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Archive year. This is the 2015 table for PITTSBURGH. For current pay, see the latest PITTSBURGH page.
16.37% 2015 locality adjustment above base GS
$21,134 to $153,750 2015 range: GS-1 Step 1 to GS-15 Step 10
18 Counties covered by this pay area

2015 PITTSBURGH full schedule

Every grade and step already includes the 16.37% locality adjustment for 2015. Click a grade to open its dedicated single-grade pay scale page for PITTSBURGH.

Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
GS-1 $21,134$21,840$22,543$23,243$23,945$24,357$25,052$25,753$25,779$26,430
GS-2 $23,762$24,327$25,114$25,779$26,070$26,837$27,604$28,371$29,138$29,905
GS-3 $25,926$26,791$27,655$28,520$29,385$30,249$31,114$31,978$32,843$33,708
GS-4 $29,105$30,076$31,046$32,017$32,987$33,958$34,928$35,899$36,870$37,840
GS-5 $32,563$33,648$34,734$35,820$36,906$37,991$39,077$40,163$41,249$42,334
GS-6 $36,298$37,508$38,719$39,929$41,139$42,349$43,560$44,770$45,980$47,190
GS-7 $40,336$41,680$43,024$44,368$45,712$47,057$48,401$49,745$51,089$52,433
GS-8 $44,671$46,160$47,650$49,140$50,629$52,119$53,608$55,098$56,587$58,077
GS-9 $49,340$50,984$52,628$54,273$55,917$57,561$59,206$60,850$62,494$64,138
GS-10 $54,334$56,145$57,956$59,766$61,577$63,388$65,199$67,009$68,820$70,631
GS-11 $59,695$61,685$63,675$65,665$67,655$69,645$71,635$73,625$75,615$77,605
GS-12 $71,551$73,937$76,322$78,708$81,094$83,479$85,865$88,250$90,636$93,022
GS-13 $85,084$87,920$90,756$93,592$96,428$99,264$102,100$104,935$107,771$110,607
GS-14 $100,543$103,894$107,245$110,597$113,948$117,300$120,651$124,003$127,354$130,706
GS-15 $118,267$122,209$126,152$130,095$134,037$137,980$141,923$145,865$149,808$153,750
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About the 2015 PITTSBURGH table

The PITTSBURGH Locality Area used the official OPM Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV 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 16.37%. A GS-1 Step 1 salary in this area was $21,134, and a senior GS-15 Step 10 salary reached $153,750.

What was covered by this pay area

The pay area covered 18 counties and cities across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia. Some of the included jurisdictions include Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, and more.

2015 PITTSBURGH questions

  • What was the 2015 locality adjustment for PITTSBURGH?
    In 2015, the locality pay adjustment for Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV was 16.37%, added on top of the 2015 base GS table.
  • What did a GS-12 earn in PITTSBURGH in 2015?
    A GS-12 Step 1 employee in PITTSBURGH earned $71,551 in 2015, rising to $93,022 at Step 10. See the 2015 GS-12 PITTSBURGH page.
  • Is the 2015 table still current?
    No. 2015 is an archived year. For current pay, see the latest PITTSBURGH page.