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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 26.37%

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

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

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.41%)

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	20664	21354	22041	22725	23413	23817	24494	25179	25207	25843
2	23233	23785	24555	25207	25488	26237	26986	27736	28485	29234
3	30422	31268	32113	32959	33804	34649	35495	36340	37186	38031
4	34151	35101	36050	36999	37948	38897	39846	40795	41744	42693
5	39269	40331	41392	42454	43516	44577	45639	46700	47762	48823
6	41405	42588	43771	44954	46136	47319	48502	49685	50868	52051
7	44696	46010	47324	48639	49953	51267	52581	53896	55210	56524
8	46589	48045	49500	50956	52412	53868	55324	56779	58235	59691
9	49850	51459	53068	54677	56285	57894	59503	61111	62720	64329
10	54896	56667	58437	60208	61978	63749	65519	67289	69060	70830
11	58369	60315	62261	64207	66153	68100	70046	71992	73938	75884
12	69958	72290	74621	76953	79285	81616	83948	86279	88611	90942
13	83192	85964	88737	91510	94282	97055	99827	102600	105372	108145
14	98307	101584	104861	108137	111414	114691	117968	121244	124521	127798
15	115637	119492	123346	127200	131055	134909	138763	142617	143000	143000

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

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