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Locality pay

The geographic percentage added to GS base salaries.

OPM sets a locality percentage for each of 58 pay areas (including a catch-all Rest of U.S.); your adjusted salary is the GS base rate increased by that percentage, capped at Executive Schedule Level IV. The percentages change with each year's pay tables.

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