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Your wages can somewhat vary from the federal GS pay scale due to fluctuating costs of living in each region. For example, New York's high living costs allows for a significant increase adjustment over the base schedule. At the low end of the GS is Grade 1, Step 1, which pays $17,803, at the time of publication. A Grade 1, Step 10 employee earns $22,269. At the high end, a Grade 15, Step 1 employee receives $99,628, whereas a Grade 15, Step 10 employee earns $129,517, at the time of publication.
You may also be able to negotiate your starting salary if your previous employer pay was greater than step 1 of the pay grade you are hired into. Each GS grade has 10 pay steps. Currently, a GS-9 starts at $41,979 for step 1 and reaches $54,570 per year at step 10 (not including locality pay adjustments) .At the GS-9 grade, each pay step adds $1,399 to the annual salary. Pay steps are earned based on time in service and the employeeâs work performance.or those not in a specific locality area use the table titled Rest of U.S. The GS-9 step-1 pay on the Base Rate Chart is $42,39. The same grade pays $48,403 on the Rest of U.S. chart and $57,302 in the San Jose, San Francisco-Oakland areas.