GS pay scale 2026
Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Burlington, VT GS pay scale 2026: 19.45% locality pay

In 2026 the Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT locality pay area adds 19.45% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $103,514, and the 150 rates run from $26,977 to $196,258.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate: $86,659
Locality pay, 19.45%: + $16,855
Annual rate: $103,514

$3,968.00 every two weeks, $49.60 an hour, $49.85 an overtime hour.

#40 on paper, #51 after prices

−11Places lost, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$102,541Price level 100.9, U.S. = 100, for Burlington-South Burlington, VT.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5: #40 of 57
Rank after local prices: #51 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016: +5.10 points
Rank of that change: #28 of 58, tied
Pay gap, latest council estimate: 49.87%
Rate the 1990 formula would set: 42.73%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025: 4,037
Share of all jobs here: 2.21%
Largest county by federal jobs: Chittenden County, VT: 3,001

Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT

A yearAn hourEvery two weeks

Every 2026 rate in Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT, U.S. dollars a year, by grade and step. Click any cell, or use the arrow keys, and the bar at the top of the page moves onto it; ◀ marks GS-12 step 5. No cell here reaches the $197,200 statutory ceiling.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	26,977	27,881	28,778	29,671	30,566	31,090	31,978	32,871	32,908	33,742
GS-2	30,332	31,053	32,059	32,908	33,276	34,255	35,233	36,211	37,190	38,168
GS-3	33,097	34,201	35,305	36,408	37,512	38,616	39,720	40,823	41,927	43,031
GS-4	37,153	38,391	39,630	40,869	42,107	43,346	44,585	45,823	47,062	48,301
GS-5	41,567	42,953	44,339	45,724	47,110	48,496	49,881	51,267	52,652	54,038
GS-6	46,336	47,880	49,425	50,969	52,514	54,058	55,603	57,147	58,692	60,236
GS-7	51,490	53,207	54,923	56,640	58,356	60,073	61,789	63,506	65,222	66,939
GS-8	57,023	58,923	60,824	62,724	64,625	66,525	68,426	70,326	72,227	74,127
GS-9	62,982	65,082	67,182	69,282	71,382	73,482	75,582	77,682	79,782	81,882
GS-10	69,357	71,669	73,980	76,292	78,603	80,914	83,226	85,537	87,848	90,160
GS-11	76,203	78,744	81,285	83,825	86,366	88,907	91,447	93,988	96,529	99,069
GS-12	91,335	94,380	97,425	100,469	103,514	106,559	109,604	112,649	115,693	118,738
GS-13	108,610	112,230	115,851	119,472	123,092	126,713	130,333	133,954	137,574	141,195
GS-14	128,344	132,623	136,902	141,180	145,459	149,738	154,016	158,295	162,574	166,853
GS-15	150,966	155,998	161,031	166,063	171,095	176,128	181,160	186,193	191,225	196,258

Hourly rates in Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT, 2026, U.S. dollars: the annual rate divided by 2,087 hours and rounded to the cent, as 5 U.S.C. 5504(b) sets. OPM prints the same figures in its hourly table for this area.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	12.93	13.36	13.79	14.22	14.65	14.90	15.32	15.75	15.77	16.17
GS-2	14.53	14.88	15.36	15.77	15.94	16.41	16.88	17.35	17.82	18.29
GS-3	15.86	16.39	16.92	17.45	17.97	18.50	19.03	19.56	20.09	20.62
GS-4	17.80	18.40	18.99	19.58	20.18	20.77	21.36	21.96	22.55	23.14
GS-5	19.92	20.58	21.25	21.91	22.57	23.24	23.90	24.56	25.23	25.89
GS-6	22.20	22.94	23.68	24.42	25.16	25.90	26.64	27.38	28.12	28.86
GS-7	24.67	25.49	26.32	27.14	27.96	28.78	29.61	30.43	31.25	32.07
GS-8	27.32	28.23	29.14	30.05	30.97	31.88	32.79	33.70	34.61	35.52
GS-9	30.18	31.18	32.19	33.20	34.20	35.21	36.22	37.22	38.23	39.23
GS-10	33.23	34.34	35.45	36.56	37.66	38.77	39.88	40.99	42.09	43.20
GS-11	36.51	37.73	38.95	40.17	41.38	42.60	43.82	45.03	46.25	47.47
GS-12	43.76	45.22	46.68	48.14	49.60	51.06	52.52	53.98	55.44	56.89
GS-13	52.04	53.78	55.51	57.25	58.98	60.72	62.45	64.18	65.92	67.65
GS-14	61.50	63.55	65.60	67.65	69.70	71.75	73.80	75.85	77.90	79.95
GS-15	72.34	74.75	77.16	79.57	81.98	84.39	86.80	89.22	91.63	94.04

