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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 17.50%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-NORTHERN VIRGINIA, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV

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

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.44%)

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	19214	19855	20494	21130	21769	22145	22775	23412	23438	24029
2	21602	22116	22831	23438	23699	24395	25092	25789	26486	27182
3	28287	29073	29859	30645	31431	32217	33003	33789	34576	35362
4	31754	32637	33519	34402	35284	36167	37049	37931	38814	39696
5	36513	37500	38487	39474	40461	41448	42435	43422	44409	45396
6	38499	39599	40698	41798	42898	43998	45098	46197	47297	48397
7	41559	42781	44003	45225	46447	47669	48891	50113	51335	52557
8	43319	44672	46026	47380	48733	50087	51440	52794	54148	55501
9	46351	47847	49343	50839	52335	53830	55326	56822	58318	59813
10	51043	52689	54336	55982	57628	59274	60920	62566	64213	65859
11	54272	56082	57891	59701	61510	63320	65129	66939	68748	70558
12	65048	67216	69384	71552	73720	75887	78055	80223	82391	84559
13	77353	79931	82509	85086	87664	90242	92820	95398	97976	100554
14	91407	94454	97500	100547	103594	106641	109687	112734	115781	118828
15	107521	111104	114688	118272	121856	125439	129023	132607	136191	139774

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