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Administratively Determined Pay Plan Charts

The Administratively Determined Pay Plan salary structure is outlined below. These tables are for 2023 and are effective as of January 2, 2023. The tables below do not include locality based comparability adjustments (locality pay). Total pay with locality for grades AD-21 through AD-37 is limited to $183,400 in 2023.  

Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA)

AD Grade Years Experience Minimum Q-2 25th Percentile Midpoint Q-4 75th Percentile Maximum
AD-21 0-2 $59,319 $69,700 $80,080 $90,461 $100,841
AD-23 3-4 $63,734 $74,888 $86,042 $97,196 $108,349
AD-25 5 $68,480 $80,464 $92,448 $104,432 $116,415
AD-26 6 $73,578 $86,455 $99,331 $112,208 $125,084
AD-27 7 $79,058 $92,894 $106,729 $120,563 $134,398
AD-28 8 $84,945 $99,810 $114,674 $129,540 $144,404
AD-29 9+ $91,267 $107,239 $123,211 $139,183 $155,155

Total pay with locality limited to $183,400 in 2023. See Schedule 9, Dec 23, 2022 Executive Order, for rates.

Executive, Managerial, Supervisory, Special Assistant or Senior Litigation Counsel AUSAs

AD Grade Minimum Q-2 25th Percentile Midpoint Q-4 75th Percentile Maximum
AD-30 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
AD-31 $119,602 $134,551 $149,501 $164,451 $179,404
AD-33 $125,893 $141,630 $157,367 $170,363 $183,400
AD-35 $132,515 $149,078 $165,643 $174,500 $183,400
AD-37 $139,486 $156,921 $174,357 $183,400 $183,400
AD-39 $0 n/a $183,400 n/a n/a
AD-40 n/a n/a $183,400 n/a n/a

For 2023, total pay (with locality) in grades AD-31 through 37 is limited to $183,400. See Schedule 9, Dec 23, 2022 Executive Order, for rates. No locality pay at AD-39 and 40. Employees whose base pay (without locality) is equal to or greater than $183,467 in 2023 are subject to certain post-employment restrictions in 18 U.S.C. 207(c).

Locality-Based Comparability Payments

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2023)

Locality Pay Area* Rate
Alaska 31.32%
Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA 19.45%
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM 17.63%
Atlanta—Athens-Clarke County—Sandy Springs, GA-AL 23.02%
Austin-Round Rock, TX 19.40%
Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL 17.41%
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-ME 31.05%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 21.35%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 18.31%
Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 18.63%
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 29.79%
Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN 21.35%
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH 21.69%
Colorado Springs, CO 19.11%
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH 21.27%
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX 17.10%
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK 26.37%
Davenport-Moline, IA-IL 18.21%
Dayton-Springfield-Sidney, OH 20.59%
Denver-Aurora, CO 29.05%
Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA 17.13%
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI 28.37%
Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA 18.59%
Hartford-West Hartford, CT-MA 30.91%
Hawaii 21.17%
Houston-The Woodlands, TX 34.47%
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL 20.96%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN 17.57%
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS 18.18%
Laredo, TX 20.64%
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ 18.76%
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 34.89%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL 24.14%
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI 21.74%
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 26.39%
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA 36.16%
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA 17.52%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 17.30%
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD 27.84%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 21.44%
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV 20.37%
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA 24.98%
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 21.37%
Richmond, VA 21.38%
Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV 28.30%
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX 18.00%
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 32.01%
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 44.15%
Seattle-Tacoma, WA 29.57%
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL 19.10%
Tucson-Nogales, AZ 18.40%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC 17.94%
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA 32.49%

* Locality Pay Areas are defined in 5 CFR 531.603.

Updated May 18, 2023