Boston, Mass. 1997 Salary Table

                    
                                SALARY TABLE NO. 97-BOS                   

      INCORPORATING THE 2.30% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND  A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 7.97%
             FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF BOSTON-WORCESTER-LAWRENCE, MA-NH-ME-CT
                               (Net Increase:  2.58%)

                               Effective January 1997

                           ANNUAL Rates by Grade and Step

          1        2        3        4        5        6        7        8        9       10

GS-1   $13,679  $14,134  $14,589  $15,042  $15,499  $15,766  $16,214  $16,666  $16,686  $17,107

   2    15,378   15,745   16,255   16,686   16,874   17,370   17,867   18,364   18,860   19,357

   3    16,781   17,340   17,899   18,459   19,018   19,577   20,136   20,696   21,255   21,814

   4    18,838   19,466   20,094   20,723   21,351   21,979   22,608   23,236   23,865   24,493

   5    21,076   21,779   22,482   23,184   23,887   24,590   25,293   25,996   26,699   27,402

   6    23,492   24,275   25,058   25,840   26,623   27,406   28,189   28,972   29,754   30,537

   7    26,105   26,975   27,845   28,716   29,586   30,456   31,326   32,197   33,067   33,937

   8    28,911   29,875   30,839   31,804   32,768   33,732   34,696   35,660   36,625   37,589

   9    31,934   32,999   34,063   35,128   36,193   37,257   38,322   39,386   40,451   41,516

  10    35,167   36,339   37,512   38,685   39,857   41,030   42,202   43,375   44,547   45,720

  11    38,638   39,926   41,214   42,502   43,790   45,079   46,367   47,655   48,943   50,231

  12    46,308   47,852   49,396   50,940   52,484   54,028   55,572   57,116   58,660   60,204

  13    55,068   56,903   58,739   60,574   62,410   64,245   66,081   67,916   69,752   71,587

  14    65,074   67,243   69,412   71,581   73,750   75,919   78,088   80,257   82,426   84,596

  15    76,544   79,096   81,647   84,198   86,750   89,301   91,852   94,404   96,955   99,506