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Archive year. This is the 2018 table for PITTSBURGH. For current pay, see the latest PITTSBURGH page.
18.35% 2018 locality adjustment above base GS
$22,232 to $161,736 2018 range: GS-1 Step 1 to GS-15 Step 10
18 Counties covered by this pay area

2018 PITTSBURGH full schedule

Every grade and step already includes the 18.35% locality adjustment for 2018. 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 $22,232$22,976$23,716$24,451$25,191$25,623$26,353$27,091$27,120$27,815
GS-2 $24,997$25,592$26,419$27,120$27,428$28,235$29,042$29,849$30,656$31,463
GS-3 $27,274$28,183$29,092$30,001$30,909$31,818$32,727$33,636$34,545$35,454
GS-4 $30,618$31,639$32,659$33,679$34,699$35,719$36,739$37,760$38,780$39,800
GS-5 $34,256$35,398$36,541$37,683$38,825$39,967$41,109$42,251$43,393$44,535
GS-6 $38,184$39,457$40,729$42,001$43,273$44,546$45,818$47,090$48,363$49,635
GS-7 $42,433$43,847$45,262$46,676$48,090$49,505$50,919$52,333$53,747$55,162
GS-8 $46,993$48,560$50,127$51,694$53,261$54,828$56,395$57,962$59,529$61,096
GS-9 $51,905$53,635$55,365$57,096$58,826$60,556$62,286$64,017$65,747$67,477
GS-10 $57,159$59,065$60,970$62,876$64,781$66,687$68,592$70,498$72,403$74,308
GS-11 $62,799$64,892$66,986$69,080$71,173$73,267$75,361$77,454$79,548$81,641
GS-12 $75,271$77,780$80,289$82,798$85,307$87,816$90,325$92,834$95,343$97,852
GS-13 $89,506$92,489$95,473$98,457$101,440$104,424$107,407$110,391$113,375$116,358
GS-14 $105,769$109,295$112,821$116,346$119,872$123,398$126,923$130,449$133,975$137,500
GS-15 $124,413$128,560$132,707$136,854$141,001$145,148$149,295$153,442$157,589$161,736
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About the 2018 PITTSBURGH table

The PITTSBURGH Locality Area used the official OPM Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV boundary in 2018. Federal employees whose duty station was inside this boundary used this table instead of the 2018 nationwide base GS table.

In 2018, the locality adjustment was 18.35%. A GS-1 Step 1 salary in this area was $22,232, and a senior GS-15 Step 10 salary reached $161,736.

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.

2018 PITTSBURGH questions

  • What was the 2018 locality adjustment for PITTSBURGH?
    In 2018, the locality pay adjustment for Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV was 18.35%, added on top of the 2018 base GS table.
  • What did a GS-12 earn in PITTSBURGH in 2018?
    A GS-12 Step 1 employee in PITTSBURGH earned $75,271 in 2018, rising to $97,852 at Step 10. See the 2018 GS-12 PITTSBURGH page.
  • Is the 2018 table still current?
    No. 2018 is an archived year. For current pay, see the latest PITTSBURGH page.