GS pay scale 2026
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Miami, FL GS pay scale 2026: 24.67% locality pay

In 2026 the Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL locality pay area adds 24.67% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $108,038, and the 150 rates run from $28,155 to $197,200, the statutory ceiling.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate: $86,659
Locality pay, 24.67%: + $21,379
Annual rate: $108,038

$4,141.60 every two weeks, $51.77 an hour, $52.04 an overtime hour.

#19 on paper, #57 after prices

−38Places lost, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$94,641Price level 114.2, U.S. = 100, for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.

Ceiling watch

2 of 150cells held to $197,200, from GS-15 step 9.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5: #19 of 57
Rank after local prices: #57 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016: +3.62 points
Rank of that change: #48 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate: 44.77%
Rate the 1990 formula would set: 37.88%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025: 38,925
Share of all jobs here: 1.26%
Largest county by federal jobs: Miami-Dade County, FL: 21,373

Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL

A yearAn hourEvery two weeks

Every 2026 rate in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, 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 2 cells cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	28,155	29,099	30,035	30,968	31,902	32,449	33,375	34,308	34,347	35,217
GS-2	31,657	32,410	33,460	34,347	34,731	35,752	36,773	37,794	38,815	39,836
GS-3	34,544	35,696	36,847	37,999	39,151	40,303	41,455	42,607	43,759	44,911
GS-4	38,776	40,069	41,362	42,655	43,947	45,240	46,533	47,826	49,119	50,412
GS-5	43,384	44,830	46,276	47,722	49,169	50,615	52,061	53,507	54,953	56,399
GS-6	48,361	49,973	51,585	53,197	54,809	56,421	58,033	59,645	61,257	62,869
GS-7	53,740	55,532	57,323	59,115	60,906	62,698	64,489	66,281	68,072	69,864
GS-8	59,515	61,498	63,482	65,465	67,449	69,432	71,416	73,399	75,383	77,366
GS-9	65,735	67,926	70,118	72,310	74,502	76,693	78,885	81,077	83,268	85,460
GS-10	72,388	74,801	77,213	79,625	82,038	84,450	86,863	89,275	91,687	94,100
GS-11	79,533	82,185	84,837	87,488	90,140	92,792	95,444	98,095	100,747	103,399
GS-12	95,326	98,504	101,682	104,860	108,038	111,216	114,393	117,571	120,749	123,927
GS-13	113,356	117,135	120,914	124,692	128,471	132,250	136,029	139,807	143,586	147,365
GS-14	133,953	138,419	142,884	147,350	151,816	156,281	160,747	165,213	169,678	174,144
GS-15	157,563	162,815	168,068	173,320	178,572	183,825	189,077	194,329	197,200	197,200

Hourly rates in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, 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	13.49	13.94	14.39	14.84	15.29	15.55	15.99	16.44	16.46	16.87
GS-2	15.17	15.53	16.03	16.46	16.64	17.13	17.62	18.11	18.60	19.09
GS-3	16.55	17.10	17.66	18.21	18.76	19.31	19.86	20.42	20.97	21.52
GS-4	18.58	19.20	19.82	20.44	21.06	21.68	22.30	22.92	23.54	24.16
GS-5	20.79	21.48	22.17	22.87	23.56	24.25	24.95	25.64	26.33	27.02
GS-6	23.17	23.94	24.72	25.49	26.26	27.03	27.81	28.58	29.35	30.12
GS-7	25.75	26.61	27.47	28.33	29.18	30.04	30.90	31.76	32.62	33.48
GS-8	28.52	29.47	30.42	31.37	32.32	33.27	34.22	35.17	36.12	37.07
GS-9	31.50	32.55	33.60	34.65	35.70	36.75	37.80	38.85	39.90	40.95
GS-10	34.69	35.84	37.00	38.15	39.31	40.46	41.62	42.78	43.93	45.09
GS-11	38.11	39.38	40.65	41.92	43.19	44.46	45.73	47.00	48.27	49.54
GS-12	45.68	47.20	48.72	50.24	51.77	53.29	54.81	56.33	57.86	59.38
GS-13	54.32	56.13	57.94	59.75	61.56	63.37	65.18	66.99	68.80	70.61
GS-14	64.18	66.32	68.46	70.60	72.74	74.88	77.02	79.16	81.30	83.44
GS-15	75.50	78.01	80.53	83.05	85.56	88.08	90.60	93.11	94.49	94.49

