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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 16.39%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF BUFFALO-NIAGARA-CATTARAUGUS, NY

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

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.81%)

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	20415	21097	21775	22452	23130	23529	24200	24876	24903	25541
2	22953	23499	24258	24903	25181	25921	26661	27402	28142	28882
3	30051	30885	31720	32554	33389	34223	35058	35892	36727	37561
4	33737	34674	35611	36548	37485	38422	39358	40295	41232	42169
5	38796	39845	40894	41942	42991	44040	45088	46137	47186	48234
6	40905	42074	43242	44411	45579	46748	47917	49085	50254	51422
7	44160	45458	46757	48056	49355	50654	51953	53252	54551	55850
8	46029	47467	48906	50344	51783	53222	54660	56099	57537	58976
9	49249	50838	52427	54015	55604	57193	58782	60370	61959	63548
10	54235	55985	57734	59483	61233	62982	64731	66481	68230	69979
11	57664	59586	61507	63429	65351	67272	69194	71115	73037	74959
12	69116	71419	73723	76026	78329	80633	82936	85239	87543	89846
13	82189	84929	87668	90408	93148	95888	98628	101368	104107	106847
14	97122	100360	103598	106836	110074	113311	116549	119787	123025	126263
15	114244	118052	121860	125669	129477	133285	137093	140902	144710	148518

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