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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-BU (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 22.41%

For the Locality Pay Area of Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY

Total Increase: 2.05%

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

38866

40170

41461

42749

44039

44793

46074

47362

47413

48618

2

42779

43797

45213

46412

46932

48313

49692

51072

52453

53832

3

45671

47193

48714

50236

51757

53279

54801

56323

57845

59366

4

50135

51808

53480

55152

56824

58496

60168

61840

63512

65185

5

54827

56655

58481

60308

62135

63962

65789

67616

69442

71270

6

59708

61697

63687

65678

67667

69657

71647

73637

75627

77617

7

64782

66941

69102

71262

73422

75582

77741

79902

82061

84222

8

70008

72342

74676

77011

79344

81678

84012

86347

88681

91016

9

75407

77920

80433

82947

85461

87974

90487

93000

95514

98027

10

80928

83626

86322

89020

91717

94414

97112

99808

102506

105203

11

86597

89482

92368

95253

98140

101026

103911

106798

109683

112569

12

101013

104380

107748

111115

114483

117850

121219

124586

127954

131321

13

116812

120706

124600

128494

132388

136282

140175

144069

147963

151857

14

134128

138600

143070

147542

152012

156483

160954

165425

169897

174367

15

155473

160656

165837

171020

176202

181385

186566

191749

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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