General Schedule Pay

For 2000, basic pay under the General Schedule or GS pay plan is as follows:

Please note that GS pay is adjusted geographically and the majority of jobs pay a higher salary. When locality payments are included, pay rates in the continental U.S. are 6.78% to 15.01% higher. Pay rates outside the continental U.S. are 10% to 25% higher. Also, certain hard-to-fill jobs, usually in the scientific, technical, medical fields, may have higher starting salaries. Exact pay information can be found on position vacancy announcements.