Free Federal Pay & Career Tools
No sign-up. Each tool states which official pay table it uses and when that table took effect.
2026 GS Pay Calculator
Calculate 2026 General Schedule pay by grade, step and locality area, including the nationwide special rate table OPM’s own calculator omits.
Open tool2026 Title 38 Pay Scale
The 2026 Title 38 pay schedules, and why no single national VA nurse pay table exists — rates are set facility by facility.
Open tool2026 VA Nurse Pay Scale
How VA sets registered nurse pay: grades, levels, steps, statutory caps, and how to find your own facility’s schedule.
Open toolProtected Veteran Status Checker
Two service questions and four category checks against 38 U.S.C. § 4211 — with no minimum disability percentage, no sign-up and nothing stored.
Open toolVeteran Federal Hiring Authority Finder
Answer one set of questions and see every federal hiring authority you can use — VEOA, VRA, the 30 percent disabled authority, Schedule A, derived preference and military spouse — each with its statutory citation and its limits.
Open tool2026 VA Chapter 31 Pay Chart (VR&E Subsistence Allowance)
Every 2026 VR&E Chapter 31 subsistence allowance rate — all five program types and all four training-time tiers, not just the full-time row — plus the formula for more than two dependents. Effective 1 October 2025.
Open toolMilitary Buyback Calculator
Calculate your post-1956 military service deposit from the statute — 3% under FERS, 7% under CSRS, with the 1999 and 2000 rate increases a flat-rate calculator misses.
Open toolGS-13 Pay Scale 2026: Salary by Step and Locality
A GS-13 earns $90,925 to $118,204 in base pay in 2026, and $121,785 to $158,322 in Washington-Baltimore. All ten steps, all 58 locality areas, from OPM Salary Table 2026-GS.
Open tool2026 AcqDemo Pay Scale: NH, NJ and NK Broadband Ranges
The 2026 AcqDemo broadband pay ranges for all three career paths. DoD has published no 2026 table — these are derived from OPM’s 2026 General Schedule using the rule that reproduces every published 2025 boundary.
Open toolGS-12 Pay Scale 2026: Salary by Step and Locality
A GS-12 earns $76,463 to $99,404 in base pay in 2026, and $102,415 to $133,142 in Washington-Baltimore. All ten steps, all 58 locality areas, from OPM Salary Table 2026-GS.
Open toolGS-14 Pay Scale 2026: Salary by Step and Locality
A GS-14 earns $107,446 to $139,684 in base pay in 2026, and $143,913 to $187,093 in Washington-Baltimore. GS-14 is the first grade where the Executive Schedule level IV cap bites.
Open toolSecurity Clearance Cost: The DCSA Rates, and Why You Pay $0
A Tier 5 investigation for a top secret clearance bills at $5,890 outside DoD and $6,240 inside it. Every rate is billed to the sponsoring agency or contractor — never to the applicant.
Open toolTerminal Leave Calculator: Sell Back or Take It
Sold-back leave pays basic pay only; leave you take also pays BAH and BAS. Compare both from your own LES figures, with the 60-day career sell-back limit applied.
Open toolHow Long Does a Security Clearance Last?
The regulation sets no expiry date. 32 CFR 117.10 contains no expiration period for eligibility and no reinvestigation interval — what governs is whether your eligibility is current and what your CSA guidance says.
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