.601,496.801,543.201,590.401,636.801,683.201,730.401,776.801,824.00
GS-51,569.601,621.601,674.401,726.401,779.201,831.201,883.201,936.001,988.002,040.80
GS-61,749.601,808.001,866.401,924.801,983.202,041.602,100.002,157.602,216.002,274.40
GS-71,944.002,008.802,073.602,139.202,204.002,268.802,333.602,398.402,463.202,528.00
GS-82,153.602,224.802,296.802,368.802,440.002,512.002,584.002,656.002,727.202,799.20
GS-92,378.402,457.602,536.802,616.002,695.202,774.402,854.402,933.603,012.803,092.00
GS-102,619.202,706.402,793.602,880.802,968.003,055.203,142.403,229.603,317.603,404.80
GS-112,877.602,973.603,069.603,165.603,261.603,357.603,452.803,548.803,644.803,740.80
GS-123,448.803,564.003,679.203,793.603,908.804,024.004,138.404,253.604,368.804,484.00
GS-134,101.604,237.604,374.404,511.204,648.004,784.804,921.605,058.405,195.205,332.00
GS-144,846.405,008.005,169.605,331.205,492.805,654.405,816.005,977.606,139.206,300.80
GS-155,700.805,890.406,080.806,270.406,460.806,651.206,840.807,031.207,220.807,411.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-SN, 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
50Seattle-Tacoma, WA$114,017111.1$102,595
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

Prices here are those of the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area, 100.3. The area’s name also takes in Coeur d'Alene: BEA puts the Coeur d'Alene, ID metro area at 98.3, and at that level GS-12 step 5 here would buy $103,743.

Within Washington, rent here is 36% lower than in Seattle, WA, the other area whose principal city is in the state: BEA puts housing at 97.1 here and 151.3 there.

BEA price levels, 2024, for the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area (how to read this table).
Kind of spendingHereU.S.Rank of 57
Goods105.099.6#11
Housing (rent)97.1100.6#32 (tied)
Utilities91.298.4#31
Other services99.5100.1#24
All items100.3100.0#24 (tied)

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
Spokane, WA14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5017.1817.6717.67
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

Spokane, WA 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.

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 area50.0942.9417.67
2025March 2023Locality pay area52.9845.7017.67
2024March 2022Proposed locality pay area48.3341.2717.18
2023March 2021Rest of U.S. research area43.20—16.50
2022March 2020Rest of U.S. research area41.34—16.20
2021March 2019Rest of U.S. research area41.78—15.95
2020March 2018Rest of U.S. research area41.48—15.95
2019March 2017Rest of U.S. research area42.21—15.67
2018March 2016Rest of U.S. research area41.08—15.37

Since the edition for pay in 2018, the first checked here, the estimate for Spokane, WA has risen 9.01 points, from 41.08% to 50.09%, the third-biggest rise of the 56 areas with a gap in all nine editions.

Spokane, WA is a separate locality pay area in the memos from the edition for pay in 2024; before that, in six editions it is a Rest of U.S. research area, with a gap of 41.08% to 43.20%.

Federal jobs

6,335 federal civilian jobs in 2025, 261 fewer than in 2024, down 3.96%: table
In this area’s 8 counties, Postal Service in, military out; BLS, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS has another 3,429 federal jobs in Idaho and Washington 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
20236,3721.88$86,787
20246,5961.93$89,205
20256,3351.85$93,527

Counties

8 counties paid at this rate

Idaho, 3 counties

  • Benewah County
  • Kootenai County
  • Shoshone County

Washington, 5 counties

  • Ferry County
  • Lincoln County
  • Pend Oreille County
  • Spokane County
  • Stevens County
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions.