2026 Federal Wage System Pay Tables
The FWS covers hourly federal trade, craft, and labor jobs. These pages are organized by state and wage area so you can find the right pay table for the county where the job is located.
Browse FWS pay tables by state
State pages list the wage areas and pay tables available for that state. If DCPAS has not published a 2026 table for a state yet, the link below goes to the latest available archive year instead. Each state page also links those pay tables back to major federal sites such as depots, arsenals, air bases, and VA medical centers.
Alabama
5 pay tables across 52 counties.
Alaska 2025
2 pay tables across 8 counties.
Arizona
1 pay table across 3 counties.
Arkansas
1 pay table across 54 counties.
California
5 pay tables across 29 counties.
Colorado
4 pay tables across 55 counties.
Connecticut
1 pay table across 36 counties.
Delaware
1 pay table across 21 counties.
District of Columbia
1 pay table across 51 counties.
Florida
5 pay tables across 36 counties.
Georgia
2 pay tables across 23 counties.
Idaho 2025
4 pay tables across 83 counties.
Illinois
4 pay tables across 100 counties.
Indiana
6 pay tables across 101 counties.
Iowa
7 pay tables across 207 counties.
Kansas
5 pay tables across 170 counties.
Kentucky
1 pay table across 26 counties.
Louisiana
1 pay table across 23 counties.
Maine
2 pay tables across 33 counties.
Maryland
3 pay tables across 79 counties.
Massachusetts
1 pay table across 29 counties.
Michigan
4 pay tables across 88 counties.
Minnesota
1 pay table across 64 counties.
Mississippi
1 pay table across 6 counties.
Missouri
5 pay tables across 134 counties.
Montana 2025
1 pay table across 56 counties.
Nebraska
3 pay tables across 137 counties.
Nevada
2 pay tables across 6 counties.
New Hampshire
2 pay tables across 33 counties.
New Jersey
2 pay tables across 54 counties.
New Mexico 2025
5 pay tables across 146 counties.
New York
3 pay tables across 45 counties.
North Carolina
3 pay tables across 38 counties.
North Dakota 2025
1 pay table across 64 counties.
Ohio
8 pay tables across 104 counties.
Oklahoma
1 pay table across 29 counties.
Oregon
2 pay tables across 20 counties.
Pennsylvania
10 pay tables across 142 counties.
Puerto Rico 2025
1 pay table across 78 counties.
Rhode Island
1 pay table across 29 counties.
South Carolina
1 pay table across 18 counties.
South Dakota
3 pay tables across 181 counties.
Tennessee 2025
5 pay tables across 154 counties.
Texas
2 pay tables across 34 counties.
Utah 2025
2 pay tables across 42 counties.
Vermont
2 pay tables across 33 counties.
Virginia
5 pay tables across 126 counties.
Washington
2 pay tables across 20 counties.
West Virginia
2 pay tables across 66 counties.
Wisconsin
1 pay table across 24 counties.
Wyoming
1 pay table across 40 counties.
Highest published worker pay tables
These wage areas currently show the highest published top worker rates. Open each page for the full worker, leader, and supervisor tables.
How to read an FWS page
WG is the worker table, WL is the leader table, and WS is the supervisor table.
Each row is a grade and each column is one of the 5 hourly steps published by DCPAS.
The annual figures in the calculator are estimates based on 2,087 work hours.
Common Federal Wage System questions
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What is the Federal Wage System?
The Federal Wage System is the hourly pay system for federal trade, craft, and labor jobs. Instead of the salaried General Schedule, it uses local hourly tables for workers, leaders, and supervisors. -
What do WG, WL, and WS mean?
WG covers workers, WL covers leaders, and WS covers supervisors. Each table has 5 steps and is published as an hourly rate. -
How do I find the right FWS schedule?
Start with your state, then open the wage area that covers the county where your official duty station sits. If you are not sure, use the FWS calculator to narrow it down.