Gs Pay Scale 2024 Increase With Locality Pay. Over time, after years of pay raises for most gs employees, coupled with no or reduced raises for others, the problem of pay compression is getting worse. Other general schedule employees covered by this table whose pay rate at their grade and step on this table is below the rate for the same grade.

The 2024 gs pay scale incorporates a 2024 federal pay raise with an overall average increase of 5.2%. Four new localities are effective in 2024 and the boundaries of most prior localities were expanded, providing an additional pay boost to affected employees—a total of some.