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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-ATL (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 23.79%

For the Locality Pay Area of Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL

Total Increase: 1.98%

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

39305

40623

41929

43231

44536

45298

46593

47896

47948

49166

2

43261

44291

45723

46935

47461

48857

50253

51648

53044

54439

3

46186

47725

49263

50802

52341

53880

55418

56958

58497

60036

4

50701

52392

54083

55774

57465

59156

60846

62537

64228

65919

5

55446

57294

59141

60988

62836

64683

66531

68378

70225

72073

6

60381

62393

64405

66418

68430

70443

72454

74467

76480

78492

7

65512

67696

69881

72066

74249

76434

78618

80803

82986

85171

8

70797

73157

75518

77879

80238

82599

84960

87320

89681

92042

9

76257

78799

81340

83883

86424

88965

91507

94048

96591

99132

10

81840

84568

87295

90024

92751

95478

98206

100933

103662

106389

11

87573

90490

93409

96327

99246

102165

105083

108002

110920

113839

12

102152

105557

108962

112368

115773

119179

122586

125991

129396

132802

13

118129

122067

126005

129942

133880

137818

141756

145693

149631

153569

14

135640

140162

144683

149205

153726

158247

162769

167290

171812

176333

15

157226

162467

167707

172948

178188

183430

188670

193911

195200 *

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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