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Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA$114,459a year$4,387.20Every two weeks$54.84Per hour$55.13Overtime hour#9On paper#13After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Hartford, CT GS pay scale 2026: 32.08% locality pay

In 2026 the Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA locality pay area adds 32.08% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $114,459, and the 150 rates run from $29,829 to $197,200, the statutory ceiling.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate
$86,659
Locality pay, 32.08%
+ $27,800
Annual rate
$114,459

$4,387.20 every two weeks, $54.84 an hour, $55.13 an overtime hour.

#9 on paper, #13 after prices

−4Places lost, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$111,400Price level 102.7, U.S. = 100, for Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT.

Ceiling watch

4 of 150cells held to $197,200, from GS-15 step 7.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5
#9 of 57
Rank after local prices
#13 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016
+5.88 points
Rank of that change
#17 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate
58.79%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
51.23%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
13,642
Share of all jobs here
1.33%
Largest county by federal jobs
Capitol Planning Region, CT: 5,299
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA

Every 2026 rate in Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA, 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 4 cells cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling.
Grade12345678910
GS-129,82930,82931,82132,80933,79834,37835,35936,34736,38837,310
GS-233,53934,33735,44936,38836,79537,87738,95840,04041,12242,204
GS-336,59737,81739,03840,25841,47842,69943,91945,14046,36047,580
GS-441,08142,45143,82045,19046,56047,92949,29950,66952,03853,408
GS-545,96347,49549,02750,55952,09153,62355,15556,68758,22059,752
GS-651,23552,94354,65156,35958,06659,77461,48263,19064,89866,605
GS-756,93458,83260,73062,62864,52666,42468,32270,22072,11874,016
GS-863,05265,15467,25569,35771,45873,55975,66177,76279,86381,965
GS-969,64271,96474,28676,60878,93081,25283,57485,89688,21890,540
GS-1076,69179,24781,80284,35886,91489,47092,02594,58197,13799,693
GS-1184,26087,07089,87992,68895,49898,307101,116103,926106,735109,545
GS-12100,992104,359107,726111,092114,459117,826121,193124,559127,926131,293
GS-13120,094124,097128,100132,104136,107140,110144,114148,117152,120156,124
GS-14141,915146,646151,377156,108160,839165,570170,301175,032179,764184,495
GS-15166,928172,493178,057183,622189,186194,751197,200197,200197,200197,200
Hourly rates in Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA, 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-114.2914.7715.2515.7216.1916.4716.9417.4217.4417.88
GS-216.0716.4516.9917.4417.6318.1518.6719.1919.7020.22
GS-317.5418.1218.7119.2919.8720.4621.0421.6322.2122.80
GS-419.6820.3421.0021.6522.3122.9723.6224.2824.9325.59
GS-522.0222.7623.4924.2324.9625.6926.4327.1627.9028.63
GS-624.5525.3726.1927.0027.8228.6429.4630.2831.1031.91
GS-727.2828.1929.1030.0130.9231.8332.7433.6534.5635.47
GS-830.2131.2232.2333.2334.2435.2536.2537.2638.2739.27
GS-933.3734.4835.5936.7137.8238.9340.0541.1642.2743.38
GS-1036.7537.9739.2040.4241.6542.8744.0945.3246.5447.77
GS-1140.3741.7243.0744.4145.7647.1048.4549.8051.1452.49
GS-1248.3950.0051.6253.2354.8456.4658.0759.6861.3062.91
GS-1357.5459.4661.3863.3065.2267.1369.0570.9772.8974.81
GS-1468.0070.2772.5374.8077.0779.3381.6083.8786.1488.40
GS-1579.9882.6585.3287.9890.6593.3294.4994.4994.4994.49
Biweekly rates in Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA, 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-11,143.201,181.601,220.001,257.601,295.201,317.601,355.201,393.601,395.201,430.40
GS-21,285.601,316.001,359.201,395.201,410.401,452.001,493.601,535.201,576.001,617.60
GS-31,403.201,449.601,496.801,543.201,589.601,636.801,683.201,730.401,776.801,824.00
GS-41,574.401,627.201,680.001,732.001,784.801,837.601,889.601,942.401,994.402,047.20
GS-51,761.601,820.801,879.201,938.401,996.802,055.202,114.402,172.802,232.002,290.40
GS-61,964.002,029.602,095.202,160.002,225.602,291.202,356.802,422.402,488.002,552.80
GS-72,182.402,255.202,328.002,400.802,473.602,546.402,619.202,692.002,764.802,837.60
GS-82,416.802,497.602,578.402,658.402,739.202,820.002,900.002,980.803,061.603,141.60
GS-92,669.602,758.402,847.202,936.803,025.603,114.403,204.003,292.803,381.603,470.40
GS-102,940.003,037.603,136.003,233.603,332.003,429.603,527.203,625.603,723.203,821.60
GS-113,229.603,337.603,445.603,552.803,660.803,768.003,876.003,984.004,091.204,199.20
GS-123,871.204,000.004,129.604,258.404,387.204,516.804,645.604,774.404,904.005,032.80
GS-134,603.204,756.804,910.405,064.005,217.605,370.405,524.005,677.605,831.205,984.80
GS-145,440.005,621.605,802.405,984.006,165.606,346.406,528.006,709.606,891.207,072.00
GS-156,398.406,612.006,825.607,038.407,252.007,465.607,559.207,559.207,559.207,559.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-HAR, matched cell by cell.

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 32.08% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $114,459 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Hartford, CT 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
Hartford, CT26.2027.5728.2128.8729.4929.4930.2030.9131.6232.0832.08
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 5th to 9th by locality percentage, the fifth-biggest slide of them, shared with Las Vegas, NV and Tucson, AZ.

In 2024 OPM moved Windham County in Connecticut from it to Boston, MA.

What the 1990 pay law’s formula would pay in Hartford, CT

Federal Salary Council estimates for Hartford, CT 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 area58.7951.2332.08
2025March 2023Locality pay area66.4658.5332.08
2024March 2022Locality pay area64.4256.5931.62
2023March 2021Locality pay area59.1851.6030.91
2022March 2020Locality pay area58.5951.0430.20
2021March 2019Locality pay area60.7353.0829.49
2020March 2018Locality pay area63.1455.3729.49
2019March 2017Locality pay area66.4558.5228.87
2018March 2016Locality pay area65.2757.4028.21

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Hartford, CT 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
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
13Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA$114,459102.7$111,400
14Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH$105,85495.5$110,878
15Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN$105,66395.4$110,793
16Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV$104,88394.7$110,787

Federal jobs in Hartford, CT

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 2,137 federal jobs in Connecticut and Massachusetts without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
202314,3961.41$82,865
202414,2231.40$86,441
202513,6421.33$90,455

In Connecticut BLS has counted by planning region rather than county since 2024, while OPM still draws its areas by the old counties: each region is counted in the area that holds most of its towns, and 4 of the 9 regions straddle two areas; 2,811 of this area’s jobs are in such regions.

Counties in Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA

7 counties paid at this rate

Connecticut, 4 counties

  • Hartford County
  • Middlesex County
  • New London County
  • Tolland County

Massachusetts, 3 counties

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