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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-DCB (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 33.94%

For the Locality Pay Area of Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA

Total Increase: 2.22%

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

42527

43954

45367

46776

48188

49013

50414

51823

51879

53197

2

46808

47922

49472

50783

51353

52863

54373

55882

57393

58903

3

49973

51638

53303

54968

56633

58297

59962

61628

63293

64958

4

54858

56687

58517

60347

62176

64006

65836

67665

69495

71324

5

59992

61991

63990

65988

67988

69986

71986

73984

75983

77983

6

65332

67508

69686

71864

74041

76219

78395

80573

82751

84927

7

70884

73246

75610

77975

80337

82701

85064

87428

89791

92155

8

76602

79156

81710

84264

86817

89371

91926

94480

97034

99588

9

82510

85260

88009

90760

93510

96260

99010

101760

104511

107260

10

88550

91502

94453

97405

100356

103307

106259

109209

112161

115112

11

94753

97910

101068

104225

107384

110542

113699

116857

120014

123173

12

110527

114212

117897

121581

125266

128951

132637

136321

140006

143691

13

127815

132076

136336

140597

144857

149118

153379

157639

161900

166161

14

146762

151655

156546

161439

166331

171222

176115

181007

185899

190791

15

170117

175788

181458

187129

192799

195200 *

195200 *

195200 *

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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