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INCLUDING SPECIAL RATES AT GS-3 THROUGH GS-10 AND

INCORPORATING THE 2.50% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 24.77%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF HOUSTON-BAYTOWN-HUNTSVILLE, TX

(See http://www.opm.gov/oca/05tables/locdef.asp for definitions of locality pay areas.)

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.86%)

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2005

Annual Rates by Grade and Step

Grade	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8	Step 9	Step 10
1	19983	20649	21314	21976	22641	23031	23686	24349	24376	24999
2	22467	23001	23745	24376	24648	25373	26098	26823	27548	28273
3	29417	30234	31052	31869	32686	33503	34320	35138	35955	36772
4	33022	33939	34856	35773	36690	37607	38524	39441	40358	41275
5	37977	39004	40031	41058	42085	43112	44139	45165	46192	47219
6	40041	41185	42329	43474	44618	45762	46906	48050	49194	50338
7	43224	44495	45767	47038	48310	49581	50853	52124	53395	54667
8	45052	46459	47867	49274	50682	52089	53496	54904	56311	57719
9	48206	49761	51315	52870	54425	55979	57534	59089	60643	62198
10	53087	54800	56513	58226	59940	61653	63366	65079	66792	68505
11	56445	58326	60208	62089	63971	65852	67734	69615	71497	73378
12	67652	69906	72161	74415	76670	78925	81179	83434	85688	87943
13	80449	83131	85812	88493	91174	93856	96537	99218	101900	104581
14	95066	98235	101404	104573	107743	110912	114081	117250	120419	123588
15	111825	115553	119281	123009	126738	130466	134194	137922	140300	140300

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