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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-BN (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 19.45%

For the Locality Pay Area of Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT

Total Increase: 2.11%

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

37927

39199

40459

41716

42975

43710

44960

46216

46267

47442

2

41744

42738

44120

45289

45797

47145

48491

49837

51184

52531

3

44567

46052

47536

49021

50506

51991

53475

54961

56446

57931

4

48923

50555

52187

53818

55450

57082

58713

60345

61977

63608

5

53502

55285

57067

58849

60633

62415

64198

65981

67763

69546

6

58264

60205

62147

64090

66031

67973

69914

71856

73799

75740

7

63215

65322

67431

69539

71646

73754

75862

77970

80077

82185

8

68315

70593

72870

75148

77425

79703

81981

84259

86537

88815

9

73584

76036

78488

80942

83394

85846

88299

90751

93204

95657

10

78971

81603

84235

86868

89499

92131

94763

97395

100027

102659

11

84503

87318

90135

92950

95767

98583

101399

104215

107031

109847

12

98570

101856

105142

108428

111714

115000

118288

121574

124860

128146

13

113988

117787

121587

125387

129186

132986

136786

140585

144385

148185

14

130885

135248

139611

143974

148337

152699

157062

161425

165788

170151

15

151713

156771

161827

166885

171941

176999

182055

187112

192170

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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