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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-BH

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 18.24%

For the Locality Pay Area of Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL

Total Increase: 1.98%

Effective January 2025

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 12.67 13.09 13.51 13.93 14.35 14.60 15.02 15.44 15.45 15.85
O 19.01 19.64 20.27 20.90 21.53 21.90 22.53 23.16 23.18 23.78
2 B 14.24 14.58 15.06 15.45 15.63 16.09 16.55 17.01 17.47 17.92
O 21.36 21.87 22.59 23.18 23.45 24.14 24.83 25.52 26.21 26.88
3 B 15.54 16.06 16.58 17.10 17.61 18.13 18.65 19.17 19.69 20.20
O 23.31 24.09 24.87 25.65 26.42 27.20 27.98 28.76 29.54 30.30
4 B 17.45 18.03 18.61 19.19 19.77 20.36 20.94 21.52 22.10 22.68
O 26.18 27.05 27.92 28.79 29.66 30.54 31.41 32.28 33.15 34.02
5 B 19.52 20.17 20.82 21.47 22.12 22.77 23.42 24.07 24.72 25.37
O 29.28 30.26 31.23 32.21 33.18 34.16 35.13 36.11 37.08 38.06
6 B 21.76 22.48 23.21 23.94 24.66 25.39 26.11 26.84 27.56 28.29
O 32.64 33.72 34.82 35.91 36.99 38.09 39.17 40.26 41.34 42.44
7 B 24.18 24.99 25.79 26.60 27.40 28.21 29.02 29.82 30.63 31.44
O 36.27 37.49 38.69 39.90 41.10 42.32 43.53 44.73 45.95 47.16
8 B 26.78 27.67 28.56 29.46 30.35 31.24 32.14 33.03 33.92 34.81
O 40.17 41.51 42.84 44.19 45.53 46.86 48.21 48.86 48.86 48.86
9 B 29.58 30.56 31.55 32.53 33.52 34.51 35.49 36.48 37.46 38.45
O 44.37 45.84 47.33 48.80 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86
10 B 32.57 33.66 34.74 35.83 36.91 38.00 39.08 40.17 41.25 42.34
O 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86
11 B 35.79 36.98 38.17 39.36 40.56 41.75 42.94 44.13 45.33 46.52
O 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86
12 B 42.89 44.32 45.75 47.18 48.61 50.04 51.47 52.90 54.33 55.76
O 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 48.86 50.04 51.47 52.90 54.33 55.76
13 B 51.00 52.70 54.40 56.10 57.80 59.51 61.21 62.91 64.61 66.31
O 51.00 52.70 54.40 56.10 57.80 59.51 61.21 62.91 64.61 66.31
14 B 60.27 62.28 64.29 66.30 68.31 70.32 72.33 74.33 76.34 78.35
O 60.27 62.28 64.29 66.30 68.31 70.32 72.33 74.33 76.34 78.35
15 B 70.89 73.26 75.62 77.98 80.35 82.71 85.07 87.44 89.80 92.16
O 70.89 73.26 75.62 77.98 80.35 82.71 85.07 87.44 89.80 92.16

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