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Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA$105,923a year$4,060.00Every two weeks$50.75Per hour$51.02Overtime hour#26On paper#6After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Cleveland, OH GS pay scale 2026: 22.23% locality pay

In 2026 the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA locality pay area adds 22.23% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $105,923, and the 150 rates run from $27,604 to $197,200, the statutory ceiling.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate
$86,659
Locality pay, 22.23%
+ $19,264
Annual rate
$105,923

$4,060.00 every two weeks, $50.75 an hour, $51.02 an overtime hour.

#26 on paper, #6 after prices

+20Places gained, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$112,776Price level 93.9, U.S. = 100, for Cleveland, OH.

Ceiling watch

1 of 150GS-15 step 10 is held to $197,200.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5
#26 of 57
Rank after local prices
#6 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016
+3.36 points
Rank of that change
#51 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate
36.46%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
29.96%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
25,043
Share of all jobs here
1.26%
Largest county by federal jobs
Cuyahoga County, OH: 15,700
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA

Every 2026 rate in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA, 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. ▲ marks the one cell cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling.
Grade12345678910
GS-127,60428,53029,44830,36231,27731,81432,72233,63633,67434,528
GS-231,03831,77632,80533,67434,05135,05236,05337,05438,05539,056
GS-333,86734,99736,12637,25638,38539,51540,64441,77342,90344,032
GS-438,01739,28540,55241,82043,08744,35545,62246,89048,15749,425
GS-542,53543,95345,37146,78848,20649,62451,04252,46053,87855,296
GS-647,41448,99550,57552,15653,73655,31656,89758,47760,05861,638
GS-752,68854,44556,20157,95859,71461,47163,22764,98466,74068,496
GS-858,35060,29562,24064,18466,12968,07470,01871,96373,90875,852
GS-964,44866,59768,74670,89573,04375,19277,34179,49081,63983,787
GS-1070,97273,33775,70278,06780,43282,79785,16387,52889,89392,258
GS-1177,97780,57683,17685,77688,37690,97693,57696,17598,775101,375
GS-1293,46196,57699,692102,808105,923109,039112,155115,270118,386121,502
GS-13111,138114,842118,547122,252125,957129,662133,366137,071140,776144,481
GS-14131,331135,710140,088144,466148,844153,223157,601161,979166,357170,736
GS-15154,479159,629164,778169,928175,077180,227185,376190,526195,676197,200
Hourly rates in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA, 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.
Grade12345678910
GS-113.2313.6714.1114.5514.9915.2415.6816.1216.1416.54
GS-214.8715.2315.7216.1416.3216.8017.2817.7518.2318.71
GS-316.2316.7717.3117.8518.3918.9319.4720.0220.5621.10
GS-418.2218.8219.4320.0420.6521.2521.8622.4723.0723.68
GS-520.3821.0621.7422.4223.1023.7824.4625.1425.8226.50
GS-622.7223.4824.2324.9925.7526.5127.2628.0228.7829.53
GS-725.2526.0926.9327.7728.6129.4530.3031.1431.9832.82
GS-827.9628.8929.8230.7531.6932.6233.5534.4835.4136.34
GS-930.8831.9132.9433.9735.0036.0337.0638.0939.1240.15
GS-1034.0135.1436.2737.4138.5439.6740.8141.9443.0744.21
GS-1137.3638.6139.8541.1042.3543.5944.8446.0847.3348.57
GS-1244.7846.2847.7749.2650.7552.2553.7455.2356.7358.22
GS-1353.2555.0356.8058.5860.3562.1363.9065.6867.4569.23
GS-1462.9365.0367.1269.2271.3273.4275.5277.6179.7181.81
GS-1574.0276.4978.9581.4283.8986.3688.8291.2993.7694.49
Biweekly rates in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA, 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.
Grade12345678910
GS-11,058.401,093.601,128.801,164.001,199.201,219.201,254.401,289.601,291.201,323.20
GS-21,189.601,218.401,257.601,291.201,305.601,344.001,382.401,420.001,458.401,496.80
GS-31,298.401,341.601,384.801,428.001,471.201,514.401,557.601,601.601,644.801,688.00
GS-41,457.601,505.601,554.401,603.201,652.001,700.001,748.801,797.601,845.601,894.40
GS-51,630.401,684.801,739.201,793.601,848.001,902.401,956.802,011.202,065.602,120.00
GS-61,817.601,878.401,938.401,999.202,060.002,120.802,180.802,241.602,302.402,362.40
GS-72,020.002,087.202,154.402,221.602,288.802,356.002,424.002,491.202,558.402,625.60
GS-82,236.802,311.202,385.602,460.002,535.202,609.602,684.002,758.402,832.802,907.20
GS-92,470.402,552.802,635.202,717.602,800.002,882.402,964.803,047.203,129.603,212.00
GS-102,720.802,811.202,901.602,992.803,083.203,173.603,264.803,355.203,445.603,536.80
GS-112,988.803,088.803,188.003,288.003,388.003,487.203,587.203,686.403,786.403,885.60
GS-123,582.403,702.403,821.603,940.804,060.004,180.004,299.204,418.404,538.404,657.60
GS-134,260.004,402.404,544.004,686.404,828.004,970.405,112.005,254.405,396.005,538.40
GS-145,034.405,202.405,369.605,537.605,705.605,873.606,041.606,208.806,376.806,544.80
GS-155,921.606,119.206,316.006,513.606,711.206,908.807,105.607,303.207,500.807,559.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-CLE, matched cell by cell.

