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Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI$111,894a year$4,288.80Every two weeks$53.61Per hour$53.88Overtime hour#14On paper#9After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Detroit, MI GS pay scale 2026: 29.12% locality pay

In 2026 the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI locality pay area adds 29.12% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $111,894, and the 150 rates run from $29,160 to $197,200, the statutory ceiling.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate
$86,659
Locality pay, 29.12%
+ $25,235
Annual rate
$111,894

$4,288.80 every two weeks, $53.61 an hour, $53.88 an overtime hour.

#14 on paper, #9 after prices

+5Places gained, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$111,562Price level 100.3, U.S. = 100, for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.

Ceiling watch

3 of 150cells held to $197,200, from GS-15 step 8.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5
#14 of 57
Rank after local prices
#9 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016
+4.72 points
Rank of that change
#35 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate
47.65%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
40.62%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
36,836
Share of all jobs here
1.39%
Largest county by federal jobs
Wayne County, MI: 14,412
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI

Every 2026 rate in Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI, 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 3 cells cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling.
Grade12345678910
GS-129,16030,13831,10832,07333,04133,60734,56735,53335,57336,474
GS-232,78733,56734,65535,57335,97037,02838,08539,14340,20041,258
GS-335,77736,97038,16339,35640,54941,74242,93544,12845,32146,514
GS-440,16041,49942,83844,17745,51646,85548,19449,53350,87252,211
GS-544,93246,43047,92849,42650,92452,42153,91955,41756,91558,413
GS-650,08751,75653,42655,09656,76558,43560,10461,77463,44365,113
GS-755,65857,51459,36961,22563,08064,93666,79168,64770,50272,358
GS-861,63963,69465,74867,80269,85771,91173,96576,01978,07480,128
GS-968,08170,35172,62174,89177,16179,43181,70183,97186,24188,510
GS-1074,97277,47179,96982,46884,96687,46589,96392,46294,96097,458
GS-1182,37285,11887,86590,61193,35896,10498,850101,597104,343107,090
GS-1298,729102,020105,312108,603111,894115,185118,477121,768125,059128,350
GS-13117,402121,316125,230129,143133,057136,970140,884144,798148,711152,625
GS-14138,734143,359147,984152,610157,235161,860166,485171,110175,735180,360
GS-15163,187168,627174,067179,506184,946190,386195,826197,200197,200197,200
Hourly rates in Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI, 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-113.9714.4414.9115.3715.8316.1016.5617.0317.0517.48
GS-215.7116.0816.6117.0517.2417.7418.2518.7619.2619.77
GS-317.1417.7118.2918.8619.4320.0020.5721.1421.7222.29
GS-419.2419.8820.5321.1721.8122.4523.0923.7324.3825.02
GS-521.5322.2522.9723.6824.4025.1225.8426.5527.2727.99
GS-624.0024.8025.6026.4027.2028.0028.8029.6030.4031.20
GS-726.6727.5628.4529.3430.2331.1132.0032.8933.7834.67
GS-829.5330.5231.5032.4933.4734.4635.4436.4337.4138.39
GS-932.6233.7134.8035.8836.9738.0639.1540.2441.3242.41
GS-1035.9237.1238.3239.5240.7141.9143.1144.3045.5046.70
GS-1139.4740.7842.1043.4244.7346.0547.3648.6850.0051.31
GS-1247.3148.8850.4652.0453.6155.1956.7758.3559.9261.50
GS-1356.2558.1360.0061.8863.7665.6367.5169.3871.2673.13
GS-1466.4868.6970.9173.1275.3477.5679.7781.9984.2086.42
GS-1578.1980.8083.4186.0188.6291.2293.8394.4994.4994.49
Biweekly rates in Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI, 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-11,117.601,155.201,192.801,229.601,266.401,288.001,324.801,362.401,364.001,398.40
GS-21,256.801,286.401,328.801,364.001,379.201,419.201,460.001,500.801,540.801,581.60
GS-31,371.201,416.801,463.201,508.801,554.401,600.001,645.601,691.201,737.601,783.20
GS-41,539.201,590.401,642.401,693.601,744.801,796.001,847.201,898.401,950.402,001.60
GS-51,722.401,780.001,837.601,894.401,952.002,009.602,067.202,124.002,181.602,239.20
GS-61,920.001,984.002,048.002,112.002,176.002,240.002,304.002,368.002,432.002,496.00
GS-72,133.602,204.802,276.002,347.202,418.402,488.802,560.002,631.202,702.402,773.60
GS-82,362.402,441.602,520.002,599.202,677.602,756.802,835.202,914.402,992.803,071.20
GS-92,609.602,696.802,784.002,870.402,957.603,044.803,132.003,219.203,305.603,392.80
GS-102,873.602,969.603,065.603,161.603,256.803,352.803,448.803,544.003,640.003,736.00
GS-113,157.603,262.403,368.003,473.603,578.403,684.003,788.803,894.404,000.004,104.80
GS-123,784.803,910.404,036.804,163.204,288.804,415.204,541.604,668.004,793.604,920.00
GS-134,500.004,650.404,800.004,950.405,100.805,250.405,400.805,550.405,700.805,850.40
GS-145,318.405,495.205,672.805,849.606,027.206,204.806,381.606,559.206,736.006,913.60
GS-156,255.206,464.006,672.806,880.807,089.607,297.607,506.407,559.207,559.207,559.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-DET, matched cell by cell.

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 29.12% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $111,894 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Detroit, MI 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
Detroit, MI24.4025.6826.2526.8127.3227.3227.8628.3728.8229.1229.12
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

What the 1990 pay law’s formula would pay in Detroit, MI

Federal Salary Council estimates for Detroit, MI 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 area47.6540.6229.12
2025March 2023Locality pay area53.3046.0029.12
2024March 2022Locality pay area52.0244.7828.82
2023March 2021Locality pay area50.3843.2228.37
2022March 2020Locality pay area51.0243.8327.86
2021March 2019Locality pay area54.0846.7427.32
2020March 2018Locality pay area55.7448.3227.32
2019March 2017Locality pay area59.7152.1026.81
2018March 2016Locality pay area60.1352.5026.25

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Detroit, MI 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
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
10Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA$102,26691.7$111,521
11Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA$102,45791.9$111,474
12Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS$103,09892.5$111,406

Federal jobs in Detroit, MI

Federal civilian jobs at worksites in the 18 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 3,228 federal jobs in Michigan without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
202337,2241.40$94,698
202438,0471.43$98,153
202536,8361.39$101,388

Counties in Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI

18 counties paid at this rate

Michigan, 18 counties

  • Clinton County (added 2024)
  • Eaton County (added 2024)
  • Genesee County
  • Huron County (added 2024)
  • Ingham County (added 2024)
  • Jackson County (added 2024)
  • Lapeer County
  • Lenawee County
  • Livingston County
  • Macomb County
  • Monroe County
  • Oakland County
  • Sanilac County (added 2024)
  • Shiawassee County (added 2024)
  • St. Clair County
  • Tuscola County (added 2024)
  • Washtenaw County
  • Wayne County
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions. The duty station’s county counts (how that works).