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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

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA 2024 2023 2022 2021 N/A
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM 2024 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-ME 2024 2023 2022 2021 N/A

Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 2024 2023 2022 2021 N/A

Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH

2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
Colorado Springs, CO 2024 2023 N/A N/A N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK  2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA 2024 2023 N/A N/A N/A

Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA

2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A

Hawaii

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Houston-The Woodlands, TX 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL 2024 2023 2022 2021 N/A
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 2024 2023 N/A N/A N/A

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

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 2024 2023 N/A N/A N/A
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2024 2023 2022 2021 N/A
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2024 2023 N/A N/A N/A
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA 2024 2023 N/A N/A N/A
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Rest of US

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Richmond, VA 2024 2023 2022 2021 N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX N/A N/A 2022 2021 N/A
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A

San Jose-San Francisco, CA

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Seattle-Tacoma, WA

2024 2023 2022 2021 N/A
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL N/A N/A N/A 2021 N/A
Tucson-Nogales, AZ 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC 2024 2023 2022 N/A N/A
International Duty Stations N/A N/A N/A 2021 2020

Pay Charts from Other Pay Systems

Pay System

Year

General Schedule

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Experts and Consultants

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Federal Wage System - DC/Baltimore areas

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Federal Wage System - Denver, CO area

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Executive Schedule

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

SES (Basic pay rates)

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

SL/ST (Basic pay rates)

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Created June 24, 2009, Updated January 10, 2024