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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

SALARY TABLE 2021-HOU

INCORPORATING THE 1% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 33.32%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF HOUSTON-THE WOODLANDS, TX

TOTAL INCREASE: 1%

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2021

Hourly Basic (B) Rates by Grade and Step

Hourly Title 5 Overtime (O) Rates for FLSA-Exempt Employees by Grade and Step

Grade B/O Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
1 B 12.61 13.03 13.45 13.87 14.29 14.53 14.95 15.36 15.38 15.77
O 18.92 19.55 20.18 20.81 21.44 21.80 22.43 23.04 23.07 23.66
2 B 14.18 14.52 14.98 15.38 15.55 16.01 16.47 16.93 17.38 17.84
O 21.27 21.78 22.47 23.07 23.33 24.02 24.71 25.40 26.07 26.76
3 B 15.47 15.99 16.50 17.02 17.53 18.05 18.56 19.08 19.59 20.11
O 23.21 23.99 24.75 25.53 26.30 27.08 27.84 28.62 29.39 30.17
4 B 17.37 17.94 18.52 19.10 19.68 20.26 20.84 21.42 22.00 22.57
O 26.06 26.91 27.78 28.65 29.52 30.39 31.26 32.13 33.00 33.86
5 B 19.43 20.08 20.72 21.37 22.02 22.67 23.32 23.96 24.61 25.26
O 29.15 30.12 31.08 32.06 33.03 34.01 34.98 35.94 36.92 37.89
6 B 21.66 22.38 23.10 23.82 24.55 25.27 25.99 26.71 27.43 28.15
O 32.49 33.57 34.65 35.73 36.83 37.91 38.99 40.07 41.15 42.23
7 B 24.07 24.87 25.67 26.47 27.28 28.08 28.88 29.68 30.49 31.29
O 36.11 37.31 38.51 39.71 40.92 42.12 43.32 44.52 45.74 46.94
8 B 26.65 27.54 28.43 29.32 30.21 31.10 31.98 32.87 33.76 34.65
O 39.98 41.31 42.65 43.98 45.32 46.65 47.97 48.63 48.63 48.63
9 B 29.44 30.42 31.40 32.38 33.36 34.34 35.33 36.31 37.29 38.27
O 44.16 45.63 47.10 48.57 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63
10 B 32.42 33.50 34.58 35.66 36.74 37.82 38.90 39.98 41.07 42.15
O 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63
11 B 35.62 36.80 37.99 39.18 40.37 41.56 42.74 43.93 45.12 46.31
O 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63
12 B 42.69 44.11 45.54 46.96 48.38 49.81 51.23 52.65 54.08 55.50
O 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 48.63 49.81 51.23 52.65 54.08 55.50
13 B 50.77 52.46 54.15 55.84 57.53 59.23 60.92 62.61 64.30 66.00
O 50.77 52.46 54.15 55.84 57.53 59.23 60.92 62.61 64.30 66.00
14 B 59.99 61.99 63.99 65.99 67.99 69.99 71.99 73.99 75.98 77.98
O 59.99 61.99 63.99 65.99 67.99 69.99 71.99 73.99 75.98 77.98
15 B 70.56 72.92 75.27 77.62 79.97 82.32 82.65 82.65 82.65 82.65
O 70.56 72.92 75.27 77.62 79.97 82.32 82.65 82.65 82.65 82.65

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

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