GS pay scale 2026
Reno-Fernley, NV

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Reno, NV GS pay scale 2026: 17.52% locality pay

In 2026 the Reno-Fernley, NV locality pay area adds 17.52% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $101,842, and the 150 rates run from $26,541 to $193,087.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate: $86,659
Locality pay, 17.52%: + $15,183
Annual rate: $101,842

$3,904.00 every two weeks, $48.80 an hour, $49.05 an overtime hour.

#57 on paper, #54 after prices

+3Places gained, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$100,820Price level 101.0, U.S. = 100, for Reno, NV.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5: #57 of 57
Rank after local prices: #54 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016: +3.17 points
Rank of that change: #56 of 58, tied
Pay gap, latest council estimate: 47.00%
Rate the 1990 formula would set: 40.00%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025: 4,610
Share of all jobs here: 1.60%
Largest county by federal jobs: Washoe County, NV: 4,004

Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Reno-Fernley, NV

A yearAn hourEvery two weeks

Every 2026 rate in Reno-Fernley, NV, 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	26,541	27,430	28,313	29,192	30,072	30,588	31,461	32,340	32,377	33,197
GS-2	29,842	30,552	31,541	32,377	32,739	33,701	34,664	35,626	36,589	37,551
GS-3	32,562	33,648	34,734	35,820	36,906	37,992	39,078	40,164	41,250	42,335
GS-4	36,552	37,771	38,990	40,208	41,427	42,646	43,864	45,083	46,302	47,520
GS-5	40,896	42,259	43,622	44,985	46,349	47,712	49,075	50,438	51,802	53,165
GS-6	45,587	47,107	48,626	50,146	51,665	53,185	54,704	56,224	57,743	59,263
GS-7	50,658	52,347	54,036	55,724	57,413	59,102	60,791	62,480	64,168	65,857
GS-8	56,102	57,971	59,841	61,711	63,581	65,450	67,320	69,190	71,060	72,929
GS-9	61,965	64,031	66,097	68,163	70,229	72,295	74,361	76,427	78,493	80,559
GS-10	68,237	70,511	72,785	75,059	77,333	79,607	81,881	84,155	86,429	88,703
GS-11	74,972	77,472	79,971	82,471	84,970	87,470	89,970	92,469	94,969	97,469
GS-12	89,859	92,855	95,850	98,846	101,842	104,837	107,833	110,828	113,824	116,820
GS-13	106,855	110,417	113,979	117,541	121,103	124,665	128,227	131,789	135,351	138,913
GS-14	126,271	130,480	134,690	138,899	143,109	147,318	151,528	155,738	159,947	164,157
GS-15	148,526	153,478	158,429	163,380	168,331	173,282	178,233	183,184	188,135	193,087

Hourly rates in Reno-Fernley, NV, 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	12.72	13.14	13.57	13.99	14.41	14.66	15.07	15.50	15.51	15.91
GS-2	14.30	14.64	15.11	15.51	15.69	16.15	16.61	17.07	17.53	17.99
GS-3	15.60	16.12	16.64	17.16	17.68	18.20	18.72	19.24	19.77	20.29
GS-4	17.51	18.10	18.68	19.27	19.85	20.43	21.02	21.60	22.19	22.77
GS-5	19.60	20.25	20.90	21.55	22.21	22.86	23.51	24.17	24.82	25.47
GS-6	21.84	22.57	23.30	24.03	24.76	25.48	26.21	26.94	27.67	28.40
GS-7	24.27	25.08	25.89	26.70	27.51	28.32	29.13	29.94	30.75	31.56
GS-8	26.88	27.78	28.67	29.57	30.47	31.36	32.26	33.15	34.05	34.94
GS-9	29.69	30.68	31.67	32.66	33.65	34.64	35.63	36.62	37.61	38.60
GS-10	32.70	33.79	34.88	35.97	37.05	38.14	39.23	40.32	41.41	42.50
GS-11	35.92	37.12	38.32	39.52	40.71	41.91	43.11	44.31	45.51	46.70
GS-12	43.06	44.49	45.93	47.36	48.80	50.23	51.67	53.10	54.54	55.98
GS-13	51.20	52.91	54.61	56.32	58.03	59.73	61.44	63.15	64.85	66.56
GS-14	60.50	62.52	64.54	66.55	68.57	70.59	72.61	74.62	76.64	78.66
GS-15	71.17	73.54	75.91	78.28	80.66	83.03	85.40	87.77	90.15	92.52

