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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

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 19.86 20.52 21.18 21.84 22.50 22.89 23.54 24.20 24.22 24.84
O 29.79 30.78 31.77 32.76 33.75 34.34 35.31 36.30 36.33 37.26
2 B 21.86 22.38 23.10 23.71 23.98 24.68 25.39 26.09 26.80 27.50
O 32.79 33.57 34.65 35.57 35.97 37.02 38.09 39.14 40.20 41.25
3 B 23.33 24.11 24.89 25.67 26.44 27.22 28.00 28.78 29.55 30.33
O 35.00 36.17 37.34 38.51 39.66 40.83 42.00 43.17 44.33 45.50
4 B 25.61 26.47 27.32 28.18 29.03 29.89 30.74 31.59 32.45 33.30
O 38.42 39.71 40.98 42.27 43.55 44.84 46.11 47.39 48.68 49.95
5 B 28.01 28.95 29.88 30.81 31.75 32.68 33.61 34.54 35.48 36.41
O 42.02 43.43 44.82 46.22 47.63 49.02 50.42 51.81 53.22 54.62
6 B 30.51 31.52 32.54 33.55 34.57 35.59 36.60 37.62 38.64 39.65
O 45.77 47.28 48.81 50.33 51.86 53.39 54.90 56.43 57.96 59.48
7 B 33.10 34.20 35.30 36.41 37.51 38.62 39.72 40.82 41.93 43.03
O 49.65 51.30 52.95 54.62 56.27 57.93 59.58 61.23 62.03 62.03
8 B 35.77 36.96 38.15 39.34 40.54 41.73 42.92 44.11 45.31 46.50
O 53.66 55.44 57.23 59.01 60.81 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03
9 B 38.53 39.81 41.09 42.38 43.66 44.95 46.23 47.51 48.80 50.08
O 57.80 59.72 61.64 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03
10 B 41.35 42.72 44.10 45.48 46.86 48.24 49.61 50.99 52.37 53.75
O 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03
11 B 44.24 45.72 47.19 48.67 50.14 51.61 53.09 54.56 56.04 57.51
O 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03
12 B 51.61 53.33 55.05 56.77 58.49 60.21 61.93 63.65 65.37 67.09
O 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 62.03 63.65 65.37 67.09
13 B 59.68 61.67 63.66 65.65 67.64 69.63 71.62 73.61 75.59 77.58
O 62.03 62.03 63.66 65.65 67.64 69.63 71.62 73.61 75.59 77.58
14 B 68.53 70.81 73.09 75.38 77.66 79.95 82.23 84.52 86.80 89.08
O 68.53 70.81 73.09 75.38 77.66 79.95 82.23 84.52 86.80 89.08
15 B 79.43 82.08 84.73 87.37 90.02 92.67 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53
O 79.43 82.08 84.73 87.37 90.02 92.67 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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