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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-BU

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 22.41%

For the Locality Pay Area of Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY

Total Increase: 2.05%

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 13.11 13.55 13.99 14.43 14.86 15.11 15.55 15.98 16.00 16.41
O 19.67 20.33 20.99 21.65 22.29 22.67 23.33 23.97 24.00 24.62
2 B 14.75 15.10 15.59 16.00 16.18 16.65 17.13 17.61 18.08 18.56
O 22.13 22.65 23.39 24.00 24.27 24.98 25.70 26.42 27.12 27.84
3 B 16.09 16.63 17.16 17.70 18.24 18.77 19.31 19.84 20.38 20.92
O 24.14 24.95 25.74 26.55 27.36 28.16 28.97 29.76 30.57 31.38
4 B 18.06 18.66 19.27 19.87 20.47 21.07 21.68 22.28 22.88 23.48
O 27.09 27.99 28.91 29.81 30.71 31.61 32.52 33.42 34.32 35.22
5 B 20.21 20.88 21.56 22.23 22.90 23.57 24.25 24.92 25.60 26.27
O 30.32 31.32 32.34 33.35 34.35 35.36 36.38 37.38 38.40 39.41
6 B 22.53 23.28 24.03 24.78 25.53 26.28 27.03 27.78 28.53 29.28
O 33.80 34.92 36.05 37.17 38.30 39.42 40.55 41.67 42.80 43.92
7 B 25.03 25.87 26.70 27.54 28.37 29.21 30.04 30.88 31.71 32.54
O 37.55 38.81 40.05 41.31 42.56 43.82 45.06 46.32 47.57 48.81
8 B 27.72 28.65 29.57 30.50 31.42 32.34 33.27 34.19 35.12 36.04
O 41.58 42.98 44.36 45.75 47.13 48.51 49.91 50.58 50.58 50.58
9 B 30.62 31.64 32.66 33.68 34.70 35.72 36.74 37.76 38.78 39.81
O 45.93 47.46 48.99 50.52 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58
10 B 33.72 34.84 35.97 37.09 38.21 39.34 40.46 41.59 42.71 43.83
O 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58
11 B 37.05 38.28 39.52 40.75 41.99 43.22 44.46 45.69 46.92 48.16
O 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58
12 B 44.40 45.88 47.37 48.85 50.33 51.81 53.29 54.77 56.25 57.73
O 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 50.58 51.81 53.29 54.77 56.25 57.73
13 B 52.80 54.56 56.32 58.08 59.84 61.60 63.36 65.12 66.88 68.64
O 52.80 54.56 56.32 58.08 59.84 61.60 63.36 65.12 66.88 68.64
14 B 62.40 64.48 66.56 68.64 70.72 72.80 74.88 76.96 79.04 81.12
O 62.40 64.48 66.56 68.64 70.72 72.80 74.88 76.96 79.04 81.12
15 B 73.39 75.84 78.29 80.73 83.18 85.63 88.07 90.52 92.97 93.53
O 73.39 75.84 78.29 80.73 83.18 85.63 88.07 90.52 92.97 93.53

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

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