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58 locality pay areasPage last changed 2026-10-07

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

In 2026 a GS-12 step 5 in Minnesota is paid $110,594 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI and $101,443 in the rest of the state, which is on the Rest of U.S. rate.

Spread at GS-12 step 5

$9,151

Goes furthest

$105,506At U.S. prices, in Minneapolis, MN.

Against Rest of U.S.

+$9,151over $101,443

Which areas cover Minnesota, and what each pays

GS-12 step 5 in 2026 in each area that covers Minnesota, what it buys at national average prices (BEA price level, U.S. = 100) and how many of the state’s 87 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-MSP (Minneapolis, MN), Salary Table 2026-RUS (Rest of U.S.).
Locality pay areaLocality payOn paperPrice levelWhat it buysCounties here
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI27.62%$110,594104.8$105,50633
Rest of U.S.17.06%$101,443——54
Counties of Minnesota 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
Minneapolis, MNAnoka County, Benton County, Blue Earth County, Brown County, Carver County, Chisago County, Dakota County, Dodge County, Fillmore County, Goodhue County, Hennepin County, Isanti County, Kanabec County, Le Sueur County, McLeod County, Meeker County, Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Mower County, Nicollet County, Olmsted County, Pine County, Ramsey County, Rice County, Scott County, Sherburne County, Sibley County, Stearns County, Steele County, Wabasha County, Waseca County, Washington County, Wright County
Rest of U.S.all other counties of Minnesota (54)

Federal jobs in Minnesota, area by area

32,700 federal civilian jobs in Minnesota in 2025, 1.11% of all jobs in the state, 802 fewer than in 2024, down 2.39%, by the locality pay area of the worksite county; every federal pay system counted. The share is of the 30,757 jobs BLS places in a county. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024, 2025. Sources and caveats.
Locality pay areaFederal jobs, 2025Share, %Change from 2024
Minneapolis, MN25,38982.5−566
Rest of U.S.5,36817.5−176
No county reported1,943——

Federal jobs of every pay system are 1.11% of all jobs in Minnesota, the third-lowest share of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Every grade at step 5 in Minnesota

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.
GradeMinneapolis-St. PaulRest of U.S.
GS-132,65729,954
GS-235,55232,611
GS-340,07836,762
GS-444,98741,265
GS-550,33246,167
GS-656,10651,463
GS-762,34757,188
GS-869,04563,332
GS-976,26469,954
GS-1083,97977,030
GS-1192,27384,638
GS-12110,594101,443
GS-13131,511120,629
GS-14155,408142,549
GS-15182,798167,672

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).
AreaCounties hereAlso covers
Minneapolis, MN33Wisconsin