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Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY$102,154a year$3,916.00Every two weeks$48.95Per hour$49.20Overtime hour#53On paper#40After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Rochester, NY GS pay scale 2026: 17.88% locality pay

In 2026 the Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY locality pay area adds 17.88% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $102,154, and the 150 rates run from $26,622 to $193,678.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate
$86,659
Locality pay, 17.88%
+ $15,495
Annual rate
$102,154

$3,916.00 every two weeks, $48.95 an hour, $49.20 an overtime hour.

#53 on paper, #40 after prices

+13Places gained, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$105,275Price level 97.0, U.S. = 100, for Rochester, NY.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5
#53 of 57
Rank after local prices
#40 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016
+3.53 points
Rank of that change
#49 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate
51.14%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
43.94%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
4,857
Share of all jobs here
0.90%
Largest county by federal jobs
Monroe County, NY: 2,861
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY

Every 2026 rate in Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY, 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.
Grade12345678910
GS-126,62227,51428,40029,28130,16430,68231,55832,43932,47633,299
GS-229,93330,64531,63832,47632,83933,80434,77035,73536,70137,666
GS-332,66233,75134,84135,93037,01938,10839,19740,28741,37642,465
GS-436,66437,88739,10940,33141,55442,77643,99945,22146,44447,666
GS-541,02142,38843,75645,12346,49147,85849,22650,59351,96053,328
GS-645,72747,25148,77550,29951,82453,34854,87256,39657,92059,445
GS-750,81352,50754,20155,89557,58959,28360,97762,67164,36566,059
GS-856,27458,14960,02461,90063,77565,65167,52669,40271,27773,153
GS-962,15564,22766,29968,37270,44472,51674,58976,66178,73380,806
GS-1068,44670,72773,00875,28977,57079,85182,13284,41386,69488,975
GS-1175,20277,70980,21682,72385,23187,73890,24592,75395,26097,767
GS-1290,13593,13996,14499,149102,154105,158108,163111,168114,173117,177
GS-13107,182110,755114,328117,901121,474125,047128,620132,193135,766139,339
GS-14126,657130,880135,102139,325143,547147,770151,992156,215160,437164,659
GS-15148,981153,948158,914163,880168,847173,813178,779183,745188,712193,678
Hourly rates in Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY, 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-112.7613.1813.6114.0314.4514.7015.1215.5415.5615.96
GS-214.3414.6815.1615.5615.7416.2016.6617.1217.5918.05
GS-315.6516.1716.6917.2217.7418.2618.7819.3019.8320.35
GS-417.5718.1518.7419.3219.9120.5021.0821.6722.2522.84
GS-519.6620.3120.9721.6222.2822.9323.5924.2424.9025.55
GS-621.9122.6423.3724.1024.8325.5626.2927.0227.7528.48
GS-724.3525.1625.9726.7827.5928.4129.2230.0330.8431.65
GS-826.9627.8628.7629.6630.5631.4632.3633.2534.1535.05
GS-929.7830.7731.7732.7633.7534.7535.7436.7337.7338.72
GS-1032.8033.8934.9836.0837.1738.2639.3540.4541.5442.63
GS-1136.0337.2338.4439.6440.8442.0443.2444.4445.6446.85
GS-1243.1944.6346.0747.5148.9550.3951.8353.2754.7156.15
GS-1351.3653.0754.7856.4958.2159.9261.6363.3465.0566.77
GS-1460.6962.7164.7466.7668.7870.8072.8374.8576.8778.90
GS-1571.3973.7776.1478.5280.9083.2885.6688.0490.4292.80
Biweekly rates in Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY, 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-11,020.801,054.401,088.801,122.401,156.001,176.001,209.601,243.201,244.801,276.80
GS-21,147.201,174.401,212.801,244.801,259.201,296.001,332.801,369.601,407.201,444.00
GS-31,252.001,293.601,335.201,377.601,419.201,460.801,502.401,544.001,586.401,628.00
GS-41,405.601,452.001,499.201,545.601,592.801,640.001,686.401,733.601,780.001,827.20
GS-51,572.801,624.801,677.601,729.601,782.401,834.401,887.201,939.201,992.002,044.00
GS-61,752.801,811.201,869.601,928.001,986.402,044.802,103.202,161.602,220.002,278.40
GS-71,948.002,012.802,077.602,142.402,207.202,272.802,337.602,402.402,467.202,532.00
GS-82,156.802,228.802,300.802,372.802,444.802,516.802,588.802,660.002,732.002,804.00
GS-92,382.402,461.602,541.602,620.802,700.002,780.002,859.202,938.403,018.403,097.60
GS-102,624.002,711.202,798.402,886.402,973.603,060.803,148.003,236.003,323.203,410.40
GS-112,882.402,978.403,075.203,171.203,267.203,363.203,459.203,555.203,651.203,748.00
GS-123,455.203,570.403,685.603,800.803,916.004,031.204,146.404,261.604,376.804,492.00
GS-134,108.804,245.604,382.404,519.204,656.804,793.604,930.405,067.205,204.005,341.60
GS-144,855.205,016.805,179.205,340.805,502.405,664.005,826.405,988.006,149.606,312.00
GS-155,711.205,901.606,091.206,281.606,472.006,662.406,852.807,043.207,233.607,424.00
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-RT, matched cell by cell.

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 17.88% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $102,154 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Rochester, NY 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. Grey: the Rest of U.S. rate its counties were paid before it had a table of its own. Sources and caveats.
Locality pay, %20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Rochester, NY14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5017.3517.8817.88
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

Rochester, NY 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.

What the 1990 pay law’s formula would pay in Rochester, NY

Federal Salary Council estimates for Rochester, NY 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 inData as ofListed asPay gap, %Formula rate, %Rate paid that year, %
2026March 2024Locality pay area51.1443.9417.88
2025March 2023Locality pay area55.4448.0417.88
2024March 2022Proposed locality pay area54.5647.2017.35
2023March 2021Rest of U.S. research area49.13—16.50

Rochester, NY 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 49.13%, 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 Rochester, NY 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
37Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT$114,893108.3$106,121
38Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI$110,594104.8$105,506
39Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV$112,449106.7$105,418
40Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY$102,15497.0$105,275
41Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC$102,95197.9$105,115
42Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA$104,65899.6$105,114
43Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA$103,49798.7$104,913

Federal jobs in Rochester, NY

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 3,397 federal jobs in New York without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
20235,0440.95$77,594
20245,0210.94$80,604
20254,8570.90$86,028

Its 4,857 federal civilian jobs in 2025, the Postal Service included, are the fourth-smallest federal workforce of the 58 areas.

Federal jobs of every pay system are 0.90% of all jobs here, the second-lowest share of the 58 areas.

Average pay per federal job, overtime included, was $86,028 in 2025, the second-lowest of the 58 areas; across all 58 it was $105,058.

Counties in Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY

8 counties paid at this rate

New York, 8 counties

  • Genesee County
  • Livingston County
  • Monroe County
  • Ontario County
  • Orleans County
  • Seneca County
  • Wayne County
  • Yates County
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions. The duty station’s county counts (how that works).