Biweekly rates in Reno-Fernley, NV, 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	1,017.60	1,051.20	1,085.60	1,119.20	1,152.80	1,172.80	1,205.60	1,240.00	1,240.80	1,272.80
GS-2	1,144.00	1,171.20	1,208.80	1,240.80	1,255.20	1,292.00	1,328.80	1,365.60	1,402.40	1,439.20
GS-3	1,248.00	1,289.60	1,331.20	1,372.80	1,414.40	1,456.00	1,497.60	1,539.20	1,581.60	1,623.20
GS-4	1,400.80	1,448.00	1,494.40	1,541.60	1,588.00	1,634.40	1,681.60	1,728.00	1,775.20	1,821.60
GS-5	1,568.00	1,620.00	1,672.00	1,724.00	1,776.80	1,828.80	1,880.80	1,933.60	1,985.60	2,037.60
GS-6	1,747.20	1,805.60	1,864.00	1,922.40	1,980.80	2,038.40	2,096.80	2,155.20	2,213.60	2,272.00
GS-7	1,941.60	2,006.40	2,071.20	2,136.00	2,200.80	2,265.60	2,330.40	2,395.20	2,460.00	2,524.80
GS-8	2,150.40	2,222.40	2,293.60	2,365.60	2,437.60	2,508.80	2,580.80	2,652.00	2,724.00	2,795.20
GS-9	2,375.20	2,454.40	2,533.60	2,612.80	2,692.00	2,771.20	2,850.40	2,929.60	3,008.80	3,088.00
GS-10	2,616.00	2,703.20	2,790.40	2,877.60	2,964.00	3,051.20	3,138.40	3,225.60	3,312.80	3,400.00
GS-11	2,873.60	2,969.60	3,065.60	3,161.60	3,256.80	3,352.80	3,448.80	3,544.80	3,640.80	3,736.00
GS-12	3,444.80	3,559.20	3,674.40	3,788.80	3,904.00	4,018.40	4,133.60	4,248.00	4,363.20	4,478.40
GS-13	4,096.00	4,232.80	4,368.80	4,505.60	4,642.40	4,778.40	4,915.20	5,052.00	5,188.00	5,324.80
GS-14	4,840.00	5,001.60	5,163.20	5,324.00	5,485.60	5,647.20	5,808.80	5,969.60	6,131.20	6,292.80
GS-15	5,693.60	5,883.20	6,072.80	6,262.40	6,452.80	6,642.40	6,832.00	7,021.60	7,212.00	7,401.60

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

At 17.52%, its locality payment is the second-lowest of the 58 areas.

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 17.52% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $101,842 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Reno, NV 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. Grey: the Rest of U.S. rate its counties were paid before it had a table of its own. Sources and caveats.
Locality pay, %	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Reno, NV	14.35	15.06	15.37	15.67	15.95	15.95	16.20	16.50	17.11	17.52	17.52
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

Reno, NV got a locality pay table of its own in 2024; the grey figures before that are the Rest of U.S. rate its counties were paid.

From 2016 to 2026 the rate paid in its counties rose 3.17 percentage points, from 14.35% (the Rest of U.S. rate then) to 17.52%, the second-smallest rise of the 58 areas, shared with Cincinnati, OH.

What the 1990 pay law’s formula would pay in Reno, NV

Federal Salary Council estimates for Reno, NV 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 “—”: the memos print none for a Rest of U.S. research area, whose gap is from the memo’s research-area table. 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	47.00	40.00	17.52
2025	March 2023	Locality pay area	48.17	41.11	17.52
2024	March 2022	Proposed locality pay area	45.48	38.55	17.11
2023	March 2021	Rest of U.S. research area	45.47	—	16.50

Reno, NV is a separate locality pay area in the memos from the edition for pay in 2024; before that, in the edition for pay in 2023, it is a Rest of U.S. research area, with a gap of 45.47%, and the editions for pay in 2018 to 2022 give it no gap.

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Reno, NV 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
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
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 $100,820 at national average prices, the fourth-least of the 57 areas with a price index.

Federal jobs in Reno, NV

Federal civilian jobs at worksites in the 4 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 1,046 federal jobs in Nevada without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
Year	Federal civilian jobs	Share of all jobs, %	Average pay per job
2023	4,674	1.67	$92,326
2024	4,814	1.70	$95,851
2025	4,610	1.60	$99,613

Its 4,610 federal civilian jobs in 2025, the Postal Service included, are the third-smallest federal workforce of the 58 areas.

Counties in Reno-Fernley, NV

4 counties paid at this rate

Nevada, 4 counties

Churchill County
Lyon County
Storey County
Washoe County

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