GS pay scale 2026
Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Sacramento, CA GS pay scale 2026: 29.76% locality pay

In 2026 the Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV locality pay area adds 29.76% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $112,449, and the 150 rates run from $29,305 to $197,200, the statutory ceiling.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate: $86,659
Locality pay, 29.76%: + $25,790
Annual rate: $112,449

$4,310.40 every two weeks, $53.88 an hour, $54.15 an overtime hour.

#13 on paper, #39 after prices

−26Places lost, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$105,418Price level 106.7, U.S. = 100, for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.

Ceiling watch

3 of 150cells held to $197,200, from GS-15 step 8.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5: #13 of 57
Rank after local prices: #39 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016: +7.15 points
Rank of that change: #10 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate: 68.78%
Rate the 1990 formula would set: 60.74%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025: 17,338
Share of all jobs here: 1.30%
Largest county by federal jobs: Sacramento County, CA: 10,362

Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV

A yearAn hourEvery two weeks

Every 2026 rate in Sacramento-Roseville, CA-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. ▲ marks the 3 cells cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling.
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
GS-1	29,305	30,287	31,262	32,232	33,204	33,774	34,738	35,709	35,749	36,655
GS-2	32,950	33,734	34,826	35,749	36,149	37,211	38,274	39,337	40,399	41,462
GS-3	35,954	37,153	38,352	39,551	40,750	41,949	43,148	44,347	45,546	46,745
GS-4	40,359	41,705	43,050	44,396	45,742	47,087	48,433	49,779	51,124	52,470
GS-5	45,155	46,660	48,166	49,671	51,176	52,681	54,186	55,692	57,197	58,702
GS-6	50,335	52,013	53,691	55,369	57,046	58,724	60,402	62,080	63,758	65,435
GS-7	55,934	57,799	59,664	61,528	63,393	65,258	67,122	68,987	70,852	72,716
GS-8	61,945	64,009	66,074	68,138	70,203	72,267	74,332	76,396	78,461	80,525
GS-9	68,419	70,700	72,981	75,262	77,543	79,824	82,106	84,387	86,668	88,949
GS-10	75,344	77,855	80,366	82,876	85,387	87,898	90,409	92,920	95,431	97,942
GS-11	82,780	85,540	88,300	91,060	93,820	96,580	99,340	102,100	104,860	107,620
GS-12	99,218	102,526	105,834	109,141	112,449	115,756	119,064	122,371	125,679	128,987
GS-13	117,984	121,917	125,850	129,783	133,716	137,649	141,582	145,515	149,448	153,382
GS-14	139,422	144,070	148,718	153,366	158,014	162,662	167,310	171,958	176,606	181,254
GS-15	163,996	169,463	174,929	180,396	185,863	191,330	196,797	197,200	197,200	197,200

Hourly rates in Sacramento-Roseville, CA-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	14.04	14.51	14.98	15.44	15.91	16.18	16.64	17.11	17.13	17.56
GS-2	15.79	16.16	16.69	17.13	17.32	17.83	18.34	18.85	19.36	19.87
GS-3	17.23	17.80	18.38	18.95	19.53	20.10	20.67	21.25	21.82	22.40
GS-4	19.34	19.98	20.63	21.27	21.92	22.56	23.21	23.85	24.50	25.14
GS-5	21.64	22.36	23.08	23.80	24.52	25.24	25.96	26.69	27.41	28.13
GS-6	24.12	24.92	25.73	26.53	27.33	28.14	28.94	29.75	30.55	31.35
GS-7	26.80	27.69	28.59	29.48	30.38	31.27	32.16	33.06	33.95	34.84
GS-8	29.68	30.67	31.66	32.65	33.64	34.63	35.62	36.61	37.60	38.58
GS-9	32.78	33.88	34.97	36.06	37.16	38.25	39.34	40.43	41.53	42.62
GS-10	36.10	37.30	38.51	39.71	40.91	42.12	43.32	44.52	45.73	46.93
GS-11	39.66	40.99	42.31	43.63	44.95	46.28	47.60	48.92	50.24	51.57
GS-12	47.54	49.13	50.71	52.30	53.88	55.47	57.05	58.63	60.22	61.80
GS-13	56.53	58.42	60.30	62.19	64.07	65.96	67.84	69.72	71.61	73.49
GS-14	66.80	69.03	71.26	73.49	75.71	77.94	80.17	82.39	84.62	86.85
GS-15	78.58	81.20	83.82	86.44	89.06	91.68	94.30	94.49	94.49	94.49

