ZOA - Oakland ARTCC - even though its a level 11 (old scale) with 30.34% locality pay has about the highest salaries in the US.
Old Pay Scale - Controllers at the pay cap make $14,000 USD a month base pay plus CIP pay ( 8% of basic pay not counting locality), Night Shift (10%), Sunday Pay (25%), and Training Pay (10%) being added. Controllers with 20 plus years at ZOA are making $190,000 gross before overtime a year. Unfortunitly with the new pay scale no one will reach these levels again for a long time.
New Pay scale is $89,000 to $129,000 for a CPC.
New CPC certifing today makes $7416 a month gross before adding the CIP, night, sunday and training pay.
CIP is being eliminated at 2% a year.