An independent federal pay resource. Not affiliated with OPM or any U.S. government agency.

Updated with current federal pay tables and reference data

Archive year. This is the 2015 table for BOSTON. For current pay, see the latest BOSTON page.
24.80% 2015 locality adjustment above base GS
$22,665 to $158,700 2015 range: GS-1 Step 1 to GS-15 Step 10
31 Counties covered by this pay area

2015 BOSTON full schedule

Every grade and step already includes the 24.80% locality adjustment for 2015. Click a grade to open its dedicated single-grade pay scale page for BOSTON.

Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
GS-1 $22,665$23,422$24,176$24,926$25,680$26,122$26,867$27,618$27,647$28,345
GS-2 $25,483$26,089$26,933$27,647$27,959$28,781$29,604$30,426$31,249$32,071
GS-3 $27,804$28,731$29,659$30,586$31,513$32,441$33,368$34,295$35,222$36,150
GS-4 $31,214$32,255$33,295$34,336$35,377$36,418$37,459$38,500$39,540$40,581
GS-5 $34,922$36,086$37,250$38,415$39,579$40,743$41,908$43,072$44,237$45,401
GS-6 $38,928$40,226$41,523$42,821$44,119$45,417$46,715$48,013$49,311$50,609
GS-7 $43,258$44,700$46,141$47,582$49,024$50,465$51,907$53,348$54,790$56,231
GS-8 $47,907$49,504$51,102$52,699$54,297$55,894$57,492$59,089$60,686$62,284
GS-9 $52,914$54,677$56,441$58,204$59,968$61,731$63,494$65,258$67,021$68,785
GS-10 $58,270$60,212$62,154$64,096$66,038$67,980$69,922$71,864$73,805$75,747
GS-11 $64,020$66,154$68,288$70,422$72,556$74,690$76,824$78,958$81,093$83,227
GS-12 $76,735$79,293$81,851$84,410$86,968$89,527$92,085$94,643$97,202$99,760
GS-13 $91,248$94,289$97,330$100,372$103,413$106,454$109,496$112,537$115,579$118,620
GS-14 $107,826$111,420$115,014$118,609$122,203$125,797$129,391$132,986$136,580$140,174
GS-15 $126,834$131,062$135,291$139,519$143,747$147,975$152,204$156,432$158,700$158,700
Calculate my pay 2015 base table

2015 pay snapshot

Quick reference

Open a specific grade in 2015 BOSTON

About the 2015 BOSTON table

The BOSTON Locality Area used the official OPM Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT boundary in 2015. Federal employees whose duty station was inside this boundary used this table instead of the 2015 nationwide base GS table.

In 2015, the locality adjustment was 24.80%. A GS-1 Step 1 salary in this area was $22,665, and a senior GS-15 Step 10 salary reached $158,700.

What was covered by this pay area

The pay area covered 31 counties and cities across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont. Some of the included jurisdictions include Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, and more.

2015 BOSTON questions

  • What was the 2015 locality adjustment for BOSTON?
    In 2015, the locality pay adjustment for Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT was 24.80%, added on top of the 2015 base GS table.
  • What did a GS-12 earn in BOSTON in 2015?
    A GS-12 Step 1 employee in BOSTON earned $76,735 in 2015, rising to $99,760 at Step 10. See the 2015 GS-12 BOSTON page.
  • Is the 2015 table still current?
    No. 2015 is an archived year. For current pay, see the latest BOSTON page.