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Davenport-Moline, IA-IL$103,064a year$3,950.40Every two weeks$49.38Per hour$49.64Overtime hour#44On paper#3After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Davenport-Moline, IA-IL

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Davenport, IA GS pay scale 2026: 18.93% locality pay

In 2026 the Davenport-Moline, IA-IL locality pay area adds 18.93% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $103,064, and the 150 rates run from $26,859 to $195,403.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate
$86,659
Locality pay, 18.93%
+ $16,405
Annual rate
$103,064

$3,950.40 every two weeks, $49.38 an hour, $49.64 an overtime hour.

#44 on paper, #3 after prices

+41Places gained, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$115,700Price level 89.1, U.S. = 100, for Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5
#44 of 57
Rank after local prices
#3 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016
+4.50 points
Rank of that change
#36 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate
36.89%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
30.37%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
6,656
Share of all jobs here
2.46%
Largest county by federal jobs
Rock Island County, IL: 4,650
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Davenport-Moline, IA-IL

Every 2026 rate in Davenport-Moline, IA-IL, 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.
Grade12345678910
GS-126,85927,75928,65329,54230,43330,95531,83932,72832,76533,595
GS-230,20030,91831,92032,76533,13234,10635,08036,05437,02838,002
GS-332,95334,05235,15136,25037,34938,44839,54740,64641,74442,843
GS-436,99138,22439,45740,69141,92443,15744,39145,62446,85748,091
GS-541,38642,76644,14645,52546,90548,28449,66451,04452,42353,803
GS-646,13447,67249,21050,74752,28553,82355,36156,89858,43659,974
GS-751,26652,97554,68456,39358,10259,81161,52063,22964,93866,647
GS-856,77558,66760,55962,45164,34466,23668,12870,02071,91273,804
GS-962,70864,79966,89068,98171,07173,16275,25377,34479,43581,525
GS-1069,05671,35773,65875,95978,26180,56282,86385,16587,46689,767
GS-1175,87178,40180,93183,46085,99088,52091,04993,57996,10998,638
GS-1290,93793,96997,000100,032103,064106,095109,127112,158115,190118,221
GS-13108,137111,742115,347118,951122,556126,161129,766133,370136,975140,580
GS-14127,786132,046136,306140,566144,826149,086153,346157,606161,866166,126
GS-15150,308155,319160,330165,340170,351175,361180,372185,382190,393195,403
Hourly rates in Davenport-Moline, IA-IL, 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-112.8713.3013.7314.1614.5814.8315.2615.6815.7016.10
GS-214.4714.8115.2915.7015.8816.3416.8117.2817.7418.21
GS-315.7916.3216.8417.3717.9018.4218.9519.4820.0020.53
GS-417.7218.3218.9119.5020.0920.6821.2721.8622.4523.04
GS-519.8320.4921.1521.8122.4723.1423.8024.4625.1225.78
GS-622.1122.8423.5824.3225.0525.7926.5327.2628.0028.74
GS-724.5625.3826.2027.0227.8428.6629.4830.3031.1231.93
GS-827.2028.1129.0229.9230.8331.7432.6433.5534.4635.36
GS-930.0531.0532.0533.0534.0535.0636.0637.0638.0639.06
GS-1033.0934.1935.2936.4037.5038.6039.7040.8141.9143.01
GS-1136.3537.5738.7839.9941.2042.4143.6344.8446.0547.26
GS-1243.5745.0346.4847.9349.3850.8452.2953.7455.1956.65
GS-1351.8153.5455.2757.0058.7260.4562.1863.9165.6367.36
GS-1461.2363.2765.3167.3569.3971.4473.4875.5277.5679.60
GS-1572.0274.4276.8279.2281.6284.0386.4388.8391.2393.63
Biweekly rates in Davenport-Moline, IA-IL, 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-11,029.601,064.001,098.401,132.801,166.401,186.401,220.801,254.401,256.001,288.00
GS-21,157.601,184.801,223.201,256.001,270.401,307.201,344.801,382.401,419.201,456.80
GS-31,263.201,305.601,347.201,389.601,432.001,473.601,516.001,558.401,600.001,642.40
GS-41,417.601,465.601,512.801,560.001,607.201,654.401,701.601,748.801,796.001,843.20
GS-51,586.401,639.201,692.001,744.801,797.601,851.201,904.001,956.802,009.602,062.40
GS-61,768.801,827.201,886.401,945.602,004.002,063.202,122.402,180.802,240.002,299.20
GS-71,964.802,030.402,096.002,161.602,227.202,292.802,358.402,424.002,489.602,554.40
GS-82,176.002,248.802,321.602,393.602,466.402,539.202,611.202,684.002,756.802,828.80
GS-92,404.002,484.002,564.002,644.002,724.002,804.802,884.802,964.803,044.803,124.80
GS-102,647.202,735.202,823.202,912.003,000.003,088.003,176.003,264.803,352.803,440.80
GS-112,908.003,005.603,102.403,199.203,296.003,392.803,490.403,587.203,684.003,780.80
GS-123,485.603,602.403,718.403,834.403,950.404,067.204,183.204,299.204,415.204,532.00
GS-134,144.804,283.204,421.604,560.004,697.604,836.004,974.405,112.805,250.405,388.80
GS-144,898.405,061.605,224.805,388.005,551.205,715.205,878.406,041.606,204.806,368.00
GS-155,761.605,953.606,145.606,337.606,529.606,722.406,914.407,106.407,298.407,490.40
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-DV, matched cell by cell.

