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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

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 18.21 18.82 19.42 20.02 20.63 20.98 21.58 22.19 22.21 22.77
O 27.32 28.23 29.13 30.03 30.95 31.47 32.37 33.29 33.32 34.16
2 B 20.04 20.52 21.18 21.74 21.98 22.63 23.28 23.92 24.57 25.22
O 30.06 30.78 31.77 32.61 32.97 33.95 34.92 35.88 36.86 37.83
3 B 21.39 22.11 22.82 23.53 24.24 24.96 25.67 26.38 27.10 27.81
O 32.09 33.17 34.23 35.30 36.36 37.44 38.51 39.57 40.65 41.72
4 B 23.48 24.27 25.05 25.83 26.62 27.40 28.18 28.97 29.75 30.53
O 35.22 36.41 37.58 38.75 39.93 41.10 42.27 43.46 44.63 45.80
5 B 25.68 26.54 27.39 28.25 29.11 29.96 30.82 31.67 32.53 33.38
O 38.52 39.81 41.09 42.38 43.67 44.94 46.23 47.51 48.80 50.07
6 B 27.97 28.90 29.83 30.77 31.70 32.63 33.56 34.49 35.43 36.36
O 41.96 43.35 44.75 46.16 47.55 48.95 50.34 51.74 53.15 54.54
7 B 30.35 31.36 32.37 33.38 34.39 35.40 36.42 37.43 38.44 39.45
O 45.53 47.04 48.56 50.07 51.59 53.10 54.63 56.15 56.87 56.87
8 B 32.79 33.89 34.98 36.07 37.17 38.26 39.35 40.45 41.54 42.63
O 49.19 50.84 52.47 54.11 55.76 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87
9 B 35.32 36.50 37.68 38.86 40.03 41.21 42.39 43.56 44.74 45.92
O 52.98 54.75 56.52 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87
10 B 37.91 39.17 40.44 41.70 42.96 44.23 45.49 46.75 48.02 49.28
O 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87
11 B 40.56 41.92 43.27 44.62 45.97 47.32 48.68 50.03 51.38 52.73
O 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87
12 B 47.32 48.90 50.47 52.05 53.63 55.20 56.78 58.36 59.94 61.52
O 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 56.87 58.36 59.94 61.52
13 B 54.72 56.54 58.37 60.19 62.01 63.84 65.66 67.49 69.31 71.13
O 56.87 56.87 58.37 60.19 62.01 63.84 65.66 67.49 69.31 71.13
14 B 62.83 64.92 67.02 69.11 71.21 73.30 75.40 77.49 79.59 81.68
O 62.83 64.92 67.02 69.11 71.21 73.30 75.40 77.49 79.59 81.68
15 B 72.83 75.26 77.68 80.11 82.54 84.97 87.39 89.82 92.25 93.53
O 72.83 75.26 77.68 80.11 82.54 84.97 87.39 89.82 92.25 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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