GS pay scale 2026
Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Dayton, OH GS pay scale 2026: 21.42% locality pay

In 2026 the Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH locality pay area adds 21.42% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $105,221, and the 150 rates run from $27,421 to $197,200, the statutory ceiling.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate: $86,659
Locality pay, 21.42%: + $18,562
Annual rate: $105,221

$4,033.60 every two weeks, $50.42 an hour, $50.67 an overtime hour.

#32 on paper, #4 after prices

+28Places gained, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$113,514Price level 92.7, U.S. = 100, for Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH.

Ceiling watch

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

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5: #32 of 57
Rank after local prices: #4 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016: +4.92 points
Rank of that change: #32 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate: 42.01%
Rate the 1990 formula would set: 35.25%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025: 21,500
Share of all jobs here: 3.64%
Largest county by federal jobs: Greene County, OH: 15,470

Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH

A yearAn hourEvery two weeks

Every 2026 rate in Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH, 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.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	27,421	28,341	29,253	30,161	31,070	31,603	32,505	33,414	33,451	34,299
GS-2	30,832	31,566	32,588	33,451	33,825	34,820	35,814	36,808	37,803	38,797
GS-3	33,643	34,765	35,887	37,009	38,131	39,253	40,375	41,496	42,618	43,740
GS-4	37,765	39,024	40,284	41,543	42,802	44,061	45,320	46,579	47,838	49,097
GS-5	42,253	43,661	45,070	46,478	47,887	49,295	50,704	52,112	53,521	54,929
GS-6	47,100	48,670	50,240	51,810	53,380	54,950	56,520	58,090	59,660	61,230
GS-7	52,339	54,084	55,829	57,574	59,319	61,063	62,808	64,553	66,298	68,043
GS-8	57,963	59,895	61,827	63,759	65,691	67,622	69,554	71,486	73,418	75,350
GS-9	64,021	66,156	68,290	70,425	72,559	74,694	76,829	78,963	81,098	83,232
GS-10	70,501	72,851	75,200	77,550	79,899	82,249	84,598	86,948	89,297	91,647
GS-11	77,460	80,042	82,625	85,208	87,790	90,373	92,956	95,538	98,121	100,703
GS-12	92,841	95,936	99,031	102,126	105,221	108,316	111,411	114,506	117,601	120,696
GS-13	110,401	114,081	117,762	121,442	125,122	128,802	132,483	136,163	139,843	143,523
GS-14	130,461	134,810	139,159	143,509	147,858	152,207	156,557	160,906	165,255	169,604
GS-15	153,455	158,571	163,686	168,802	173,917	179,033	184,148	189,263	194,379	197,200

Hourly rates in Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH, 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	13.14	13.58	14.02	14.45	14.89	15.14	15.57	16.01	16.03	16.43
GS-2	14.77	15.13	15.61	16.03	16.21	16.68	17.16	17.64	18.11	18.59
GS-3	16.12	16.66	17.20	17.73	18.27	18.81	19.35	19.88	20.42	20.96
GS-4	18.10	18.70	19.30	19.91	20.51	21.11	21.72	22.32	22.92	23.53
GS-5	20.25	20.92	21.60	22.27	22.95	23.62	24.30	24.97	25.64	26.32
GS-6	22.57	23.32	24.07	24.83	25.58	26.33	27.08	27.83	28.59	29.34
GS-7	25.08	25.91	26.75	27.59	28.42	29.26	30.09	30.93	31.77	32.60
GS-8	27.77	28.70	29.62	30.55	31.48	32.40	33.33	34.25	35.18	36.10
GS-9	30.68	31.70	32.72	33.74	34.77	35.79	36.81	37.84	38.86	39.88
GS-10	33.78	34.91	36.03	37.16	38.28	39.41	40.54	41.66	42.79	43.91
GS-11	37.12	38.35	39.59	40.83	42.07	43.30	44.54	45.78	47.02	48.25
GS-12	44.49	45.97	47.45	48.93	50.42	51.90	53.38	54.87	56.35	57.83
GS-13	52.90	54.66	56.43	58.19	59.95	61.72	63.48	65.24	67.01	68.77
GS-14	62.51	64.60	66.68	68.76	70.85	72.93	75.02	77.10	79.18	81.27
GS-15	73.53	75.98	78.43	80.88	83.33	85.78	88.24	90.69	93.14	94.49

