Salary Table 2026-CHI
Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 30.86%
For the Locality Pay Area of Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
Total Increase: 1%
Effective January 2026
Annual Rates by Grade and Step
|
Grade
|
Step 1
|
Step 2
|
Step 3
|
Step 4
|
Step 5
|
Step 6
|
Step 7
|
Step 8
|
Step 9
|
Step 10
|
|
1
|
29553 |
30544 |
31527 |
32506 |
33486 |
34060 |
35033 |
36011 |
36052 |
36965 |
|
2
|
33229 |
34020 |
35122 |
36052 |
36455 |
37527 |
38598 |
39670 |
40742 |
41814 |
|
3
|
36259 |
37468 |
38677 |
39886 |
41095 |
42304 |
43514 |
44723 |
45932 |
47141 |
|
4
|
40701 |
42058 |
43415 |
44772 |
46129 |
47486 |
48843 |
50201 |
51558 |
52915 |
|
5
|
45538 |
47056 |
48574 |
50092 |
51610 |
53128 |
54646 |
56164 |
57682 |
59200 |
|
6
|
50762 |
52454 |
54146 |
55838 |
57530 |
59222 |
60914 |
62606 |
64298 |
65990 |
|
7
|
56409 |
58289 |
60169 |
62050 |
63930 |
65811 |
67691 |
69572 |
71452 |
73333 |
|
8
|
62470 |
64552 |
66634 |
68716 |
70798 |
72880 |
74962 |
77044 |
79126 |
81208 |
|
9
|
68999 |
71299 |
73600 |
75900 |
78201 |
80501 |
82802 |
85102 |
87403 |
89703 |
|
10
|
75983 |
78515 |
81047 |
83579 |
86111 |
88643 |
91175 |
93708 |
96240 |
98772 |
|
11
|
83482 |
86266 |
89049 |
91832 |
94616 |
97399 |
100182 |
102966 |
105749 |
108533 |
|
12
|
100059 |
103395 |
106731 |
110066 |
113402 |
116738 |
120073 |
123409 |
126744 |
130080 |
|
13
|
118984 |
122951 |
126917 |
130884 |
134850 |
138816 |
142783 |
146749 |
150715 |
154682 |
|
14
|
140604 |
145291 |
149979 |
154666 |
159353 |
164041 |
168728 |
173416 |
178103 |
182790 |
|
15
|
165386 |
170899 |
176412 |
181925 |
187439 |
192952 |
197200 * |
197200 * |
197200 * |
197200 * |
* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
