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Salaries and Wages

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

INCORPORATING THE 2.90% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 23.98%

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

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

(TOTAL INCREASE: 4.13%)

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	21746	22473	23195	23916	24639	25064	25778	26498	26527	27206
2	24450	25032	25840	26527	26823	27612	28400	29189	29977	30766
3	32010	32899	33788	34677	35566	36455	37344	38233	39122	40011
4	35937	36935	37933	38931	39929	40927	41925	42923	43921	44919
5	41326	42443	43560	44677	45794	46912	48029	49146	50263	51380
6	43573	44818	46062	47307	48552	49797	51041	52286	53531	54776
7	47039	48423	49806	51190	52574	53957	55341	56725	58108	59492
8	49030	50563	52095	53628	55160	56692	58225	59757	61290	62822
9	52461	54153	55846	57538	59230	60923	62615	64307	66000	67692
10	57772	59636	61499	63362	65226	67089	68953	70816	72680	74543
11	61425	63472	65518	67565	69612	71659	73706	75753	77800	79847
12	73623	76077	78530	80984	83437	85891	88344	90798	93252	95705
13	87548	90467	93385	96304	99222	102141	105059	107978	110896	113815
14	103455	106904	110353	113802	117252	120701	124150	127599	131048	134497
15	121694	125750	129807	133864	137920	141977	146034	150090	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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