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Salaries and Wages

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

INCORPORATING THE 2.10% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 19.99%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF BOSTON-WORCESTER-MANCHESTER, MA-NH-ME-RI

(See http://www.opm.gov/oca/06tables/locdef.asp for definitions of locality pay areas.)

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.39%)

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2006

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	19621	20276	20929	21578	22231	22615	23258	23908	23934	24538
2	22060	22585	23315	23934	24201	24912	25624	26335	27047	27758
3	28886	29689	30492	31295	32097	32900	33703	34506	35308	36111
4	32427	33328	34230	35131	36032	36933	37834	38735	39636	40537
5	37287	38295	39303	40311	41319	42326	43334	44342	45350	46358
6	39315	40438	41561	42684	43807	44930	46053	47176	48300	49423
7	42439	43687	44935	46183	47431	48679	49927	51175	52422	53670
8	44237	45619	47001	48384	49766	51148	52530	53913	55295	56677
9	47334	48861	50389	51916	53444	54971	56498	58026	59553	61081
10	52125	53806	55487	57168	58849	60530	62211	63892	65573	67254
11	55422	57270	59118	60966	62814	64661	66509	68357	70205	72053
12	66426	68640	70854	73068	75282	77496	79709	81923	84137	86351
13	78992	81624	84257	86890	89522	92155	94787	97420	100052	102685
14	93344	96455	99567	102678	105789	108901	112012	115123	118235	121346
15	109799	113459	117119	120778	124438	128098	131757	135417	139077	142737

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