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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 23.10%

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	31783	32666	33548	34431	35314	36196	37079	37962	38844	39727
4	35682	36673	37664	38655	39646	40637	41627	42618	43609	44600
5	41033	42142	43251	44360	45469	46579	47688	48797	49906	51015
6	43263	44499	45735	46971	48207	49443	50679	51915	53151	54387
7	46705	48079	49453	50827	52201	53574	54948	56322	57696	59070
8	48682	50204	51725	53247	54768	56290	57811	59333	60854	62376
9	52089	53769	55449	57129	58810	60490	62170	63851	65531	67211
10	57362	59212	61063	62913	64763	66613	68463	70313	72164	74014
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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