Biweekly rates in Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT, 2026, U.S. dollars: the hourly rate times 80, the hours of one pay period, as 5 U.S.C. 5504(b) sets; the annual rate divided by 26 gives a different, wrong figure.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	1,034.40	1,068.80	1,103.20	1,137.60	1,172.00	1,192.00	1,225.60	1,260.00	1,261.60	1,293.60
GS-2	1,162.40	1,190.40	1,228.80	1,261.60	1,275.20	1,312.80	1,350.40	1,388.00	1,425.60	1,463.20
GS-3	1,268.80	1,311.20	1,353.60	1,396.00	1,437.60	1,480.00	1,522.40	1,564.80	1,607.20	1,649.60
GS-4	1,424.00	1,472.00	1,519.20	1,566.40	1,614.40	1,661.60	1,708.80	1,756.80	1,804.00	1,851.20
GS-5	1,593.60	1,646.40	1,700.00	1,752.80	1,805.60	1,859.20	1,912.00	1,964.80	2,018.40	2,071.20
GS-6	1,776.00	1,835.20	1,894.40	1,953.60	2,012.80	2,072.00	2,131.20	2,190.40	2,249.60	2,308.80
GS-7	1,973.60	2,039.20	2,105.60	2,171.20	2,236.80	2,302.40	2,368.80	2,434.40	2,500.00	2,565.60
GS-8	2,185.60	2,258.40	2,331.20	2,404.00	2,477.60	2,550.40	2,623.20	2,696.00	2,768.80	2,841.60
GS-9	2,414.40	2,494.40	2,575.20	2,656.00	2,736.00	2,816.80	2,897.60	2,977.60	3,058.40	3,138.40
GS-10	2,658.40	2,747.20	2,836.00	2,924.80	3,012.80	3,101.60	3,190.40	3,279.20	3,367.20	3,456.00
GS-11	2,920.80	3,018.40	3,116.00	3,213.60	3,310.40	3,408.00	3,505.60	3,602.40	3,700.00	3,797.60
GS-12	3,500.80	3,617.60	3,734.40	3,851.20	3,968.00	4,084.80	4,201.60	4,318.40	4,435.20	4,551.20
GS-13	4,163.20	4,302.40	4,440.80	4,580.00	4,718.40	4,857.60	4,996.00	5,134.40	5,273.60	5,412.00
GS-14	4,920.00	5,084.00	5,248.00	5,412.00	5,576.00	5,740.00	5,904.00	6,068.00	6,232.00	6,396.00
GS-15	5,787.20	5,980.00	6,172.80	6,365.60	6,558.40	6,751.20	6,944.00	7,137.60	7,330.40	7,523.20

Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-BN, matched cell by cell.

No cell here reaches the $197,200 ceiling, but GS-15 step 10, at $196,258, is $942 short of it, the third-closest of the 21 areas whose rates all stay below it.

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 19.45% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $103,514 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Burlington, VT since 2016

Solid line: this area; dashed line: the Rest of U.S. rate.

Locality pay, percent, as printed in OPM’s General Schedule table for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Grey: the Rest of U.S. rate its counties were paid before it had a table of its own. Sources and caveats.
Locality pay, %	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Burlington, VT	14.35	15.06	15.37	16.18	16.89	16.89	17.62	18.31	18.97	19.45	19.45
Rest of U.S.	14.35	15.06	15.37	15.67	15.95	15.95	16.20	16.50	16.82	17.06	17.06

Burlington, VT got a locality pay table of its own in 2019; the grey figures before that are the Rest of U.S. rate its counties were paid.

What the 1990 pay law’s formula would pay in Burlington, VT

Federal Salary Council estimates for Burlington, VT in the editions checked here, the memos for pay in 2018 to 2026: the pay gap between non-federal and General Schedule base pay, and the locality rate the 1990 law’s formula would set. Sources: memo of January 10, 2025, Attachment 1, and the council’s earlier memos; the President’s Pay Agent on 2026; what these estimates are and are not.
Edition, for pay in	Data as of	Listed as	Pay gap, %	Formula rate, %	Rate paid that year, %
2026	March 2024	Locality pay area	49.87	42.73	19.45
2025	March 2023	Locality pay area	54.28	46.93	19.45
2024	March 2022	Locality pay area	49.32	42.21	18.97
2023	March 2021	Locality pay area	45.16	38.25	18.31
2022	March 2020	Locality pay area	46.23	39.27	17.62
2021	March 2019	Locality pay area	50.42	43.26	16.89
2020	March 2018	Locality pay area	53.92	46.59	16.89
2019	March 2017	Locality pay area	60.46	52.82	16.18
2018	March 2016	Proposed locality pay area	62.16	54.44	15.37

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Burlington, VT by what a GS-12 step 5 buys: the 2026 salary divided by the BEA price level for 2024, where 100 is the U.S. average. How the comparison is made; all 57 ranked.
#	Locality	On paper	Price level	What it buys
48	Colorado Springs, CO	$104,121	100.7	$103,390
49	Phoenix-Mesa, AZ	$106,114	103.3	$102,708
50	Seattle-Tacoma, WA	$114,017	111.1	$102,595
51	Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT	$103,514	100.9	$102,541
52	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$102,197	100.0	$102,192
53	Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID	$101,972	100.3	$101,620
54	Reno-Fernley, NV	$101,842	101.0	$100,820

Federal jobs in Burlington, VT

Federal civilian jobs at worksites in the 6 counties of this area, every federal pay system counted (the Postal Service in, the uniformed military out), as annual averages from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2023, 2024, 2025. BLS reports another 255 federal jobs in Vermont without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
Year	Federal civilian jobs	Share of all jobs, %	Average pay per job
2023	4,027	2.21	$94,903
2024	4,003	2.18	$102,504
2025	4,037	2.21	$106,264

Its 4,037 federal civilian jobs in 2025, the Postal Service included, are the smallest federal workforce of the 58 areas; just above it is Laredo, TX (4,440).

Federal jobs here grew from 2024 to 2025, 34 more than in 2024, up 0.85%, in one of only three areas where they did not fall.

Counties in Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT

6 counties paid at this rate

Vermont, 6 counties

Addison County (added 2024)
Chittenden County
Franklin County
Grand Isle County
Lamoille County (added 2024)
Washington County (added 2024)

Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions. The duty station’s county counts (how that works).