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New York Rochester General Schedule Payscale

The Rochester Locality Area is a General Schedule locality primarily located within New York. Federal employees who work within the Rochester locality area receive a locality adjustment of 17.35%, 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 Rochester, 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 Rochester's 17.35% 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.

Note: We have projected the 2025 General Schedule payscale below based on last year's General Schedule base pay increase of 4.7%. We will publish the official General Schedule payscale for 2025 when it becomes available.
GS Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
GS-1$26,058$26,933$27,798$28,662$29,526$30,032$30,890$31,754$31,789$32,596
GS-2$29,301$29,998$30,969$31,789$32,148$33,094$34,040$34,986$35,931$36,877
GS-3$31,971$33,036$34,102$35,167$36,233$37,299$38,364$39,430$40,495$41,561
GS-4$35,888$37,084$38,280$39,477$40,672$41,868$43,064$44,260$45,456$46,651
GS-5$40,152$41,491$42,829$44,167$45,505$46,844$48,182$49,519$50,858$52,196
GS-6$44,760$46,252$47,744$49,237$50,729$52,221$53,713$55,205$56,698$58,189
GS-7$49,739$51,397$53,055$54,713$56,371$58,030$59,688$61,346$63,004$64,662
GS-8$55,083$56,919$58,755$60,591$62,427$64,263$66,099$67,935$69,770$71,607
GS-9$60,840$62,868$64,896$66,924$68,951$70,979$73,007$75,036$77,064$79,092
GS-10$66,999$69,232$71,464$73,697$75,930$78,163$80,396$82,630$84,863$87,095
GS-11$73,611$76,064$78,518$80,972$83,424$85,878$88,332$90,784$93,238$95,692
GS-12$88,230$91,170$94,111$97,051$99,992$102,932$105,873$108,814$111,754$114,694
GS-13$104,917$108,414$111,912$115,409$118,907$122,404$125,902$129,399$132,898$136,395
GS-14$123,980$128,112$132,245$136,378$140,511$144,644$148,778$152,911$157,044$161,176
GS-15$145,832$150,693$155,553$160,414$165,275$170,135$174,996$179,856$184,717$189,578
GS Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
GS-1$25,801$26,667$27,523$28,379$29,234$29,735$30,585$31,440$31,474$32,274
GS-2$29,011$29,701$30,662$31,474$31,830$32,766$33,703$34,639$35,576$36,512
GS-3$31,655$32,710$33,765$34,820$35,875$36,930$37,985$39,040$40,095$41,150
GS-4$35,534$36,718$37,902$39,086$40,270$41,454$42,638$43,822$45,006$46,190
GS-5$39,756$41,081$42,406$43,730$45,055$46,380$47,705$49,030$50,355$51,680
GS-6$44,317$45,795$47,272$48,750$50,227$51,704$53,182$54,659$56,137$57,614
GS-7$49,247$50,889$52,531$54,172$55,814$57,456$59,097$60,739$62,381$64,023
GS-8$54,538$56,356$58,174$59,992$61,809$63,627$65,445$67,263$69,080$70,898
GS-9$60,238$62,246$64,254$66,262$68,270$70,277$72,285$74,293$76,301$78,309
GS-10$66,336$68,546$70,757$72,968$75,179$77,390$79,601$81,812$84,023$86,233
GS-11$72,883$75,312$77,741$80,170$82,599$85,028$87,457$89,887$92,316$94,745
GS-12$87,357$90,268$93,179$96,091$99,002$101,914$104,825$107,737$110,648$113,560
GS-13$103,878$107,341$110,804$114,267$117,730$121,193$124,656$128,119$131,582$135,045
GS-14$122,753$126,845$130,937$135,029$139,121$143,213$147,305$151,397$155,489$159,581
GS-15$144,389$149,201$154,014$158,826$163,639$168,451$173,264$178,076$182,889$187,701

* 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.

The primary city to which the Rochester locality area applies is Rochester.

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Source: http://www.generalschedule.org/localities/rochester-ny