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Laredo, TX$105,369a year$4,039.20Every two weeks$50.49Per hour$50.75Overtime hour#31On paper#1After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Laredo, TX

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Laredo, TX GS pay scale 2026: 21.59% locality pay

In 2026 the Laredo, TX locality pay area adds 21.59% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $105,369, and the 150 rates run from $27,460 to $197,200, the statutory ceiling.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate
$86,659
Locality pay, 21.59%
+ $18,710
Annual rate
$105,369

$4,039.20 every two weeks, $50.49 an hour, $50.75 an overtime hour.

#31 on paper, #1 after prices

+30Places gained, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$121,175Price level 87.0, U.S. = 100, for Laredo, TX.

Ceiling watch

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

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5
#31 of 57
Rank after local prices
#1 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016
+7.00 points
Rank of that change
#11 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate
46.22%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
39.26%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
4,440
Share of all jobs here
3.90%
Largest county by federal jobs
Webb County, TX: 4,064
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Laredo, TX

Every 2026 rate in Laredo, TX, 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-127,46028,38029,29330,20331,11431,64732,55133,46033,49834,347
GS-230,87531,61032,63433,49833,87334,86835,86436,86037,85638,852
GS-333,69034,81435,93737,06138,18439,30840,43141,55542,67843,802
GS-437,81839,07940,34041,60142,86244,12345,38346,64447,90549,166
GS-542,31243,72345,13346,54347,95449,36450,77552,18553,59655,006
GS-647,16648,73850,31051,88253,45555,02756,59958,17159,74361,315
GS-752,41354,16055,90757,65459,40261,14962,89664,64366,39168,138
GS-858,04559,97961,91463,84865,78367,71769,65271,58673,52175,455
GS-964,11166,24868,38670,52372,66174,79976,93679,07481,21183,349
GS-1070,60072,95375,30677,65880,01182,36484,71787,06989,42291,775
GS-1177,56880,15582,74185,32787,91390,49993,08695,67298,258100,844
GS-1292,97196,07199,170102,269105,369108,468111,567114,667117,766120,865
GS-13110,556114,241117,926121,612125,297128,983132,668136,353140,039143,724
GS-14130,644134,999139,354143,710148,065152,420156,776161,131165,486169,842
GS-15153,670158,793163,915169,038174,161179,283184,406189,528194,651197,200
Hourly rates in Laredo, TX, 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-113.1613.6014.0414.4714.9115.1615.6016.0316.0516.46
GS-214.7915.1515.6416.0516.2316.7117.1817.6618.1418.62
GS-316.1416.6817.2217.7618.3018.8319.3719.9120.4520.99
GS-418.1218.7219.3319.9320.5421.1421.7522.3522.9523.56
GS-520.2720.9521.6322.3022.9823.6524.3325.0025.6826.36
GS-622.6023.3524.1124.8625.6126.3727.1227.8728.6329.38
GS-725.1125.9526.7927.6328.4629.3030.1430.9731.8132.65
GS-827.8128.7429.6730.5931.5232.4533.3734.3035.2336.15
GS-930.7231.7432.7733.7934.8235.8436.8637.8938.9139.94
GS-1033.8334.9636.0837.2138.3439.4740.5941.7242.8543.97
GS-1137.1738.4139.6540.8942.1243.3644.6045.8447.0848.32
GS-1244.5546.0347.5249.0050.4951.9753.4654.9456.4357.91
GS-1352.9754.7456.5158.2760.0461.8063.5765.3367.1068.87
GS-1462.6064.6966.7768.8670.9573.0375.1277.2179.2981.38
GS-1573.6376.0978.5481.0083.4585.9088.3690.8193.2794.49
Biweekly rates in Laredo, TX, 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-11,052.801,088.001,123.201,157.601,192.801,212.801,248.001,282.401,284.001,316.80
GS-21,183.201,212.001,251.201,284.001,298.401,336.801,374.401,412.801,451.201,489.60
GS-31,291.201,334.401,377.601,420.801,464.001,506.401,549.601,592.801,636.001,679.20
GS-41,449.601,497.601,546.401,594.401,643.201,691.201,740.001,788.001,836.001,884.80
GS-51,621.601,676.001,730.401,784.001,838.401,892.001,946.402,000.002,054.402,108.80
GS-61,808.001,868.001,928.801,988.802,048.802,109.602,169.602,229.602,290.402,350.40
GS-72,008.802,076.002,143.202,210.402,276.802,344.002,411.202,477.602,544.802,612.00
GS-82,224.802,299.202,373.602,447.202,521.602,596.002,669.602,744.002,818.402,892.00
GS-92,457.602,539.202,621.602,703.202,785.602,867.202,948.803,031.203,112.803,195.20
GS-102,706.402,796.802,886.402,976.803,067.203,157.603,247.203,337.603,428.003,517.60
GS-112,973.603,072.803,172.003,271.203,369.603,468.803,568.003,667.203,766.403,865.60
GS-123,564.003,682.403,801.603,920.004,039.204,157.604,276.804,395.204,514.404,632.80
GS-134,237.604,379.204,520.804,661.604,803.204,944.005,085.605,226.405,368.005,509.60
GS-145,008.005,175.205,341.605,508.805,676.005,842.406,009.606,176.806,343.206,510.40
GS-155,890.406,087.206,283.206,480.006,676.006,872.007,068.807,264.807,461.607,559.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-LR, matched cell by cell.

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 21.59% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $105,369 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Laredo, TX 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
Laredo, TX14.5916.6817.4018.2218.8818.8819.8520.6421.3321.5921.59
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

Laredo, TX 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 Laredo, TX

Federal Salary Council estimates for Laredo, TX 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 area46.2239.2621.59
2025March 2023Locality pay area43.5036.6721.59
2024March 2022Locality pay area52.9345.6521.33
2023March 2021Locality pay area50.7243.5420.64
2022March 2020Locality pay area56.0448.6119.85
2021March 2019Locality pay area79.2170.6818.88
2020March 2018Locality pay area53.8046.4818.88
2019March 2017Locality pay area63.1855.4118.22
2018March 2016Locality pay area58.0050.4817.40

Across the nine editions checked here, the estimate for Laredo, TX has run from 43.50% (for pay in 2025) to 79.21% (for pay in 2021), the widest swing of the 56 areas with a gap in all of them; next comes Houston, TX (25.95 points).

In the latest edition the estimate for Laredo, TX rose 2.72 points, to 46.22%; the only other area where it rose is Seattle, WA.

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Laredo, TX 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

A GS-12 step 5 here buys $121,175 at national average prices, the most of the 57 areas with a price index.

Local prices here, 87.0 against a U.S. average of 100, are the lowest of the 57 areas with a price index.

Federal jobs in Laredo, TX

Federal civilian jobs at worksites in the 3 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 13,060 federal jobs in Texas without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
20234,2893.89$115,786
20244,3483.88$122,068
20254,4403.90$131,887

Its 4,440 federal civilian jobs in 2025, the Postal Service included, are the second-smallest federal workforce of the 58 areas.

Average pay per federal job, overtime included, was $131,887 in 2025, the second-highest of the 58 areas; across all 58 it was $105,058.

Federal jobs here grew from 2024 to 2025, 92 more than in 2024, up 2.12%, in one of only three areas where they did not fall.

Webb County, Texas, alone holds 91.5% of them, 4,064 jobs, the fourth-largest share for one county of the 56 areas with more than one.

Counties in Laredo, TX

3 counties paid at this rate

Texas, 3 counties

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