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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-COL

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 22.15%

For the Locality Pay Area of Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH

Total Increase: 1.99%

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 13.09 13.53 13.96 14.39 14.83 15.08 15.51 15.95 15.97 16.37
O 19.64 20.30 20.94 21.59 22.25 22.62 23.27 23.93 23.96 24.56
2 B 14.72 15.07 15.55 15.97 16.14 16.62 17.09 17.57 18.04 18.52
O 22.08 22.61 23.33 23.96 24.21 24.93 25.64 26.36 27.06 27.78
3 B 16.06 16.59 17.13 17.66 18.20 18.73 19.27 19.80 20.34 20.87
O 24.09 24.89 25.70 26.49 27.30 28.10 28.91 29.70 30.51 31.31
4 B 18.02 18.63 19.23 19.83 20.43 21.03 21.63 22.23 22.83 23.43
O 27.03 27.95 28.85 29.75 30.65 31.55 32.45 33.35 34.25 35.15
5 B 20.17 20.84 21.51 22.18 22.85 23.53 24.20 24.87 25.54 26.21
O 30.26 31.26 32.27 33.27 34.28 35.30 36.30 37.31 38.31 39.32
6 B 22.48 23.23 23.98 24.73 25.48 26.23 26.97 27.72 28.47 29.22
O 33.72 34.85 35.97 37.10 38.22 39.35 40.46 41.58 42.71 43.83
7 B 24.98 25.81 26.65 27.48 28.31 29.14 29.98 30.81 31.64 32.48
O 37.47 38.72 39.98 41.22 42.47 43.71 44.97 46.22 47.46 48.72
8 B 27.66 28.59 29.51 30.43 31.35 32.28 33.20 34.12 35.04 35.97
O 41.49 42.89 44.27 45.65 47.03 48.42 49.80 50.48 50.48 50.48
9 B 30.55 31.57 32.59 33.61 34.63 35.65 36.67 37.68 38.70 39.72
O 45.83 47.36 48.89 50.42 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48
10 B 33.65 34.77 35.89 37.01 38.13 39.25 40.38 41.50 42.62 43.74
O 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48
11 B 36.97 38.20 39.43 40.66 41.90 43.13 44.36 45.59 46.83 48.06
O 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48
12 B 44.31 45.79 47.26 48.74 50.22 51.70 53.17 54.65 56.13 57.61
O 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 50.48 51.70 53.17 54.65 56.13 57.61
13 B 52.69 54.45 56.20 57.96 59.72 61.47 63.23 64.99 66.74 68.50
O 52.69 54.45 56.20 57.96 59.72 61.47 63.23 64.99 66.74 68.50
14 B 62.26 64.34 66.41 68.49 70.57 72.64 74.72 76.79 78.87 80.94
O 62.26 64.34 66.41 68.49 70.57 72.64 74.72 76.79 78.87 80.94
15 B 73.24 75.68 78.12 80.56 83.00 85.45 87.89 90.33 92.77 93.53
O 73.24 75.68 78.12 80.56 83.00 85.45 87.89 90.33 92.77 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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