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Salaries and Wages

INCORPORATING THE 2.90% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 24.47%

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

(See http://www.opm.gov/oca/09tables/locdef.asp for definitions of locality pay areas.)

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.99%)

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2009

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	21832	22561	23287	24010	24736	25163	25880	26603	26632	27314
2	24547	25130	25942	26632	26929	27721	28512	29304	30096	30887
3	26782	27675	28567	29460	30352	31244	32137	33029	33922	34814
4	30067	31069	32071	33073	34075	35077	36079	37081	38083	39085
5	33639	34761	35882	37004	38125	39247	40368	41490	42611	43733
6	37497	38746	39996	41246	42495	43745	44995	46244	47494	48744
7	41669	43058	44447	45836	47225	48614	50003	51392	52782	54171
8	46147	47686	49224	50763	52301	53839	55378	56916	58455	59993
9	50969	52668	54367	56066	57765	59464	61163	62862	64561	66260
10	56130	58001	59871	61742	63613	65484	67354	69225	71096	72967
11	61667	63722	65777	67832	69887	71942	73997	76052	78107	80162
12	73914	76377	78841	81304	83767	86230	88694	91157	93620	96083
13	87894	90825	93755	96685	99615	102545	105475	108405	111335	114265
14	103864	107327	110790	114252	117715	121178	124641	128103	131566	135029
15	122175	126247	130320	134393	138465	142538	146611	150683	153200	153200

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

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