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Salaries and Wages

INCORPORATING THE 2.90% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 23.10%

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

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

(TOTAL INCREASE: 4.78%)

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	21592	22313	23031	23746	24464	24886	25595	26310	26338	27013
2	24277	24854	25657	26338	26633	27416	28199	28981	29764	30547
3	26487	27370	28253	29135	30018	30901	31783	32666	33548	34431
4	29736	30727	31718	32709	33700	34691	35682	36673	37664	38655
5	33269	34378	35487	36596	37706	38815	39924	41033	42142	43251
6	37084	38320	39556	40792	42028	43263	44499	45735	46971	48207
7	41210	42584	43958	45332	46705	48079	49453	50827	52201	53574
8	45639	47161	48682	50204	51725	53247	54768	56290	57811	59333
9	50408	52089	53769	55449	57129	58810	60490	62170	63851	65531
10	55512	57362	59212	61063	62913	64763	66613	68463	70313	72164
11	60989	63021	65053	67086	69118	71151	73183	75215	77248	79280
12	73100	75537	77973	80409	82845	85281	87717	90154	92590	95026
13	86927	89825	92723	95620	98518	101416	104314	107211	110109	113007
14	102721	106145	109570	112995	116419	119844	123269	126693	130118	133543
15	120830	124858	128886	132914	136941	140969	144997	149025	153053	153200

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

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