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Archive year. This is the 2016 table for PITTSBURGH. For current pay, see the latest PITTSBURGH page.
16.68% 2016 locality adjustment above base GS
$21,403 to $155,702 2016 range: GS-1 Step 1 to GS-15 Step 10
18 Counties covered by this pay area

2016 PITTSBURGH full schedule

Every grade and step already includes the 16.68% locality adjustment for 2016. 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 $21,403$22,118$22,830$23,538$24,250$24,666$25,370$26,079$26,107$26,768
GS-2 $24,063$24,636$25,433$26,107$26,404$27,181$27,958$28,735$29,512$30,289
GS-3 $26,255$27,130$28,006$28,881$29,756$30,631$31,506$32,381$33,256$34,131
GS-4 $29,475$30,457$31,439$32,422$33,404$34,387$35,369$36,352$37,334$38,317
GS-5 $32,976$34,075$35,174$36,273$37,373$38,472$39,571$40,670$41,769$42,868
GS-6 $36,759$37,984$39,209$40,434$41,659$42,885$44,110$45,335$46,560$47,785
GS-7 $40,849$42,210$43,572$44,933$46,295$47,657$49,018$50,380$51,742$53,103
GS-8 $45,238$46,746$48,253$49,761$51,268$52,776$54,283$55,791$57,298$58,806
GS-9 $49,966$51,631$53,296$54,961$56,626$58,291$59,956$61,621$63,286$64,951
GS-10 $55,024$56,858$58,692$60,527$62,361$64,195$66,029$67,863$69,698$71,532
GS-11 $60,453$62,468$64,483$66,498$68,513$70,528$72,543$74,559$76,574$78,589
GS-12 $72,459$74,875$77,290$79,705$82,121$84,536$86,951$89,366$91,782$94,197
GS-13 $86,164$89,036$91,909$94,781$97,654$100,527$103,399$106,272$109,145$112,017
GS-14 $101,818$105,213$108,607$112,001$115,395$118,790$122,184$125,578$128,972$132,366
GS-15 $119,767$123,760$127,753$131,746$135,739$139,731$143,724$147,717$151,710$155,702
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About the 2016 PITTSBURGH table

The PITTSBURGH Locality Area used the official OPM Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV boundary in 2016. Federal employees whose duty station was inside this boundary used this table instead of the 2016 nationwide base GS table.

In 2016, the locality adjustment was 16.68%. A GS-1 Step 1 salary in this area was $21,403, and a senior GS-15 Step 10 salary reached $155,702.

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.

2016 PITTSBURGH questions

  • What was the 2016 locality adjustment for PITTSBURGH?
    In 2016, the locality pay adjustment for Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV was 16.68%, added on top of the 2016 base GS table.
  • What did a GS-12 earn in PITTSBURGH in 2016?
    A GS-12 Step 1 employee in PITTSBURGH earned $72,459 in 2016, rising to $94,197 at Step 10. See the 2016 GS-12 PITTSBURGH page.
  • Is the 2016 table still current?
    No. 2016 is an archived year. For current pay, see the latest PITTSBURGH page.