GS-8 Pay in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS

$57,127 โ€“ $74,261 per year • 19.66% locality adjustment

2026 rates • $1,407 more than Rest of US at Step 5

GS-8 Salary Summary โ€” Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS

Entry (Step 1) $57,127/yr $2,197 biweekly
Mid (Step 5) $64,742/yr $2,490 biweekly
Top (Step 10) $74,261/yr $2,856 biweekly
Locality Adj. +19.66% +$10,637 at Step 5

Complete GS-8 Pay Table โ€” Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS (2026)

Step Annual Monthly Biweekly Hourly Base Pay Locality Add
Step 1 $57,127 $4,761 $2,197 $27.37 $47,741 +$9,386
Step 2 $59,031 $4,919 $2,270 $28.29 $49,332 +$9,699
Step 3 $60,934 $5,078 $2,344 $29.20 $50,923 +$10,011
Step 4 $62,838 $5,237 $2,417 $30.11 $52,514 +$10,324
Step 5 $64,742 $5,395 $2,490 $31.02 $54,105 +$10,637
Step 6 $66,646 $5,554 $2,563 $31.93 $55,696 +$10,950
Step 7 $68,550 $5,713 $2,637 $32.85 $57,287 +$11,263
Step 8 $70,453 $5,871 $2,710 $33.76 $58,878 +$11,575
Step 9 $72,357 $6,030 $2,783 $34.67 $60,469 +$11,888
Step 10 $74,261 $6,188 $2,856 $35.58 $62,060 +$12,201

Compare Nearby Grades in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS

How does GS-8 Step 5 compare to adjacent grades in this locality?

GS-7
$58,460
GS-8
$64,742
GS-9
$71,496

Promotion from GS-7 to GS-8 at Step 5 in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS is a raise of $6,282 per year.

GS-8 Federal Jobs in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS

Federal employees at GS-8 in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS locality area earn between $57,127 and $74,261 annually in 2026. This includes a 19.66% locality pay adjustment on top of the GS-8 base pay of $47,741 to $62,060.

The Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS locality area covers Missouri, Kansas. At Step 5, a GS-8 employee here earns $1,407 more per year than the same grade and step under the "Rest of United States" rate (17.06%).

The biweekly pay for a GS-8 Step 1 in this area is $2,197, or approximately $27.37 per hour based on the standard 2,087-hour work year. Step increases are automatic with acceptable performance โ€” it takes 18 years to progress from Step 1 to Step 10.

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