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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-COL (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 22.15%

For the Locality Pay Area of Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH

Total Increase: 1.99%

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

38784

40085

41373

42658

43946

44698

45976

47261

47312

48514

2

42688

43704

45117

46313

46832

48210

49587

50963

52341

53718

3

45574

47092

48611

50129

51647

53166

54684

56204

57722

59240

4

50029

51698

53366

55035

56703

58372

60040

61709

63378

65046

5

54711

56535

58357

60180

62003

63826

65650

67472

69294

71118

6

59581

61566

63552

65538

67523

69509

71494

73481

75467

77452

7

64644

66799

68955

71111

73266

75422

77576

79732

81887

84043

8

69859

72188

74518

76847

79175

81505

83834

86163

88493

90822

9

75247

77755

80262

82771

85279

87787

90295

92802

95311

97819

10

80756

83448

86139

88831

91522

94213

96905

99596

102288

104979

11

86413

89292

92172

95051

97931

100812

103691

106571

109450

112330

12

100798

104159

107519

110879

114240

117600

120961

124322

127682

131043

13

116564

120450

124335

128221

132106

135992

139878

143763

147649

151534

14

133843

138306

142766

147229

151690

156150

160613

165074

169536

173997

15

155143

160315

165485

170657

175828

180999

186170

191342

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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