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 22.23% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $105,923 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Cleveland, OH since 2016

0%25%50%20162026
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. Sources and caveats.
Locality pay, %20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Cleveland, OH18.8719.7120.0820.4520.8220.8221.2521.6922.0122.2322.23
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

Among the 46 areas with a table of their own since 2016, it has slipped from 21st to 26th by locality percentage, the third-biggest slide of them, shared with Chicago, IL.

What the 1990 pay law’s formula would pay in Cleveland, OH

Federal Salary Council estimates for Cleveland, OH 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 inData as ofListed asPay gap, %Formula rate, %Rate paid that year, %
2026March 2024Locality pay area36.4629.9622.23
2025March 2023Locality pay area41.6434.9022.23
2024March 2022Locality pay area39.8033.1422.01
2023March 2021Locality pay area41.0734.3521.69
2022March 2020Locality pay area40.4933.8021.25
2021March 2019Locality pay area40.7534.0520.82
2020March 2018Locality pay area43.0136.2020.82
2019March 2017Locality pay area43.8036.9520.45
2018March 2016Locality pay area43.7736.9220.08

The formula would pay Cleveland, OH 29.96%, 7.73 points above the 22.23% paid in 2026, the narrowest distance between formula and pay of the 57 areas with a formula rate; just above it is Houston, TX (8.88 points).

The latest estimate puts non-federal pay for the same work here 36.46% above General Schedule base pay, the fourth-smallest gap of the 58 areas.

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Cleveland, OH 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.
#LocalityOn paperPrice levelWhat it buys
3Davenport-Moline, IA-IL$103,06489.1$115,700
4Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH$105,22192.7$113,514
5Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN$105,64693.1$113,510
6Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA$105,92393.9$112,776
7State of Alaska$114,702102.4$112,059
8Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL$102,46691.6$111,809
9Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI$111,894100.3$111,562

Federal jobs in Cleveland, OH

Federal civilian jobs at worksites in the 23 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 7,887 federal jobs in Ohio and Pennsylvania without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
202325,6171.29$90,280
202425,8401.30$93,519
202525,0431.26$98,037

Counties in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA

23 counties paid at this rate

Ohio, 22 counties

  • Ashland County (added 2024)
  • Ashtabula County
  • Carroll County
  • Columbiana County (added 2024)
  • Crawford County (added 2024)
  • Cuyahoga County
  • Erie County
  • Geauga County
  • Harrison County
  • Holmes County (added 2024)
  • Huron County
  • Lake County
  • Lorain County
  • Mahoning County (added 2024)
  • Medina County
  • Portage County
  • Richland County (added 2024)
  • Stark County
  • Summit County
  • Trumbull County (added 2024)
  • Tuscarawas County
  • Wayne County (added 2024)

Pennsylvania, 1 county

  • Mercer County (added 2024)
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions. The duty station’s county counts (how that works).