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General Schedule Payscales by State

Most salaried Federal government employees are paid under the General Schedule payscale, where total pay is determined by a base pay rate that is modified by a locality adjustment rate, a cost of living factor that is determined by where the employee lives and works. In this section of the site, you can find locality-adjusted pay tables by state and city.

State Name Federal Employee Count Average Pay
District Of Columbia 101,909 $116,630
Maryland 66,851 $107,260
California 56,862 $89,858
Texas 50,049 $84,998
Florida 34,275 $84,522
Pennsylvania 27,874 $87,060
New York 26,257 $88,276
Colorado 20,241 $90,164
Illinois 18,766 $87,088
Ohio 17,383 $83,267
North Carolina 16,968 $82,916
Washington 16,525 $85,261
Georgia 16,519 $83,869
Missouri 16,165 $78,561
Arizona 15,880 $76,613
Tennessee 15,081 $78,624
Virginia 14,704 $102,647
Massachusetts 12,668 $93,633
Utah 12,342 $77,104
Oregon 12,108 $78,757
Alabama 11,712 $78,404
Michigan 11,542 $80,030
West Virginia 10,799 $83,794
New Mexico 10,378 $73,811
Wisconsin 9,348 $77,135
Minnesota 9,204 $82,076
Oklahoma 8,661 $74,710
Kentucky 8,421 $77,645
Louisiana 8,402 $78,131
South Carolina 8,313 $79,340
Indiana 7,674 $77,474
Kansas 6,969 $76,577
Arkansas 6,651 $73,628
Montana 6,574 $73,563
New Jersey 6,343 $95,546
Nevada 6,196 $77,411
Mississippi 6,116 $75,146
Idaho 5,920 $74,853
Iowa 5,254 $73,622
South Dakota 4,916 $72,119
Nebraska 4,282 $73,869
Alaska 3,673 $87,621
Connecticut 3,484 $91,444
Wyoming 3,419 $71,941
Hawaii 3,301 $79,792
North Dakota 2,626 $72,296
Maine 2,180 $81,122
New Hampshire 2,163 $89,698
Vermont 1,993 $80,300
Rhode Island 1,820 $92,443
Delaware 1,291 $89,448

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Source: http://www.generalschedule.org/states