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 18.93% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $103,064 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Davenport, IA 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
Davenport, IA14.4315.5616.0816.4917.0417.0417.5818.2118.6618.9318.93
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

Davenport, IA has had a locality pay table of its own only since 2016; before that its counties were paid the Rest of U.S. rate.

What the 1990 pay law’s formula would pay in Davenport, IA

Federal Salary Council estimates for Davenport, IA 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 area36.8930.3718.93
2025March 2023Locality pay area40.9434.2318.93
2024March 2022Locality pay area41.1234.4018.66
2023March 2021Locality pay area43.3736.5418.21
2022March 2020Locality pay area40.2433.5617.58
2021March 2019Locality pay area45.0638.1517.04
2020March 2018Locality pay area46.8239.8317.04
2019March 2017Locality pay area41.6734.9216.49
2018March 2016Locality pay area46.7539.7616.08

The formula would pay Davenport, IA 30.37%, 11.44 points above the 18.93% paid in 2026, the fourth-narrowest distance between formula and pay of the 57 areas with a formula rate, shared with Omaha, NE.

The latest estimate puts non-federal pay for the same work here 36.89% above General Schedule base pay, the fifth-smallest gap of the 58 areas.

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Davenport, IA 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
1Laredo, TX$105,36987.0$121,175
2Houston-The Woodlands, TX$116,99098.6$118,616
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

A GS-12 step 5 here buys $115,700 at national average prices, the third-most of the 57 areas with a price index.

Local prices here, 89.1 against a U.S. average of 100, are the second-lowest of the 57 areas with a price index.

It ranks #44 on paper and #3 once local prices are counted, a gain of 41 places, the biggest of the 57 areas, shared with Des Moines, IA.

Federal jobs in Davenport, IA

Federal civilian jobs at worksites in the 12 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 634 federal jobs in Iowa and Illinois without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
20236,6312.44$90,049
20246,8442.53$88,238
20256,6562.46$89,250

Counties in Davenport-Moline, IA-IL

12 counties paid at this rate

Illinois, 6 counties

  • Carroll County (added 2023)
  • Henry County
  • Lee County (added 2024)
  • Mercer County
  • Rock Island County
  • Whiteside County (added 2024)

Iowa, 6 counties

  • Cedar County (added 2024)
  • Clinton County
  • Jackson County (added 2024)
  • Louisa County (added 2024)
  • Muscatine County
  • Scott County
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions. The duty station’s county counts (how that works).