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Salaries and Wages

INCORPORATING THE 2.10% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 26.37%

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

(See http://www.opm.gov/oca/06tables/locdef.asp for definitions of locality pay areas.)

(TOTAL INCREASE: 3.41%)

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2006

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	20664	21354	22041	22725	23413	23817	24494	25179	25207	25843
2	23233	23785	24555	25207	25488	26237	26986	27736	28485	29234
3	25350	26195	27041	27886	28731	29577	30422	31268	32113	32959
4	28457	29406	30355	31304	32253	33202	34151	35101	36050	36999
5	31839	32900	33962	35023	36085	37146	38208	39269	40331	41392
6	35491	36674	37857	39039	40222	41405	42588	43771	44954	46136
7	39439	40753	42067	43382	44696	46010	47324	48639	49953	51267
8	43677	45133	46589	48045	49500	50956	52412	53868	55324	56779
9	48242	49850	51459	53068	54677	56285	57894	59503	61111	62720
10	53126	54896	56667	58437	60208	61978	63749	65519	67289	69060
11	58369	60315	62261	64207	66153	68100	70046	71992	73938	75884
12	69958	72290	74621	76953	79285	81616	83948	86279	88611	90942
13	83192	85964	88737	91510	94282	97055	99827	102600	105372	108145
14	98307	101584	104861	108137	111414	114691	117968	121244	124521	127798
15	115637	119492	123346	127200	131055	134909	138763	142617	143000	143000

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

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