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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 22.03%

FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF DENVER-AURORA-BOULDER, CO

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

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.75%)

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	21404	22119	22831	23540	24251	24670	25372	26081	26110	26778
2	24066	24638	25433	26110	26401	27177	27953	28730	29506	30282
3	31507	32382	33257	34132	35007	35882	36757	37632	38507	39382
4	35372	36354	37336	38319	39301	40283	41266	42248	43230	44213
5	40676	41776	42875	43975	45074	46174	47273	48373	49472	50572
6	42887	44113	45338	46563	47788	49013	50239	51464	52689	53914
7	46299	47661	49023	50385	51747	53109	54471	55832	57194	58556
8	48259	49767	51276	52784	54292	55801	57309	58817	60326	61834
9	51636	53301	54967	56633	58299	59964	61630	63296	64961	66627
10	56864	58698	60532	62366	64200	66034	67868	69702	71536	73371
11	60459	62473	64488	66503	68517	70532	72547	74562	76576	78591
12	72465	74880	77295	79710	82125	84540	86955	89370	91785	94200
13	86171	89044	91917	94789	97662	100534	103407	106280	109152	112025
14	101828	105223	108618	112013	115407	118802	122197	125592	128987	132382
15	119780	123773	127765	131758	135751	139744	143737	147730	151722	153200

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

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