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Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-110

§10203 Basic Pay

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart I — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 102 — UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION PERSONNEL › § 10203

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sets the yearly basic pay for members of the Secret Service Uniformed Division by rank and step. The ranks are Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Inspector, Deputy Chief, Assistant Chief, and Chief. Officer pay runs from $44,000 (step 1) up to $75,680 (step 13). Sergeant steps shown run from $59,708 to $87,032. Lieutenant steps shown run from $69,018 to $95,738. Captain steps shown run from $79,594 to $105,312. Inspector steps shown run from $91,533 to $121,108. Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief pay is set at 95 percent of the pay for level V of the Executive Schedule. Chief pay equals the full rate for level V of the Executive Schedule. When General Schedule pay rates go up, these rates must increase too. The change happens at the start of the first pay period that begins on or after the first day of the month the General Schedule change takes effect. The Secretary can choose a method so steps within a rank have the same fixed-dollar increases and so percent differences between ranks at the same step stay the same. Even after adjustments, pay for Lieutenant, Captain, and Inspector cannot go above 95 percent of level V. Locality pay can apply, but the total (basic pay plus locality) cannot be higher than the basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §10203

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In General.—
The annual rates of basic pay of members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be fixed in accordance with the following schedule of rates, except that the payable annual rate of basic pay for positions at the Lieutenant, Captain, and Inspector ranks is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53.
Rank | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 | Step 11 | Step 12 | Step 13
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by “for”.
Officer | $44,000 | $46,640 | $49,280 | $51,920 | $54,560 | $57,200 | $59,840 | $62,480 | $65,120 | $67,760 | $70,400 | $73,040 | $75,680
Sergeant | .......... | .......... | .......... | 59,708 | 62,744 | 65,780 | 68,816 | 71,852 | 74,888 | 77,924 | 80,960 | 83,996 | 87,032
Lieutenant | .......... | .......... | .......... | .......... | 69,018 | 72,358 | 75,698 | 79,038 | 82,378 | 85,718 | 89,058 | 92,398 | 95,738
Captain | .......... | .......... | .......... | .......... | .......... | 79,594 | 83,268 | 86,942 | 90,616 | 94,290 | 97,964 | 101,638 | 105,312
Inspector | .......... | .......... | .......... | .......... | .......... | 91,533 | 95,758 | 99,983 | 104,208 | 108,433 | 112,658 | 116,883 | 121,108
Deputy Chief | The rate of basic pay for Deputy Chief positions will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
Assistant Chief | The rate of basic pay 1 the Assistant Chief position will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
Chief | The rate of basic pay 1 the Chief position will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
(b)Schedule Adjustment.—
(1)(A)Effective at the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an adjustment in the rates of basic pay under the General Schedule takes effect under section 5303 or other authority, the schedule of annual rates of basic pay of members (except the Deputy Chiefs, Assistant Chief and Chief) shall be adjusted by the Secretary by a percentage amount corresponding to the percentage adjustment made in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.
(B)The Secretary may establish a methodology of schedule adjustment that—
(i)results in uniform fixed-dollar step increments within any given rank; and
(ii)preserves the established percentage differences among rates of different ranks at the same step position.
(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the payable annual rate of basic pay for positions at the Lieutenant, Captain, and Inspector ranks after adjustment under paragraph (1) may not exceed 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53.
(3)Locality-based comparability payments authorized under section 5304 shall be applicable to the basic pay for all ranks under this section, except locality-based comparability payments may not be paid at a rate which, when added to the rate of basic pay otherwise payable to the member, would cause the total to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Levels IV and V of the Executive Schedule, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(2), (3), are set out in section 5315 and 5316, respectively, of this title. The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(A), is set out under section 5332 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on first day of first pay period which begins after Oct. 15, 2010, see section 5 of Pub. L. 111–282, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2010 Amendment note under section 5102 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 10203

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110