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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-CT (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 19.67%

For the Locality Pay Area of Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC

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

37996

39271

40533

41792

43054

43791

45043

46302

46352

47529

2

41821

42817

44201

45373

45881

47231

48580

49929

51279

52627

3

44649

46136

47624

49111

50599

52086

53574

55063

56550

58038

4

49013

50648

52283

53917

55552

57187

58821

60456

62091

63725

5

53600

55387

57172

58958

60744

62530

64317

66102

67888

69674

6

58371

60316

62262

64208

66152

68098

70043

71989

73935

75879

7

63332

65443

67555

69667

71778

73890

76001

78113

80224

82337

8

68440

70723

73005

75287

77568

79850

82132

84414

86696

88978

9

73719

76176

78633

81091

83548

86004

88461

90918

93376

95833

10

79116

81754

84390

87028

89664

92300

94938

97574

100212

102848

11

84658

87479

90301

93121

95943

98765

101585

104407

107228

110050

12

98752

102044

105336

108628

111920

115212

118506

121798

125090

128382

13

114197

118004

121811

125618

129424

133231

137038

140844

144651

148458

14

131126

135498

139868

144239

148610

152980

157352

161722

166094

170464

15

151993

157060

162125

167192

172258

177325

182390

187457

192524

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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