GS pay scale 2026
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Palm Bay, Melbourne & Titusville GS pay scale 2026: 17.93% locality pay

In 2026 the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL locality pay area adds 17.93% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $102,197, and the 150 rates run from $26,633 to $193,760.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate: $86,659
Locality pay, 17.93%: + $15,538
Annual rate: $102,197

$3,917.60 every two weeks, $48.97 an hour, $49.22 an overtime hour.

#52 on paper, #52 after prices

0No change, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$102,192Price level 100.0, U.S. = 100, for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5: #52 of 57
Rank after local prices: #52 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016: +3.51 points
Rank of that change: #50 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate: 40.58%
Rate the 1990 formula would set: 33.89%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025: 6,438
Share of all jobs here: 2.64%
Largest county by federal jobs: Brevard County, FL: 6,438

Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

A yearAn hourEvery two weeks

Every 2026 rate in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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. No cell here reaches the $197,200 statutory ceiling.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	26,633	27,526	28,412	29,294	30,177	30,695	31,571	32,453	32,490	33,313
GS-2	29,946	30,658	31,651	32,490	32,853	33,819	34,785	35,750	36,716	37,682
GS-3	32,676	33,766	34,855	35,945	37,035	38,124	39,214	40,304	41,393	42,483
GS-4	36,680	37,903	39,126	40,349	41,572	42,794	44,017	45,240	46,463	47,686
GS-5	41,038	42,406	43,774	45,142	46,510	47,878	49,246	50,614	51,982	53,350
GS-6	45,746	47,271	48,796	50,321	51,846	53,370	54,895	56,420	57,945	59,470
GS-7	50,835	52,530	54,224	55,919	57,614	59,308	61,003	62,697	64,392	66,087
GS-8	56,297	58,174	60,050	61,926	63,802	65,679	67,555	69,431	71,308	73,184
GS-9	62,181	64,254	66,327	68,401	70,474	72,547	74,620	76,693	78,767	80,840
GS-10	68,475	70,757	73,039	75,321	77,603	79,885	82,167	84,448	86,730	89,012
GS-11	75,233	77,742	80,250	82,759	85,267	87,775	90,284	92,792	95,300	97,809
GS-12	90,173	93,179	96,185	99,191	102,197	105,203	108,209	111,215	114,221	117,227
GS-13	107,228	110,802	114,377	117,951	121,526	125,100	128,675	132,249	135,824	139,398
GS-14	126,711	130,935	135,160	139,384	143,608	147,832	152,057	156,281	160,505	164,729
GS-15	149,045	154,013	158,981	163,950	168,918	173,887	178,855	183,823	188,792	193,760

Hourly rates in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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	12.76	13.19	13.61	14.04	14.46	14.71	15.13	15.55	15.57	15.96
GS-2	14.35	14.69	15.17	15.57	15.74	16.20	16.67	17.13	17.59	18.06
GS-3	15.66	16.18	16.70	17.22	17.75	18.27	18.79	19.31	19.83	20.36
GS-4	17.58	18.16	18.75	19.33	19.92	20.51	21.09	21.68	22.26	22.85
GS-5	19.66	20.32	20.97	21.63	22.29	22.94	23.60	24.25	24.91	25.56
GS-6	21.92	22.65	23.38	24.11	24.84	25.57	26.30	27.03	27.76	28.50
GS-7	24.36	25.17	25.98	26.79	27.61	28.42	29.23	30.04	30.85	31.67
GS-8	26.98	27.87	28.77	29.67	30.57	31.47	32.37	33.27	34.17	35.07
GS-9	29.79	30.79	31.78	32.77	33.77	34.76	35.75	36.75	37.74	38.74
GS-10	32.81	33.90	35.00	36.09	37.18	38.28	39.37	40.46	41.56	42.65
GS-11	36.05	37.25	38.45	39.65	40.86	42.06	43.26	44.46	45.66	46.87
GS-12	43.21	44.65	46.09	47.53	48.97	50.41	51.85	53.29	54.73	56.17
GS-13	51.38	53.09	54.80	56.52	58.23	59.94	61.66	63.37	65.08	66.79
GS-14	60.71	62.74	64.76	66.79	68.81	70.83	72.86	74.88	76.91	78.93
GS-15	71.42	73.80	76.18	78.56	80.94	83.32	85.70	88.08	90.46	92.84

