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OPM.gov / Policy / Pay & Leave / Salaries & Wages

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-AL (GW)

Wildland Firefighters under Pay Plan GW

Including Special Base Rates at Grades GS-1 through GS-15 and

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 20.77%

For the Locality Pay Area of Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA

Total Increase: 2.14%

Effective March 23, 2025

Annual Rates by Grade and Step

Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
1

38346

39632

40906

42177

43449

44193

45457

46727

46778

47966

2

42205

43210

44608

45790

46303

47666

49027

50388

51750

53111

3

45059

46560

48062

49563

51064

52565

54066

55569

57070

58571

4

49464

51113

52763

54413

56063

57712

59362

61012

62662

64311

5

54093

55896

57698

59500

61303

63105

64908

66710

68512

70315

6

58908

60870

62834

64798

66760

68724

70687

72650

74614

76577

7

63914

66044

68176

70307

72438

74569

76700

78831

80962

83093

8

69070

71373

73676

75979

78281

80584

82887

85190

87493

89796

9

74397

76876

79356

81836

84316

86795

89274

91754

94234

96714

10

79843

82505

85166

87828

90488

93149

95810

98471

101133

103793

11

85436

88283

91131

93977

96825

99673

102519

105367

108214

111061

12

99659

102982

106304

109627

112949

116271

119595

122917

126240

129562

13

115247

119089

122931

126772

130614

134456

138297

142139

145981

149822

14

132331

136743

141154

145565

149976

154386

158798

163209

167620

172031

15

153390

158503

163616

168729

173841

178955

184067

189180

194294

195200 *

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

Note: These locality rates apply to employees who meet the definition of "wildland firefighter" in 5 U.S.C. 5332a and receive special base rates under that section for service on or after March 23, 2025.

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