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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-CHI (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 30.86%

For the Locality Pay Area of Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI

Total Increase: 2.05%

Effective March 23, 2025

Hourly Basic (B) Rates by Grade and Step

Hourly Title 5 Overtime (O) Rates for FLSA-Exempt Employees by Grade and Step

Grade B/O Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
1 B 19.91 20.58 21.24 21.90 22.56 22.94 23.60 24.26 24.29 24.90
O 29.87 30.87 31.86 32.85 33.84 34.41 35.40 36.39 36.44 37.35
2 B 21.91 22.43 23.16 23.77 24.04 24.75 25.45 26.16 26.87 27.57
O 32.87 33.65 34.74 35.66 36.06 37.13 38.18 39.24 40.31 41.36
3 B 23.39 24.17 24.95 25.73 26.51 27.29 28.07 28.85 29.63 30.41
O 35.09 36.26 37.43 38.60 39.77 40.94 42.11 43.28 44.45 45.62
4 B 25.68 26.54 27.39 28.25 29.11 29.96 30.82 31.68 32.53 33.39
O 38.52 39.81 41.09 42.38 43.67 44.94 46.23 47.52 48.80 50.09
5 B 28.08 29.02 29.96 30.89 31.83 32.76 33.70 34.63 35.57 36.51
O 42.12 43.53 44.94 46.34 47.75 49.14 50.55 51.95 53.36 54.77
6 B 30.58 31.60 32.62 33.64 34.66 35.68 36.70 37.72 38.74 39.76
O 45.87 47.40 48.93 50.46 51.99 53.52 55.05 56.58 58.11 59.64
7 B 33.18 34.29 35.40 36.50 37.61 38.72 39.82 40.93 42.03 43.14
O 49.77 51.44 53.10 54.75 56.42 58.08 59.73 61.40 62.18 62.18
8 B 35.86 37.06 38.25 39.45 40.64 41.84 43.03 44.23 45.43 46.62
O 53.79 55.59 57.38 59.18 60.96 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18
9 B 38.63 39.91 41.20 42.49 43.78 45.06 46.35 47.64 48.93 50.21
O 57.95 59.87 61.80 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18
10 B 41.45 42.84 44.22 45.60 46.98 48.36 49.74 51.13 52.51 53.89
O 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18
11 B 44.36 45.84 47.31 48.79 50.27 51.75 53.23 54.71 56.18 57.66
O 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18
12 B 51.74 53.47 55.19 56.92 58.64 60.37 62.09 63.82 65.54 67.27
O 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 62.18 63.82 65.54 67.27
13 B 59.84 61.83 63.82 65.82 67.81 69.81 71.80 73.80 75.79 77.79
O 62.18 62.18 63.82 65.82 67.81 69.81 71.80 73.80 75.79 77.79
14 B 68.70 71.00 73.29 75.58 77.87 80.16 82.45 84.74 87.03 89.32
O 68.70 71.00 73.29 75.58 77.87 80.16 82.45 84.74 87.03 89.32
15 B 79.64 82.29 84.95 87.60 90.26 92.91 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53
O 79.64 82.29 84.95 87.60 90.26 92.91 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

Note: These hourly 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. Also, the wildland firefighter special base rate for GS-10, step 1, is used in computing the applicable title 5 overtime hourly rate cap under 5 U.S.C. 5542 and 5 CFR 550.113 for all FLSA-exempt wildland firefighters.

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