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Compensation

2025 FDIC Base Salary Structure

For CG and CM employees

Effective January 12, 2025

GradeMinimumMaximum
CG-01$24,596$38,878
CG-02$27,656$43,977
CG-03$30,177$49,567
CG-04$33,875$55,653
CG-05$37,899$62,253
CG-06$42,248$69,399
CG-07$46,947$77,126
CG-08$51,992$85,414
CG-09$57,426$94,332
CG-10$63,238$103,879
CG-11$69,479$114,130
CG-12$83,277$136,807
CG-13$99,028$162,677
CG-14$117,020$192,231
CG-15$137,646$226,114
GradeMinimumMaximum
CM-00$131,914$252,834

2025 FDIC Locality Rates

Applicable to CG and CM positions

OPM Locality Pay Area Definitions

OPM Duty Station Locator

Effective January 12, 2025

Locality Pay AreaFDIC Rate
Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA20.77%
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM18.33%
Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA-AL23.79%
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX20.35%
Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL18.24%
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT33.01%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY22.41%
Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT19.45%
Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC19.67%
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI30.86%
Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN21.93%
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA22.23%
Colorado Springs, CO20.15%
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH22.15%
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX17.63%
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK27.26%
Davenport-Moline, IA-IL18.93%
Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH21.42%
Denver-Aurora, CO30.52%
Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA18.01%
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI29.12%
Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA17.65%
Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA19.43%
Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA32.08%
Houston-The Woodlands, TX35.00%
Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN21.91%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN18.15%
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS18.97%
Laredo, TX21.59%
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ19.57%
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA36.47%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL24.67%
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI22.42%
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI27.62%
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA40.07%
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA18.23%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL17.93%
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD28.99%
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ22.45%
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV21.03%
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA26.13%
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC22.24%
Reno-Fernley, NV17.52%
Rest of U.S17.06%
Richmond, VA22.28%
Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY17.88%
Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV29.76%
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX18.78%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA33.72%
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA51.75%
Seattle-Tacoma, WA31.57%
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d’Alene, WA-ID17.67%
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL20.03%
Tucson-Nogales, AZ19.28%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC18.80%
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA33.94%

Notes:

  • The salary cap for CG positions, including locality pay, is $255,000.
  • The salary cap for CM positions, including locality pay, is $275,000.

2025 FDIC Total Salary Structure

For most CX and EM employees

Effective January 12, 2025

GradeMinimumMaximum
CX-00$275,000$290,000
EM-00$275,000$310,000

Note: CX and EM employees do not receive locality pay.

Last Updated: December 27, 2024