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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 21.15%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF CHICAGO-NAPERVILLE-MICHIGAN CITY, IL-IN-WI

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

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.34%)

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	19810	20472	21131	21786	22445	22833	23483	24139	24166	24775
2	22273	22803	23541	24166	24435	25153	25872	26590	27308	28027
3	29166	29976	30787	31597	32408	33218	34029	34839	35650	36460
4	32741	33651	34560	35470	36380	37290	38200	39110	40019	40929
5	37647	38665	39683	40700	41718	42736	43753	44771	45789	46806
6	39695	40829	41963	43097	44231	45365	46499	47633	48767	49900
7	42850	44110	45369	46629	47889	49149	50409	51669	52929	54189
8	44664	46060	47456	48851	50247	51643	53038	54434	55830	57225
9	47791	49333	50876	52418	53960	55502	57045	58587	60129	61671
10	52629	54326	56023	57721	59418	61115	62813	64510	66207	67905
11	55958	57824	59689	61555	63421	65287	67152	69018	70884	72749
12	67069	69304	71539	73774	76010	78245	80480	82715	84950	87186
13	79755	82413	85072	87730	90388	93046	95704	98362	101020	103678
14	94246	97388	100529	103670	106812	109953	113095	116236	119378	122519
15	110861	114556	118251	121946	125641	129336	133031	136726	140421	143000

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

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