Pay Tables

Individuals hired into the Department may be paid according to one of many available salary schedules. The schedule assigned to a position is determined by both the appointment type as well as the position’s classification authority. Links to some of the most common salary schedules are provided below.

Pay Tables for White-Collar Positions

• General Schedule (GS) (including Special Rate Tables) http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/

• Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/

• Executive Schedule (EX) http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/

• Senior Executive Service (SES) http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/

• Senior Level (SL) and Senior Technical (ST) http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/

• Experts and Consultants (or Advisory Committee Members) http://www.nist.gov/ohrm/compensation/paycharts.cfm

• Commerce Alternative Personnel System (CAPS) http://hr.commerce.gov/Practitioners/CompensationAndLeave/DEV01_006348

• NIST’s Alternative Personnel Management System (APMS) http://www.nist.gov/ohrm/compensation/paycharts.cfm

Pay Tables for Non White-Collar Positions

• Federal Wage System http://www.cpms.osd.mil/Subpage/Wage/

Other Salary Schedules

• General Government (GG) (See pay rates under the General Schedule, above)

• Administratively Determined (AD) (USPTO)

• NOAA Wage Marines http://www.wfm.noaa.gov/policies/Pay-WageMarine.html