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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-AQ (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 18.33%

For the Locality Pay Area of Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM

Total Increase: 1.94%

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

37571

38831

40080

41324

42572

43300

44538

45783

45833

46997

2

41353

42337

43706

44865

45368

46702

48036

49370

50704

52038

3

44149

45620

47091

48561

50032

51503

52974

54446

55917

57388

4

48464

50081

51697

53314

54930

56546

58163

59779

61396

63012

5

53000

54767

56532

58298

60064

61830

63596

65362

67127

68894

6

57718

59641

61565

63489

65412

67336

69259

71183

73107

75030

7

62623

64710

66798

68887

70974

73063

75150

77239

79326

81415

8

67674

69931

72187

74444

76699

78956

81212

83469

85725

87982

9

72894

75323

77752

80183

82612

85041

87471

89900

92331

94760

10

78230

80838

83445

86053

88660

91267

93875

96482

99090

101696

11

83710

86499

89289

92078

94869

97659

100448

103238

106027

108817

12

97646

100901

104156

107412

110667

113922

117179

120434

123689

126944

13

112919

116683

120447

124211

127975

131739

135503

139267

143031

146795

14

129658

133980

138302

142624

146946

151267

155590

159911

164234

168555

15

150291

155301

160310

165320

170329

175339

180348

185358

190368

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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