Biweekly rates in Sacramento-Roseville, CA-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	1,123.20	1,160.80	1,198.40	1,235.20	1,272.80	1,294.40	1,331.20	1,368.80	1,370.40	1,404.80
GS-2	1,263.20	1,292.80	1,335.20	1,370.40	1,385.60	1,426.40	1,467.20	1,508.00	1,548.80	1,589.60
GS-3	1,378.40	1,424.00	1,470.40	1,516.00	1,562.40	1,608.00	1,653.60	1,700.00	1,745.60	1,792.00
GS-4	1,547.20	1,598.40	1,650.40	1,701.60	1,753.60	1,804.80	1,856.80	1,908.00	1,960.00	2,011.20
GS-5	1,731.20	1,788.80	1,846.40	1,904.00	1,961.60	2,019.20	2,076.80	2,135.20	2,192.80	2,250.40
GS-6	1,929.60	1,993.60	2,058.40	2,122.40	2,186.40	2,251.20	2,315.20	2,380.00	2,444.00	2,508.00
GS-7	2,144.00	2,215.20	2,287.20	2,358.40	2,430.40	2,501.60	2,572.80	2,644.80	2,716.00	2,787.20
GS-8	2,374.40	2,453.60	2,532.80	2,612.00	2,691.20	2,770.40	2,849.60	2,928.80	3,008.00	3,086.40
GS-9	2,622.40	2,710.40	2,797.60	2,884.80	2,972.80	3,060.00	3,147.20	3,234.40	3,322.40	3,409.60
GS-10	2,888.00	2,984.00	3,080.80	3,176.80	3,272.80	3,369.60	3,465.60	3,561.60	3,658.40	3,754.40
GS-11	3,172.80	3,279.20	3,384.80	3,490.40	3,596.00	3,702.40	3,808.00	3,913.60	4,019.20	4,125.60
GS-12	3,803.20	3,930.40	4,056.80	4,184.00	4,310.40	4,437.60	4,564.00	4,690.40	4,817.60	4,944.00
GS-13	4,522.40	4,673.60	4,824.00	4,975.20	5,125.60	5,276.80	5,427.20	5,577.60	5,728.80	5,879.20
GS-14	5,344.00	5,522.40	5,700.80	5,879.20	6,056.80	6,235.20	6,413.60	6,591.20	6,769.60	6,948.00
GS-15	6,286.40	6,496.00	6,705.60	6,915.20	7,124.80	7,334.40	7,544.00	7,559.20	7,559.20	7,559.20

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

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 29.76% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $112,449 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Sacramento, CA 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
Sacramento, CA	22.61	24.14	24.86	25.59	26.37	26.37	27.30	28.30	29.16	29.76	29.76
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 Sacramento, CA

Federal Salary Council estimates for Sacramento, CA 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	68.78	60.74	29.76
2025	March 2023	Locality pay area	72.23	64.03	29.76
2024	March 2022	Locality pay area	67.29	59.32	29.16
2023	March 2021	Locality pay area	65.35	57.48	28.30
2022	March 2020	Locality pay area	62.37	54.64	27.30
2021	March 2019	Locality pay area	63.78	55.98	26.37
2020	March 2018	Locality pay area	66.79	58.85	26.37
2019	March 2017	Locality pay area	66.26	58.34	25.59
2018	March 2016	Locality pay area	65.54	57.66	24.86

Since the edition for pay in 2018, the first checked here, the estimate for Sacramento, CA has risen 3.24 points, from 65.54% to 68.78%, the fifth-biggest rise of the 56 areas with a gap in all nine editions.

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Sacramento, CA 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
36	New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA	$119,546	112.6	$106,204
37	Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT	$114,893	108.3	$106,121
38	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI	$110,594	104.8	$105,506
39	Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV	$112,449	106.7	$105,418
40	Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY	$102,154	97.0	$105,275
41	Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC	$102,951	97.9	$105,115
42	Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA	$104,658	99.6	$105,114

Federal jobs in Sacramento, CA

Federal civilian jobs at worksites in the 14 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 10,756 federal jobs in California and 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	17,763	1.37	$94,135
2024	17,919	1.35	$98,301
2025	17,338	1.30	$103,251

Counties in Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV

14 counties paid at this rate

California, 12 counties

Alpine County (added 2024)
Amador County (added 2024)
Butte County (added 2024)
Colusa County (added 2024)
El Dorado County
Nevada County
Placer County
Sacramento County
Sierra County (added 2024)
Sutter County
Yolo County
Yuba County

Nevada, 2 counties

Carson City
Douglas County

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