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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-DAY (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 21.42%

For the Locality Pay Area of Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH

Total Increase: 1.94%

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

38552

39845

41126

42404

43683

44431

45701

46979

47030

48224

2

42433

43443

44848

46036

46552

47922

49290

50659

52028

53397

3

45302

46811

48320

49830

51339

52848

54357

55868

57377

58886

4

49730

51389

53047

54706

56364

58023

59682

61340

62999

64657

5

54384

56197

58008

59820

61633

63444

65257

67069

68880

70693

6

59225

61198

63172

65147

67120

69094

71067

73041

75016

76989

7

64258

66400

68543

70686

72828

74971

77113

79256

81398

83541

8

69441

71757

74072

76388

78702

81017

83333

85648

87964

90279

9

74797

77290

79783

82277

84769

87262

89755

92248

94742

97234

10

80273

82949

85624

88300

90975

93650

96326

99001

101677

104352

11

85896

88758

91621

94483

97346

100209

103071

105934

108796

111659

12

100196

103536

106876

110217

113557

116897

120239

123579

126919

130259

13

115867

119730

123592

127455

131317

135179

139042

142904

146766

150629

14

133044

137479

141913

146349

150783

155217

159653

164087

168522

172957

15

154216

159356

164496

169637

174777

179918

185057

190198

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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