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Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID$101,972a year$3,908.80Every two weeks$48.86Per hour$49.11Overtime hour#54On paper#53After prices
  1. GS pay scale 2026
  2. Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID

58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Spokane, WA GS pay scale 2026: 17.67% locality pay

In 2026 the Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID locality pay area adds 17.67% to the General Schedule base table: a GS-12 step 5 earns $101,972, and the 150 rates run from $26,575 to $193,333.

GS-12 step 5, assembled

Base rate
$86,659
Locality pay, 17.67%
+ $15,313
Annual rate
$101,972

$3,908.80 every two weeks, $48.86 an hour, $49.11 an overtime hour.

#54 on paper, #53 after prices

+1Places gained, of 57 areas with a price index.

Buys at U.S. prices

$101,620Price level 100.3, U.S. = 100, for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA.

Ceiling watch

ClearNo cell reaches $197,200.

Key facts

Rank on paper, GS-12 step 5
#54 of 57
Rank after local prices
#53 of 57
Locality pay change since 2016
+3.32 points
Rank of that change
#52 of 58
Pay gap, latest council estimate
50.09%
Rate the 1990 formula would set
42.94%
Federal civilian jobs, 2025
6,335
Share of all jobs here
1.85%
Largest county by federal jobs
Spokane County, WA: 4,911
Sources and methods

Every 2026 rate in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID

Every 2026 rate in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, 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-126,57527,46528,34929,22930,11130,62731,50132,38232,41833,239
GS-229,88030,59131,58132,41832,78133,74434,70835,67236,63537,599
GS-332,60433,69134,77935,86636,95338,04039,12840,21541,30242,389
GS-436,59937,81939,03940,26041,48042,70043,92045,14146,36147,581
GS-540,94842,31343,67845,04346,40847,77349,13850,50351,86853,233
GS-645,64547,16748,68850,21051,73153,25354,77456,29657,81759,339
GS-750,72352,41454,10555,79657,48759,17760,86862,55964,25065,941
GS-856,17358,04559,91861,79063,66265,53467,40669,27871,15073,022
GS-962,04464,11266,18168,25070,31872,38774,45676,52478,59380,662
GS-1068,32470,60172,87875,15577,43279,70881,98584,26286,53988,816
GS-1175,06877,57080,07382,57685,07987,58290,08592,58795,09097,593
GS-1289,97492,97395,97398,972101,972104,971107,970110,970113,969116,969
GS-13106,991110,558114,125117,691121,258124,824128,391131,957135,524139,091
GS-14126,432130,647134,862139,077143,291147,506151,721155,936160,151164,366
GS-15148,716153,673158,631163,588168,546173,503178,461183,418188,376193,333
Hourly rates in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, 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-112.7313.1613.5814.0114.4314.6815.0915.5215.5315.93
GS-214.3214.6615.1315.5315.7116.1716.6317.0917.5518.02
GS-315.6216.1416.6617.1917.7118.2318.7519.2719.7920.31
GS-417.5418.1218.7119.2919.8820.4621.0421.6322.2122.80
GS-519.6220.2720.9321.5822.2422.8923.5424.2024.8525.51
GS-621.8722.6023.3324.0624.7925.5226.2526.9727.7028.43
GS-724.3025.1125.9226.7427.5528.3629.1729.9830.7931.60
GS-826.9227.8128.7129.6130.5031.4032.3033.2034.0934.99
GS-929.7330.7231.7132.7033.6934.6835.6836.6737.6638.65
GS-1032.7433.8334.9236.0137.1038.1939.2840.3741.4742.56
GS-1135.9737.1738.3739.5740.7741.9743.1644.3645.5646.76
GS-1243.1144.5545.9947.4248.8650.3051.7353.1754.6156.05
GS-1351.2752.9754.6856.3958.1059.8161.5263.2364.9466.65
GS-1460.5862.6064.6266.6468.6670.6872.7074.7276.7478.76
GS-1571.2673.6376.0178.3880.7683.1485.5187.8990.2692.64
Biweekly rates in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, 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-11,018.401,052.801,086.401,120.801,154.401,174.401,207.201,241.601,242.401,274.40
GS-21,145.601,172.801,210.401,242.401,256.801,293.601,330.401,367.201,404.001,441.60
GS-31,249.601,291.201,332.801,375.201,416.801,458.401,500.001,541.601,583.201,624.80
GS-41,403.201,449.601,496.801,543.201,590.401,636.801,683.201,730.401,776.801,824.00
GS-51,569.601,621.601,674.401,726.401,779.201,831.201,883.201,936.001,988.002,040.80
GS-61,749.601,808.001,866.401,924.801,983.202,041.602,100.002,157.602,216.002,274.40
GS-71,944.002,008.802,073.602,139.202,204.002,268.802,333.602,398.402,463.202,528.00
GS-82,153.602,224.802,296.802,368.802,440.002,512.002,584.002,656.002,727.202,799.20
GS-92,378.402,457.602,536.802,616.002,695.202,774.402,854.402,933.603,012.803,092.00
GS-102,619.202,706.402,793.602,880.802,968.003,055.203,142.403,229.603,317.603,404.80
GS-112,877.602,973.603,069.603,165.603,261.603,357.603,452.803,548.803,644.803,740.80
GS-123,448.803,564.003,679.203,793.603,908.804,024.004,138.404,253.604,368.804,484.00
GS-134,101.604,237.604,374.404,511.204,648.004,784.804,921.605,058.405,195.205,332.00
GS-144,846.405,008.005,169.605,331.205,492.805,654.405,816.005,977.606,139.206,300.80
GS-155,700.805,890.406,080.806,270.406,460.806,651.206,840.807,031.207,220.807,411.20
Source: OPM 2026 General Schedule salary table for this area, Salary Table 2026-SN, matched cell by cell.

