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Effective the first pay period beginning on or after October 1, 1981

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	WIGI
1	8342	8620	8898	9175	9453	9615	9890	10165	10178	10439	varied
2	9381	9603	9913	10178	10292	10595	10898	11201	11504	11807	varied
3	10235	10576	10917	11258	11599	11940	12281	12622	12963	13304	341
4	11490	11873	12256	12639	13022	13405	13788	14171	14554	14937	383
5	12854	13282	13710	14138	14566	14994	15422	15850	16278	16706	428
6	14328	14806	15284	15762	16240	16718	17196	17674	18152	18630	478
7	15922	16453	16984	17515	18046	18577	19108	19639	20170	20701	531
8	17634	18222	18810	19398	19986	20574	21162	21750	22338	22926	588
9	19477	20126	20775	21424	22073	22722	23371	24020	24669	25318	649
10	21449	22164	22879	23594	24309	25024	25739	26454	27169	27884	715
11	23566	24352	25138	25924	26710	27496	28282	29068	29854	30640	786
12	28245	29187	30129	31071	32013	32955	33897	34839	35781	36723	942
13	33586	34706	35826	36946	38066	39186	40306	41426	42546	43666	1,120
14	39689	41012	42335	43658	44981	46304	47627	48950	50273	51596	1,323
15	46685	48241	49797	51353	52909	54465	56021	57577	59133	60689	1,556
16	54755	56580	58405	60230	62055	63880	65705	67530	69355		1,825
17	64142	66280	68418	70556	72694						2,138
18	75117

Payable rate capped at $50,112.50 until December 31, 1981, and at $57,500 thereafter.

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