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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-DEN (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 30.52%

For the Locality Pay Area of Denver-Aurora, CO

Total Increase: 2.20%

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

41441

42831

44208

45581

46957

47761

49126

50499

50554

51839

2

45613

46699

48209

49487

50041

51514

52985

54456

55928

57399

3

48697

50319

51942

53564

55186

56809

58431

60055

61677

63300

4

53457

55240

57023

58806

60589

62372

64154

65937

67720

69503

5

58460

60409

62356

64303

66252

68199

70148

72095

74043

75991

6

63664

65785

67907

70029

72150

74272

76393

78516

80638

82759

7

69074

71376

73680

75984

78286

80590

82892

85196

87498

89802

8

74646

77135

79624

82113

84600

87089

89578

92068

94557

97046

9

80403

83083

85762

88443

91123

93802

96482

99161

101842

104522

10

86289

89166

92041

94918

97793

100669

103545

106421

109297

112173

11

92334

95410

98488

101564

104642

107719

110796

113873

116950

120027

12

107705

111296

114886

118477

122068

125658

129250

132841

136431

140022

13

124551

128703

132855

137007

141159

145311

149462

153614

157766

161918

14

143015

147783

152549

157317

162084

166850

171618

176385

181153

185919

15

165773

171300

176825

182351

187876

193402

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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