At 17.67%, its locality payment is the fifth-lowest of the 58 areas.

Under the 2027 proposal this area keeps 17.67% and GS-12 step 5 keeps $101,972 (2027 pay raise; compare with Rest of U.S.).

Locality pay in Spokane, WA 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
Spokane, WA14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5017.1817.6717.67
Rest of U.S.14.3515.0615.3715.6715.9515.9516.2016.5016.8217.0617.06

Spokane, WA 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 Spokane, WA

Federal Salary Council estimates for Spokane, WA 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 area50.0942.9417.67
2025March 2023Locality pay area52.9845.7017.67
2024March 2022Proposed locality pay area48.3341.2717.18
2023March 2021Rest of U.S. research area43.20—16.50
2022March 2020Rest of U.S. research area41.34—16.20
2021March 2019Rest of U.S. research area41.78—15.95
2020March 2018Rest of U.S. research area41.48—15.95
2019March 2017Rest of U.S. research area42.21—15.67
2018March 2016Rest of U.S. research area41.08—15.37

Since the edition for pay in 2018, the first checked here, the estimate for Spokane, WA has risen 9.01 points, from 41.08% to 50.09%, the third-biggest rise of the 56 areas with a gap in all nine editions.

Spokane, WA is a separate locality pay area in the memos from the edition for pay in 2024; before that, in six editions it is a Rest of U.S. research area, with a gap of 41.08% to 43.20%.

What a GS-12 step 5 buys after local prices

The areas ranked next to Spokane, WA 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
50Seattle-Tacoma, WA$114,017111.1$102,595
51Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT$103,514100.9$102,541
52Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$102,197100.0$102,192
53Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID$101,972100.3$101,620
54Reno-Fernley, NV$101,842101.0$100,820
55Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA$101,954102.2$99,800
56State of Hawaii$105,906110.0$96,321

A GS-12 step 5 here buys $101,620 at national average prices, the fifth-least of the 57 areas with a price index.

Federal jobs in Spokane, WA

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 3,429 federal jobs in Idaho and Washington without a county; they belong to no area. Sources and caveats.
YearFederal civilian jobsShare of all jobs, %Average pay per job
20236,3721.88$86,787
20246,5961.93$89,205
20256,3351.85$93,527

Its 6,335 federal civilian jobs in 2025, the Postal Service included, are the fifth-smallest federal workforce of the 58 areas.

Counties in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID

8 counties paid at this rate

Idaho, 3 counties

  • Benewah County
  • Kootenai County
  • Shoshone County

Washington, 5 counties

  • Ferry County
  • Lincoln County
  • Pend Oreille County
  • Spokane County
  • Stevens County
Source: OPM 2026 locality pay area definitions. The duty station’s county counts (how that works).