Precedence Codes and Equivalent Grades

Consolidated DoD/Army/Air Force Precedence List (Adobe PDF)
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Precedence lists:
DoD (pdf)    Army (pdf)*    
Air Force (pdf)      Navy (pdf)       SES Precedence Changes (html)   
Order of Precedence, City of New York

* (see changes from previous list) (html)

A note on the following chart
: this is a work in progress.  There is no centralized source for the many civilian pay programs; hence, we have pieced together the following information from multiple federal sources.  If you know of other pay programs or have evidence to update or correct any of the following, please let us know at contact@jmarprotocol.com so that we can update this chart. 

Precedence of Military Ranks and Civil Service pay programs
(see explanation of program identifiers below)

Prec Code

2/3

4

5

6

7

8 @ 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Military

O10 ***

O9

O8

O7

O6

-

O5

O4

-

O3

O2

-

O1

GS

 

 

 

 

15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

GM

 

 

 

 

15

14

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSPS##

        NSPS 3 NSPS 3 NSPS 2 NSPS 2 NSPS 1 NSPS 1 NSPS 1 NSPS 1 NSPS 1

ES (SES) #

 

 

5

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST

 

 

ST

ST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SL

SL

SL

SL

SL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPA *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EX

II

III

IV

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AL

 

 

 

3-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CA

 

1

3

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FO**

      Senior 1 2 3 4 5   6    

FP**

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

4/5

5

6

7

8

VHA

Asst Secy for Health

 

Surg Gen + & Dep Surg Gen

Asst Surg Gen

Director

 

Senior

Full

 

Sr Asst

Asst

 

Jr Asst

TCO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III

III/II

II

II

I

I

TCM

 

 

 

 

IV

IV

III

III

 

 

 

 

 

WG/L/S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZA

 

 

 

 

V

IV

IV

III

III

II

II

II

II

ZS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

V/IV

IV

ZP

 

 

 

 

V