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Salaries and Wages

INCLUDING SPECIAL BASE RATES AT GS-3 THROUGH GS-10 AND

INCORPORATING THE 2.90% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 28.28%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF HOUSTON-BAYTOWN-HUNTSVILLE, TX

(See http://www.opm.gov/oca/09tables/locdef.asp for definitions of locality pay areas.)

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.62%)

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2009

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	22500	23252	24000	24745	25493	25933	26672	27417	27447	28150
2	25298	25900	26736	27447	27753	28569	29385	30201	31017	31833
3	33121	34040	34960	35880	36800	37719	38639	39559	40479	41399
4	37183	38216	39249	40281	41314	42347	43379	44412	45444	46477
5	42760	43915	45071	46227	47383	48539	49694	50850	52006	53162
6	45084	46372	47660	48948	50236	51524	52812	54100	55387	56675
7	48671	50102	51534	52966	54397	55829	57260	58692	60124	61555
8	50731	52316	53902	55488	57073	58659	60244	61830	63415	65001
9	54280	56031	57782	59533	61284	63036	64787	66538	68289	70040
10	59776	61704	63632	65560	67488	69416	71344	73272	75200	77128
11	63555	65673	67791	69909	72027	74145	76262	78380	80498	82616
12	76177	78715	81254	83792	86331	88870	91408	93947	96486	99024
13	90585	93605	96624	99644	102664	105683	108703	111723	114743	117762
14	107043	110612	114181	117749	121318	124887	128456	132024	135593	139162
15	125915	130112	134309	138506	142704	146901	151098	153200	153200	153200

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

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