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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-CIN (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 21.93%

For the Locality Pay Area of Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN

Total Increase: 1.90%

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

38714

40013

41299

42582

43867

44618

45893

47176

47227

48427

2

42611

43625

45036

46230

46748

48123

49497

50872

52247

53621

3

45492

47008

48523

50039

51554

53070

54586

56102

57618

59134

4

49939

51604

53270

54936

56601

58267

59932

61598

63263

64929

5

54612

56433

58252

60071

61892

63711

65531

67350

69170

70990

6

59474

61455

63438

65420

67402

69384

71366

73348

75331

77312

7

64528

66679

68831

70983

73134

75286

77437

79589

81739

83891

8

69733

72058

74383

76709

79033

81358

83683

86008

88333

90659

9

75111

77615

80118

82622

85125

87629

90132

92635

95140

97643

10

80610

83298

85984

88671

91357

94043

96731

99417

102104

104790

11

86257

89131

92006

94880

97755

100630

103504

106379

109253

112128

12

100617

103971

107325

110680

114034

117388

120744

124098

127452

130807

13

116354

120233

124111

127990

131869

135747

139626

143504

147383

151261

14

133602

138056

142509

146963

151416

155869

160323

164776

169230

173683

15

154863

160026

165187

170350

175511

180673

185835

190997

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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