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NIST Pay Charts

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APMS Pay Charts

Location

Year

Washington/Baltimore/Northern Virginia, DC/MD/PA/VA/WV

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Denver/Aurora/Boulder, CO

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA 2023 2022 2021 N/A N/A

Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Austin-Round Rock, TX 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-ME 2023 2022 2021 N/A N/A

Charlotte/Concord, NC-SC

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 2023 2022 2021 N/A N/A

Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH

2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
Colorado Springs, CO 2023 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK  2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA 2023 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Hartford-West Hartford, CT-MA

2023 2022 N/A N/A 2019

Hawaii

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Houston-The Woodlands, TX 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL 2023 2022 2021 N/A N/A
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 2023 N/A N/A N/A N/A

New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 2023 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2023 2022 2021 N/A N/A
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2023 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA 2023 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Rest of US

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Richmond, VA 2023 2022 2021 N/A N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX N/A 2022 2021 N/A N/A
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A

San Jose-San Francisco, CA

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Seattle, WA

2023 2022 2021 N/A N/A
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL N/A N/A 2021 N/A N/A
Tucson-Nogales, AZ 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC 2023 2022 N/A N/A N/A
International Duty Stations N/A N/A 2021 2020 2019

Pay Charts from Other Pay Systems

Pay System

Year

General Schedule

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Experts and Consultants

2023 2022 2021 2020 TBD

Federal Wage System - DC/Baltimore areas

2023 2022 TBD TBD TBD

Federal Wage System - Denver, CO area

2023 2022 2021 2020 TBD

Executive Schedule

2023 2022 2021 2020 TBD

SES (Basic pay rates)

2023 2022 2021 2020 TBD

SL/ST (Basic pay rates)

2023 2022 2021 2020 TBD
Created June 24, 2009, Updated June 15, 2023