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58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Connecticut GS pay scale 2026: the 3 locality pay areas in the state

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 in Connecticut is paid $114,459 to $119,546, depending on which of its 3 locality pay areas the duty station is in.

Spread at GS-12 step 5

$5,087

Goes furthest

$111,400At U.S. prices, in Hartford, CT.

Against Rest of U.S.

+$18,103over $101,443

Which areas cover Connecticut, and what each pays

GS-12 step 5 in 2026 in each area that covers Connecticut, what it buys at national average prices (BEA price level, U.S. = 100) and how many of the state’s 8 counties it covers; the county of the duty station decides (how that works). Source: the OPM 2026 General Schedule table of each area — Salary Table 2026-NY (New York, NY), Salary Table 2026-BOS (Boston, MA), Salary Table 2026-HAR (Hartford, CT).
Locality pay areaLocality payOn paperPrice levelWhat it buysCounties here
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA37.95%$119,546112.6$106,2043
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT32.58%$114,893108.3$106,1211
Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA32.08%$114,459102.7$111,4004

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA pays $119,546, the most in Connecticut, but Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA pays $114,459 and leaves you $5,196 better off once local prices are counted.

Every one of its 8 counties is in a named area, so no duty station in Connecticut is on the Rest of U.S. rate.

Its best-paid area, New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA, pays the second-most of the 58 areas at GS-12 step 5.

Counties of Connecticut in each locality pay area, as OPM’s 2026 definitions list them; the county of the duty station decides (how that works).
Locality pay areaCounties
New York, NYFairfield County, Litchfield County, New Haven County
Boston, MAWindham County
Hartford, CTHartford County, Middlesex County, New London County, Tolland County

Federal jobs in Connecticut, area by area

17,965 federal civilian jobs in Connecticut in 2025, 1.06% of all jobs in the state, 735 fewer than in 2024, down 3.93%, by the locality pay area of the worksite county; every federal pay system counted. The share is of the 17,010 jobs BLS places in a county. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024, 2025. The state total BLS publishes differs from the sum of its county rows by 1 job, from rounding of annual averages. Sources and caveats.
Locality pay areaFederal jobs, 2025Share, %Change from 2024
Hartford, CT8,41849.5−398
New York, NY8,41049.4−287
Boston, MA1821.1−12
No county reported954——

Federal jobs of every pay system are 1.06% of all jobs in Connecticut, the second-lowest share of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

In Connecticut BLS has counted by planning region rather than county since 2024, while OPM still draws its areas by the old counties: each region is counted in the area that holds most of its towns, and 4 of the 9 regions straddle two areas.

Every grade at step 5 in Connecticut

Annual rates in U.S. dollars at step 5; ▲ marks a cell cut to the $197,200 statutory ceiling. For any other step, the pay calculator finds the area from a ZIP code.
GradeNew York-NewarkBoston-Worcester-ProvidenceHartford-East Hartford
GS-135,30033,92633,798
GS-238,43036,93436,795
GS-343,32241,63541,478
GS-448,62946,73646,560
GS-554,40652,28852,091
GS-660,64758,28658,066
GS-767,39464,77164,526
GS-874,63471,72871,458
GS-982,43879,22878,930
GS-1090,77787,24386,914
GS-1199,74295,85995,498
GS-12119,546114,893114,459
GS-13142,156136,622136,107
GS-14167,987161,448160,839
GS-15197,200189,902189,186

What a move inside Connecticut is worth after prices

A transfer at GS-12 step 5 between areas of Connecticut: the raise on paper, what it is worth at national average prices, and how much of it is left. Tax and housing are not in these figures (what the comparison leaves out).
MoveOn paperAfter pricesKept
Boston, MA to New York, NY+$4,653+$832%
Hartford, CT to New York, NY+$5,087−$5,196none
Hartford, CT to Boston, MA+$434−$5,279none

Where else these areas reach

Locality pay areas are lists of counties and ignore state lines: inside one area a move across a state line does not change pay (how that works; every state and the areas in it).
AreaCounties hereAlso covers
New York, NY3New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Boston, MA1Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Hartford, CT4Massachusetts