U. S. Office of Personnel Management

1998 General Schedule
Locality Rates of Pay for
BOSTON-WORCESTER-LAWRENCE,
MA-NH-ME-CT*

Effective January 1998
HOURLY BASIC (B) Rates by Grade and Step
HOURLY OVERTIME (O) Rates by Grade and Step
Grade Rates for Steps (in dollars)
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 B 6.74 6.97 7.19 7.42 7.64 7.77 7.99 8.22 8.23 8.44
  O 10.11 10.46 10.79 11.13 11.46 11.66 11.99 12.33 12.35 12.66
2 B 7.58 7.76 8.01 8.23 8.32 8.56 8.81 9.05 9.3 9.54
  O 11.37 11.64 12.02 12.35 12.48 12.84 13.22 13.58 13.95 14.31
3 B 8.27 8.55 8.83 9.10 9.38 9.65 9.93 10.2 10.48 10.76
  O 12.41 12.83 13.25 13.65 14.07 14.48 14.9 15.3 15.72 16.14
4 B 9.29 9.60 9.91 10.22 10.53 10.84 11.15 11.46 11.77 12.08
  O 13.94 14.40 14.87 15.33 15.8 16.26 16.73 17.19 17.66 18.12
5 B 10.39 10.74 11.09 11.43 11.78 12.13 12.47 12.82 13.16 13.51
  O 15.59 16.11 16.64 17.15 17.67 18.20 18.71 19.23 19.74 20.27
6 B 11.58 11.97 12.36 12.74 13.13 13.51 13.90 14.29 14.67 15.06
  O 17.37 17.96 18.54 19.11 19.70 20.27 20.85 21.44 22.01 22.59
7 B 12.87 13.30 13.73 14.16 14.59 15.02 15.44 15.87 16.30 16.73
  O 19.31 19.95 20.60 21.24 21.89 22.53 23.16 23.81 24.45 25.10
8 B 14.26 14.73 15.21 15.68 16.16 16.63 17.11 17.58 18.06 18.53
  O 21.39 22.10 22.82 23.52 24.24 24.95 25.67 26.01 26.01 26.01
9 B 15.75 16.27 16.80 17.32 17.85 18.37 18.90 19.42 19.95 20.47
  O 23.63 24.41 25.2 25.98 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01
10 B 17.34 17.92 18.50 19.07 19.65 20.23 20.81 21.39 21.97 22.54
  O 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01
11 B 19.05 19.69 20.32 20.96 21.59 22.23 22.86 23.50 24.13 24.77
  O 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01
12 B 22.83 23.60 24.36 25.12 25.88 26.64 27.40 28.16 28.92 29.69
  O 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01
13 B 27.15 28.06 28.96 29.87 30.77 31.68 32.58 33.49 34.39 35.3
  O 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01
14 B 32.09 33.16 34.23 35.29 36.36 37.43 38.50 39.57 40.64 41.71
  O 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01
15 B 37.74 39.00 40.26 41.52 42.78 44.03 45.29 46.55 47.81 49.07
  O 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01 26.01
*   INCORPORATING THE 2.30% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 8.61% FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF BOSTON-WORCESTER-LAWRENCE, MA-NH-ME-CT (Net Increase: 2.91%)

Created December, 1997