Biweekly rates in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, 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	1,079.20	1,115.20	1,151.20	1,187.20	1,223.20	1,244.00	1,279.20	1,315.20	1,316.80	1,349.60
GS-2	1,213.60	1,242.40	1,282.40	1,316.80	1,331.20	1,370.40	1,409.60	1,448.80	1,488.00	1,527.20
GS-3	1,324.00	1,368.00	1,412.80	1,456.80	1,500.80	1,544.80	1,588.80	1,633.60	1,677.60	1,721.60
GS-4	1,486.40	1,536.00	1,585.60	1,635.20	1,684.80	1,734.40	1,784.00	1,833.60	1,883.20	1,932.80
GS-5	1,663.20	1,718.40	1,773.60	1,829.60	1,884.80	1,940.00	1,996.00	2,051.20	2,106.40	2,161.60
GS-6	1,853.60	1,915.20	1,977.60	2,039.20	2,100.80	2,162.40	2,224.80	2,286.40	2,348.00	2,409.60
GS-7	2,060.00	2,128.80	2,197.60	2,266.40	2,334.40	2,403.20	2,472.00	2,540.80	2,609.60	2,678.40
GS-8	2,281.60	2,357.60	2,433.60	2,509.60	2,585.60	2,661.60	2,737.60	2,813.60	2,889.60	2,965.60
GS-9	2,520.00	2,604.00	2,688.00	2,772.00	2,856.00	2,940.00	3,024.00	3,108.00	3,192.00	3,276.00
GS-10	2,775.20	2,867.20	2,960.00	3,052.00	3,144.80	3,236.80	3,329.60	3,422.40	3,514.40	3,607.20
GS-11	3,048.80	3,150.40	3,252.00	3,353.60	3,455.20	3,556.80	3,658.40	3,760.00	3,861.60	3,963.20
GS-12	3,654.40	3,776.00	3,897.60	4,019.20	4,141.60	4,263.20	4,384.80	4,506.40	4,628.80	4,750.40
GS-13	4,345.60	4,490.40	4,635.20	4,780.00	4,924.80	5,069.60	5,214.40	5,359.20	5,504.00	5,648.80
GS-14	5,134.40	5,305.60	5,476.80	5,648.00	5,819.20	5,990.40	6,161.60	6,332.80	6,504.00	6,675.20
GS-15	6,040.00	6,240.80	6,442.40	6,644.00	6,844.80	7,046.40	7,248.00	7,448.80	7,559.20	7,559.20

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

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 24.67% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $108,038 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Miami, FL 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
Miami, FL	21.05	22.13	22.64	23.12	23.51	23.51	23.80	24.14	24.42	24.67	24.67
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 Miami, FL

Federal Salary Council estimates for Miami, FL 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	44.77	37.88	24.67
2025	March 2023	Locality pay area	45.77	38.83	24.67
2024	March 2022	Locality pay area	40.89	34.18	24.42
2023	March 2021	Locality pay area	40.82	34.11	24.14
2022	March 2020	Locality pay area	39.03	32.41	23.80
2021	March 2019	Locality pay area	42.86	36.06	23.51
2020	March 2018	Locality pay area	46.88	39.89	23.51
2019	March 2017	Locality pay area	51.91	44.68	23.12
2018	March 2016	Locality pay area	53.46	46.15	22.64

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Miami, FL 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
54	Reno-Fernley, NV	$101,842	101.0	$100,820
55	Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA	$101,954	102.2	$99,800
56	State of Hawaii	$105,906	110.0	$96,321
57	Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL	$108,038	114.2	$94,641

A GS-12 step 5 here buys $94,641 at national average prices, the least of the 57 areas with a price index.

Local prices here, 114.2 against a U.S. average of 100, are the second-highest of the 57 areas with a price index.

It ranks #19 on paper and #57 once local prices are counted, a drop of 38 places, the fourth-biggest of the 57 areas.

Federal jobs in Miami, FL

Federal civilian jobs at worksites in the 8 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 9,173 federal jobs in Florida without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
Year	Federal civilian jobs	Share of all jobs, %	Average pay per job
2023	38,181	1.26	$97,897
2024	39,379	1.28	$101,742
2025	38,925	1.26	$106,518

Federal jobs here fell from 2024 to 2025, 454 fewer than in 2024, down 1.15%, the fifth-smallest drop of the 55 areas where they fell, and the 2025 average still counts staff on paid administrative leave until 30 September.

Counties in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL

8 counties paid at this rate

Florida, 8 counties

Broward County
Indian River County
Martin County
Miami-Dade County
Monroe County
Okeechobee County
Palm Beach County
St. Lucie County

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