58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

Kansas GS pay scale 2026: the 2 locality pay areas in the state

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 in Kansas is paid $103,098 in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS and $101,443 in the rest of the state, which is on the Rest of U.S. rate.

Spread at GS-12 step 5

$1,655

Goes furthest

$111,406At U.S. prices, in Kansas City, MO.

Against Rest of U.S.

+$1,655over $101,443

Which areas cover Kansas, and what each pays

GS-12 step 5 in 2026 in each area that covers Kansas, what it buys at national average prices (BEA price level, U.S. = 100) and how many of the state’s 105 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-KC (Kansas City, MO), Salary Table 2026-RUS (Rest of U.S.).
Locality pay area	Locality pay	On paper	Price level	What it buys	Counties here
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS	18.97%	$103,098	92.5	$111,406	15
Rest of U.S.	17.06%	$101,443	—	—	90

The $1,655 between its best- and lowest-paid areas is the fifth-narrowest spread inside any of the 38 states with more than one area.

Counties of Kansas in each locality pay area, as OPM’s 2026 definitions list them; the county of the duty station decides (how that works).
Locality pay area	Counties
Kansas City, MO	Anderson County, Atchison County, Doniphan County, Douglas County, Franklin County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Linn County, Miami County, Osage County, Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Wyandotte County
Rest of U.S.	all other counties of Kansas (90)

Federal jobs in Kansas, area by area

25,939 federal civilian jobs in Kansas in 2025, 1.81% of all jobs in the state, 975 fewer than in 2024, down 3.62%, by the locality pay area of the worksite county; every federal pay system counted. The share is of the 24,012 jobs BLS places in a county. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024, 2025. Sources and caveats.
Locality pay area	Federal jobs, 2025	Share, %	Change from 2024
Kansas City, MO	12,307	51.3	−402
Rest of U.S.	11,705	48.7	−468
No county reported	1,927	—	—

Every grade at step 5 in Kansas

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.
Grade	Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City	Rest of U.S.
GS-1	30,443	29,954
GS-2	33,143	32,611
GS-3	37,361	36,762
GS-4	41,938	41,265
GS-5	46,921	46,167
GS-6	52,303	51,463
GS-7	58,122	57,188
GS-8	64,365	63,332
GS-9	71,095	69,954
GS-10	78,287	77,030
GS-11	86,019	84,638
GS-12	103,098	101,443
GS-13	122,597	120,629
GS-14	144,875	142,549
GS-15	170,408	167,672

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).
Area	Counties here	Also covers
Kansas City, MO	15	Missouri