Biweekly rates in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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	1,020.80	1,055.20	1,088.80	1,123.20	1,156.80	1,176.80	1,210.40	1,244.00	1,245.60	1,276.80
GS-2	1,148.00	1,175.20	1,213.60	1,245.60	1,259.20	1,296.00	1,333.60	1,370.40	1,407.20	1,444.80
GS-3	1,252.80	1,294.40	1,336.00	1,377.60	1,420.00	1,461.60	1,503.20	1,544.80	1,586.40	1,628.80
GS-4	1,406.40	1,452.80	1,500.00	1,546.40	1,593.60	1,640.80	1,687.20	1,734.40	1,780.80	1,828.00
GS-5	1,572.80	1,625.60	1,677.60	1,730.40	1,783.20	1,835.20	1,888.00	1,940.00	1,992.80	2,044.80
GS-6	1,753.60	1,812.00	1,870.40	1,928.80	1,987.20	2,045.60	2,104.00	2,162.40	2,220.80	2,280.00
GS-7	1,948.80	2,013.60	2,078.40	2,143.20	2,208.80	2,273.60	2,338.40	2,403.20	2,468.00	2,533.60
GS-8	2,158.40	2,229.60	2,301.60	2,373.60	2,445.60	2,517.60	2,589.60	2,661.60	2,733.60	2,805.60
GS-9	2,383.20	2,463.20	2,542.40	2,621.60	2,701.60	2,780.80	2,860.00	2,940.00	3,019.20	3,099.20
GS-10	2,624.80	2,712.00	2,800.00	2,887.20	2,974.40	3,062.40	3,149.60	3,236.80	3,324.80	3,412.00
GS-11	2,884.00	2,980.00	3,076.00	3,172.00	3,268.80	3,364.80	3,460.80	3,556.80	3,652.80	3,749.60
GS-12	3,456.80	3,572.00	3,687.20	3,802.40	3,917.60	4,032.80	4,148.00	4,263.20	4,378.40	4,493.60
GS-13	4,110.40	4,247.20	4,384.00	4,521.60	4,658.40	4,795.20	4,932.80	5,069.60	5,206.40	5,343.20
GS-14	4,856.80	5,019.20	5,180.80	5,343.20	5,504.80	5,666.40	5,828.80	5,990.40	6,152.80	6,314.40
GS-15	5,713.60	5,904.00	6,094.40	6,284.80	6,475.20	6,665.60	6,856.00	7,046.40	7,236.80	7,427.20

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

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 17.93% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $102,197 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Palm Bay, 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
Palm Bay, FL	14.42	15.48	15.93	16.33	16.73	16.73	17.01	17.30	17.60	17.93	17.93
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

Palm Bay, FL 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 Palm Bay, FL

Federal Salary Council estimates for Palm Bay, 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. Formula rate “—”: in the edition for pay in 2024 the area’s gap is below Rest of U.S.’s, and the memo gives it the Rest of U.S. target instead of a rate of its own, which is not repeated here. 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	40.58	33.89	17.93
2025	March 2023	Locality pay area	43.75	36.90	17.93
2024	March 2022	Locality pay area	33.60	—	17.60
2023	March 2021	Locality pay area	31.99	25.70	17.30
2022	March 2020	Locality pay area	31.56	25.30	17.01
2021	March 2019	Locality pay area	35.96	29.49	16.73
2020	March 2018	Locality pay area	40.00	33.33	16.73
2019	March 2017	Locality pay area	40.98	34.27	16.33
2018	March 2016	Locality pay area	43.37	36.54	15.93

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Palm Bay, 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
49	Phoenix-Mesa, AZ	$106,114	103.3	$102,708
50	Seattle-Tacoma, WA	$114,017	111.1	$102,595
51	Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT	$103,514	100.9	$102,541
52	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$102,197	100.0	$102,192
53	Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID	$101,972	100.3	$101,620
54	Reno-Fernley, NV	$101,842	101.0	$100,820
55	Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA	$101,954	102.2	$99,800

Federal jobs in Palm Bay, FL

Federal civilian jobs at worksites in Brevard County, Florida, 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	6,738	2.82	$102,842
2024	6,968	2.88	$108,752
2025	6,438	2.64	$117,492

Average pay per federal job, overtime included, was $117,492 in 2025, the fifth-highest of the 58 areas; across all 58 it was $105,058.

Federal jobs here fell from 2024 to 2025, 530 fewer than in 2024, down 7.61%, the steepest drop of the 55 areas where they fell, and the 2025 average still counts staff on paid administrative leave until 30 September.

Counties in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

1 county paid at this rate

Florida, 1 county

Brevard County

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