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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

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 20.38 21.06 21.74 22.41 23.09 23.48 24.16 24.83 24.86 25.49
O 30.57 31.59 32.61 33.62 34.64 35.22 36.24 37.25 37.29 38.24
2 B 22.43 22.96 23.70 24.33 24.61 25.33 26.05 26.78 27.50 28.22
O 33.65 34.44 35.55 36.50 36.92 38.00 39.08 40.17 41.25 42.33
3 B 23.94 24.74 25.54 26.34 27.14 27.93 28.73 29.53 30.33 31.13
O 35.91 37.11 38.31 39.51 40.71 41.90 43.10 44.30 45.50 46.70
4 B 26.29 27.16 28.04 28.92 29.79 30.67 31.55 32.42 33.30 34.18
O 39.44 40.74 42.06 43.38 44.69 46.01 47.33 48.63 49.95 51.27
5 B 28.75 29.70 30.66 31.62 32.58 33.53 34.49 35.45 36.41 37.37
O 43.13 44.55 45.99 47.43 48.87 50.30 51.74 53.18 54.62 56.06
6 B 31.30 32.35 33.39 34.43 35.48 36.52 37.56 38.61 39.65 40.69
O 46.95 48.53 50.09 51.65 53.22 54.78 56.34 57.92 59.48 61.04
7 B 33.96 35.10 36.23 37.36 38.49 39.63 40.76 41.89 43.02 44.16
O 50.94 52.65 54.35 56.04 57.74 59.45 61.14 62.84 63.65 63.65
8 B 36.70 37.93 39.15 40.38 41.60 42.82 44.05 45.27 46.49 47.72
O 55.05 56.90 58.73 60.57 62.40 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65
9 B 39.54 40.85 42.17 43.49 44.81 46.12 47.44 48.76 50.08 51.39
O 59.31 61.28 63.26 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65
10 B 42.43 43.84 45.26 46.67 48.09 49.50 50.91 52.33 53.74 55.16
O 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65
11 B 45.40 46.91 48.43 49.94 51.45 52.97 54.48 55.99 57.51 59.02
O 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65
12 B 52.96 54.73 56.49 58.26 60.02 61.79 63.55 65.32 67.08 68.85
O 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 63.65 65.32 67.08 68.85
13 B 61.24 63.29 65.33 67.37 69.41 71.45 73.49 75.53 77.58 79.62
O 63.65 63.65 65.33 67.37 69.41 71.45 73.49 75.53 77.58 79.62
14 B 70.32 72.67 75.01 77.35 79.70 82.04 84.39 86.73 89.07 91.42
O 70.32 72.67 75.01 77.35 79.70 82.04 84.39 86.73 89.07 91.42
15 B 81.51 84.23 86.95 89.66 92.38 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53
O 81.51 84.23 86.95 89.66 92.38 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 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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