What is a GS-1 position?

GS-1 is the 1st paygrade in the General Schedule (GS) payscale, the payscale used to determine the salaries of most civilian government employees. The GS-1 pay grade generally marks an entry-level position. The hourly base pay of a Step 1 GS-1 employee is $9.36 per hour1.

What is the GS equivalent to military rank?

Equivalent Civilian to Military Ranks

What is the difference between GS and WS?

Wage grade (WG) is the term used to describe non-supervisory Federal Wage System (FWS) employees. Wage supervisors (WS) are supervisory FWS employees.

What’s the difference between GS and FG pay?

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What are the pay bands for the GS?

Pay Banding is often implemented by compressing the GS’s 15 grades into four or five Pay Bands. These pay bands typically range from GS-1 to GS-5, GS-6 to GS-11, GS-12 to GS-13 and GS-14 to GS-15. Each pay band has a minimum and maximum pay. Within these bands, pay is based on employee performance.

How is the General Schedule ( GS ) pay scale determined?

The General Schedule (GS) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees. An employee’s base pay depends on two factors – the GS Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). The 2021 GS base pay table is displayed below.

How much do GS-9 Step 1 employees get paid?

The General Schedule pay raise this year was 1.4%. This translates to a base pay raise of approximately $622.59 for a GS-9 Step 1 employee. Remember that final General Schedule salaries will be higher, depending on the locality in which you work. Visit our locality pages or use our pay calculator…