Biweekly rates in Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH, 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	1,051.20	1,086.40	1,121.60	1,156.00	1,191.20	1,211.20	1,245.60	1,280.80	1,282.40	1,314.40
GS-2	1,181.60	1,210.40	1,248.80	1,282.40	1,296.80	1,334.40	1,372.80	1,411.20	1,448.80	1,487.20
GS-3	1,289.60	1,332.80	1,376.00	1,418.40	1,461.60	1,504.80	1,548.00	1,590.40	1,633.60	1,676.80
GS-4	1,448.00	1,496.00	1,544.00	1,592.80	1,640.80	1,688.80	1,737.60	1,785.60	1,833.60	1,882.40
GS-5	1,620.00	1,673.60	1,728.00	1,781.60	1,836.00	1,889.60	1,944.00	1,997.60	2,051.20	2,105.60
GS-6	1,805.60	1,865.60	1,925.60	1,986.40	2,046.40	2,106.40	2,166.40	2,226.40	2,287.20	2,347.20
GS-7	2,006.40	2,072.80	2,140.00	2,207.20	2,273.60	2,340.80	2,407.20	2,474.40	2,541.60	2,608.00
GS-8	2,221.60	2,296.00	2,369.60	2,444.00	2,518.40	2,592.00	2,666.40	2,740.00	2,814.40	2,888.00
GS-9	2,454.40	2,536.00	2,617.60	2,699.20	2,781.60	2,863.20	2,944.80	3,027.20	3,108.80	3,190.40
GS-10	2,702.40	2,792.80	2,882.40	2,972.80	3,062.40	3,152.80	3,243.20	3,332.80	3,423.20	3,512.80
GS-11	2,969.60	3,068.00	3,167.20	3,266.40	3,365.60	3,464.00	3,563.20	3,662.40	3,761.60	3,860.00
GS-12	3,559.20	3,677.60	3,796.00	3,914.40	4,033.60	4,152.00	4,270.40	4,389.60	4,508.00	4,626.40
GS-13	4,232.00	4,372.80	4,514.40	4,655.20	4,796.00	4,937.60	5,078.40	5,219.20	5,360.80	5,501.60
GS-14	5,000.80	5,168.00	5,334.40	5,500.80	5,668.00	5,834.40	6,001.60	6,168.00	6,334.40	6,501.60
GS-15	5,882.40	6,078.40	6,274.40	6,470.40	6,666.40	6,862.40	7,059.20	7,255.20	7,451.20	7,559.20

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

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 21.42% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $105,221 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Dayton, OH 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. Sources and caveats.
Locality pay, %	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Dayton, OH	16.50	17.59	18.11	18.61	19.18	19.18	19.93	20.59	21.14	21.42	21.42
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

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

Federal Salary Council estimates for Dayton, 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 in	Data as of	Listed as	Pay gap, %	Formula rate, %	Rate paid that year, %
2026	March 2024	Locality pay area	42.01	35.25	21.42
2025	March 2023	Locality pay area	44.46	37.58	21.42
2024	March 2022	Locality pay area	47.42	40.40	21.14
2023	March 2021	Locality pay area	46.81	39.82	20.59
2022	March 2020	Locality pay area	49.26	42.15	19.93
2021	March 2019	Locality pay area	48.31	41.25	19.18
2020	March 2018	Locality pay area	50.21	43.06	19.18
2019	March 2017	Locality pay area	48.01	40.96	18.61
2018	March 2016	Locality pay area	49.22	42.11	18.11

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Dayton, 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.
#	Locality	On paper	Price level	What it buys
1	Laredo, TX	$105,369	87.0	$121,175
2	Houston-The Woodlands, TX	$116,990	98.6	$118,616
3	Davenport-Moline, IA-IL	$103,064	89.1	$115,700
4	Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH	$105,221	92.7	$113,514
5	Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN	$105,646	93.1	$113,510
6	Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA	$105,923	93.9	$112,776
7	State of Alaska	$114,702	102.4	$112,059

A GS-12 step 5 here buys $113,514 at national average prices, the fourth-most of the 57 areas with a price index.

Federal jobs in Dayton, OH

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 4,004 federal jobs in Ohio without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
Year	Federal civilian jobs	Share of all jobs, %	Average pay per job
2023	21,636	3.69	$102,776
2024	22,334	3.78	$105,963
2025	21,500	3.64	$107,594

Counties in Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH

12 counties paid at this rate

Ohio, 12 counties

Allen County (added 2024)
Auglaize County (added 2024)
Champaign County
Clark County
Darke County
Greene County
Mercer County (added 2024)
Miami County
Montgomery County
Preble County
Shelby County
Van Wert County (added 2024)

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