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APMS Pay Charts

Location

Year

Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV20252024202320222021
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO20252024202320222021
AlaskaN/A2024N/AN/AN/A
Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA20252024202320222021
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM20252024N/AN/AN/A
Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA20252024202320222021
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX2025202420232022N/A
Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, ALN/A202420232022N/A
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-ME20252024202320222021
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY20252024N/AN/AN/A
Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC20252024202320222021
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI20252024202320222021
Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN20252024N/AN/AN/A
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH2025202420232022N/A
Colorado Springs, CO202520242023N/AN/A
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK 2025202420232022N/A
Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA202520242023N/AN/A
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI20252024202320222021
Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA2025202420232022N/A
Hawaii20252024202320222021
Houston-The Woodlands, TX2025202420232022N/A
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL2025202420232022N/A
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN20252024N/AN/AN/A
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS2025202420232022N/A
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ20252024N/AN/AN/A
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA20252024202320222021
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL20252024202320222021
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI2025202420232022N/A
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI202520242023N/AN/A
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA20252024202320222021
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA20252024202320222021
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FLN/A20242023N/AN/A
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD20252024202320222021
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ202520242023N/AN/A
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV2025202420232022N/A
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA202520242023N/AN/A
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC20252024202320222021
Rest of US20252024202320222021
Richmond, VA20252024202320222021
Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV20252024N/AN/AN/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX20252024N/A20222021
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA2025202420232022N/A
San Jose-San Francisco, CA20252024202320222021
Seattle-Tacoma, WA20252024202320222021
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-ILN/AN/AN/AN/A2021
Tucson-Nogales, AZ2025202420232022N/A
Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC2025202420232022N/A
International Duty StationsN/AN/AN/AN/A2021

Pay Charts from Other Pay Systems

Pay System

Year

General Schedule202520242023202220212020
Experts and Consultants202520242023202220212020
Federal Wage System - DC/Baltimore areas202520242023202220212020
Federal Wage System - Denver, CO areaN/A20242023202220212020
Executive Schedule202520242023202220212020
SES (Basic pay rates)202520242023202220212020
SL/ST (Basic pay rates)202520242023202220212020
Created June 24, 2009, Updated January 6, 2025