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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-BOS (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 32.58%

For the Locality Pay Area of Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT

Total Increase: 2.17%

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

42095

43507

44906

46301

47698

48515

49902

51297

51352

52657

2

46333

47436

48970

50268

50831

52327

53821

55315

56811

58305

3

49466

51114

52762

54410

56057

57705

59353

61003

62651

64299

4

54301

56112

57923

59734

61545

63356

65167

66978

68789

70600

5

59383

61362

63340

65318

67298

69276

71255

73233

75211

77191

6

64669

66823

68979

71134

73289

75445

77599

79755

81911

84065

7

70164

72503

74843

77183

79521

81862

84200

86540

88879

91219

8

75824

78352

80880

83409

85936

88464

90992

93521

96049

98577

9

81672

84394

87116

89839

92561

95283

98004

100726

103450

106171

10

87651

90573

93494

96416

99337

102258

105180

108100

111022

113943

11

93791

96916

100042

103167

106293

109420

112545

115671

118796

121922

12

109405

113052

116700

120347

123994

127641

131290

134937

138585

142232

13

126517

130734

134952

139169

143387

147604

151821

156039

160256

164473

14

145272

150115

154957

159800

164642

169484

174327

179169

184012

188854

15

168390

174003

179615

185229

190841

195200 *

195200 *

195200 *

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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