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Fresno General Schedule Payscale
The Fresno Locality Area is a General Schedule locality primarily located within California. Federal employees who work within the Fresno locality area receive a locality adjustment of 17.15%, which is applied to the base General Schedule payscale.
Locality adjustment rates are set yearly by the OPM to account for higher costs of living within Fresno, as compared to the Rest of U.S. locality raise (which is applied to all Federal employees not located within any other locality).
The chart below is the 2024 General Schedule pay table, with Fresno's 17.15% locality raise applied to the base pay rates. These are the yearly pay rates that are applicable to most salaried federal employees within this region, based on their GS Grade and Step.
| GS Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS-1 | $26,013 | $26,887 | $27,750 | $28,613 | $29,476 | $29,981 | $30,837 | $31,700 | $31,735 | $32,541 |
| GS-2 | $29,251 | $29,947 | $30,916 | $31,735 | $32,093 | $33,037 | $33,982 | $34,926 | $35,870 | $36,814 |
| GS-3 | $31,916 | $32,980 | $34,044 | $35,108 | $36,171 | $37,235 | $38,299 | $39,362 | $40,426 | $41,490 |
| GS-4 | $35,827 | $37,021 | $38,214 | $39,409 | $40,603 | $41,797 | $42,991 | $44,184 | $45,378 | $46,572 |
| GS-5 | $40,084 | $41,421 | $42,756 | $44,092 | $45,427 | $46,764 | $48,099 | $49,435 | $50,772 | $52,107 |
| GS-6 | $44,683 | $46,174 | $47,662 | $49,153 | $50,643 | $52,132 | $53,622 | $55,111 | $56,601 | $58,090 |
| GS-7 | $49,654 | $51,309 | $52,965 | $54,620 | $56,275 | $57,931 | $59,586 | $61,241 | $62,897 | $64,552 |
| GS-8 | $54,989 | $56,822 | $58,655 | $60,488 | $62,320 | $64,154 | $65,986 | $67,819 | $69,652 | $71,485 |
| GS-9 | $60,736 | $62,761 | $64,785 | $66,809 | $68,834 | $70,858 | $72,883 | $74,908 | $76,932 | $78,957 |
| GS-10 | $66,884 | $69,114 | $71,342 | $73,571 | $75,801 | $78,030 | $80,259 | $82,489 | $84,718 | $86,946 |
| GS-11 | $73,486 | $75,934 | $78,384 | $80,834 | $83,282 | $85,732 | $88,181 | $90,630 | $93,079 | $95,529 |
| GS-12 | $88,079 | $91,015 | $93,951 | $96,885 | $99,821 | $102,757 | $105,693 | $108,629 | $111,563 | $114,499 |
| GS-13 | $104,738 | $108,229 | $111,721 | $115,212 | $118,705 | $122,196 | $125,688 | $129,179 | $132,671 | $136,162 |
| GS-14 | $123,769 | $127,894 | $132,020 | $136,146 | $140,272 | $144,398 | $148,524 | $152,650 | $156,776 | $160,901 |
| GS-15 | $145,583 | $150,436 | $155,288 | $160,141 | $164,993 | $169,845 | $174,698 | $179,550 | $184,402 | $189,255 |
| GS Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS-1 | $25,757 | $26,621 | $27,476 | $28,330 | $29,184 | $29,685 | $30,533 | $31,387 | $31,421 | $32,219 |
| GS-2 | $28,962 | $29,651 | $30,610 | $31,421 | $31,776 | $32,711 | $33,645 | $34,580 | $35,515 | $36,450 |
| GS-3 | $31,601 | $32,654 | $33,708 | $34,761 | $35,814 | $36,867 | $37,920 | $38,973 | $40,027 | $41,080 |
| GS-4 | $35,473 | $36,655 | $37,837 | $39,019 | $40,201 | $41,383 | $42,565 | $43,747 | $44,929 | $46,111 |
| GS-5 | $39,688 | $41,011 | $42,333 | $43,656 | $44,979 | $46,301 | $47,624 | $48,946 | $50,269 | $51,592 |
| GS-6 | $44,242 | $45,717 | $47,192 | $48,666 | $50,141 | $51,616 | $53,091 | $54,566 | $56,041 | $57,516 |
| GS-7 | $49,163 | $50,802 | $52,441 | $54,080 | $55,719 | $57,358 | $58,997 | $60,636 | $62,275 | $63,914 |
| GS-8 | $54,445 | $56,260 | $58,075 | $59,889 | $61,704 | $63,519 | $65,333 | $67,148 | $68,963 | $70,777 |
| GS-9 | $60,135 | $62,140 | $64,144 | $66,149 | $68,153 | $70,158 | $72,162 | $74,166 | $76,171 | $78,175 |
| GS-10 | $66,223 | $68,430 | $70,637 | $72,844 | $75,051 | $77,258 | $79,465 | $81,672 | $83,879 | $86,087 |
| GS-11 | $72,758 | $75,183 | $77,608 | $80,033 | $82,458 | $84,883 | $87,308 | $89,733 | $92,158 | $94,583 |
| GS-12 | $87,208 | $90,114 | $93,021 | $95,927 | $98,834 | $101,740 | $104,647 | $107,553 | $110,460 | $113,366 |
| GS-13 | $103,701 | $107,158 | $110,615 | $114,072 | $117,530 | $120,987 | $124,444 | $127,901 | $131,358 | $134,815 |
| GS-14 | $122,544 | $126,629 | $130,714 | $134,799 | $138,884 | $142,969 | $147,054 | $151,139 | $155,224 | $159,309 |
| GS-15 | $144,143 | $148,947 | $153,751 | $158,555 | $163,360 | $168,164 | $172,968 | $177,773 | $182,577 | $187,381 |
* The 2024 General Schedule payscale is capped at a maximum salary of $191,900 per year, which is Level 4 of the Senior Executive Service payscale.
Some of the largest cities and military installations covered by the Fresno locality area include Clovis, Fresno, Naval Air Station Lemoore, San Joaquin Depot and Visalia.