[SoftballMominVA]

http://www.fedjobs.com/pay/pay.html

A GS-13 (step 8 or so) will get you around $110K. Not bad for a HS diploma and limited skills (as in the specific example I mentioned)

Uhm.... not so much. Check the link. A 13-8 makes about $88k. While not bad - it's not $110k.

[TankerKC]

Uhm.... not so much.

It is 110K with the 24% increase from locality pay in DC.

[sitetest]

Dear SoftballMominVA,

As the poster was referring to folks in the Washington, DC area, one should look at the GS scale with the Washington, DC region adjustment.

In the Washington, DC region, a GS-13, step 8 gets $109,807 for 2010.

As well, the only place in the United States where a GS-13, step 8 makes less than $100,914 is Alaska, since that is the only region with a “locality pay” adjustmment under 14.16%.

Look a little further down at your own link for the locality pay differentials.

sitetest