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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-CHI

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 30.86%

For the Locality Pay Area of Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI

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 14.02 14.49 14.96 15.42 15.89 16.16 16.62 17.08 17.10 17.54
O 21.03 21.74 22.44 23.13 23.84 24.24 24.93 25.62 25.65 26.31
2 B 15.76 16.14 16.66 17.10 17.30 17.80 18.31 18.82 19.33 19.84
O 23.64 24.21 24.99 25.65 25.95 26.70 27.47 28.23 29.00 29.76
3 B 17.20 17.77 18.35 18.92 19.49 20.07 20.64 21.21 21.79 22.36
O 25.80 26.66 27.53 28.38 29.24 30.11 30.96 31.82 32.69 33.54
4 B 19.31 19.95 20.60 21.24 21.89 22.53 23.17 23.82 24.46 25.10
O 28.97 29.93 30.90 31.86 32.84 33.80 34.76 35.73 36.69 37.65
5 B 21.60 22.32 23.04 23.76 24.48 25.20 25.92 26.64 27.36 28.08
O 32.40 33.48 34.56 35.64 36.72 37.80 38.88 39.96 41.04 42.12
6 B 24.08 24.88 25.69 26.49 27.29 28.09 28.90 29.70 30.50 31.31
O 36.12 37.32 38.54 39.74 40.94 42.14 43.35 44.55 45.75 46.97
7 B 26.76 27.65 28.55 29.44 30.33 31.22 32.11 33.01 33.90 34.79
O 40.14 41.48 42.83 44.16 45.50 46.83 48.17 49.52 50.85 52.19
8 B 29.64 30.62 31.61 32.60 33.59 34.58 35.57 36.55 37.54 38.53
O 44.46 45.93 47.42 48.90 50.39 51.87 53.36 54.08 54.08 54.08
9 B 32.73 33.82 34.92 36.01 37.10 38.19 39.28 40.37 41.46 42.55
O 49.10 50.73 52.38 54.02 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08
10 B 36.05 37.25 38.45 39.65 40.85 42.05 43.26 44.46 45.66 46.86
O 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08
11 B 39.60 40.92 42.24 43.56 44.88 46.20 47.52 48.84 50.16 51.48
O 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08
12 B 47.47 49.05 50.63 52.22 53.80 55.38 56.97 58.55 60.13 61.71
O 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 54.08 55.38 56.97 58.55 60.13 61.71
13 B 56.45 58.33 60.21 62.09 63.97 65.86 67.74 69.62 71.50 73.38
O 56.45 58.33 60.21 62.09 63.97 65.86 67.74 69.62 71.50 73.38
14 B 66.70 68.93 71.15 73.37 75.60 77.82 80.04 82.27 84.49 86.71
O 66.70 68.93 71.15 73.37 75.60 77.82 80.04 82.27 84.49 86.71
15 B 78.46 81.08 83.69 86.31 88.92 91.54 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53
O 78.46 81.08 83.69 86.31 88.92 91.54 93.53 93.53 93.53 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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