Salary Table 2025-DM (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 18.01%
For the Locality Pay Area of Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA
Total Increase: 1.99%
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
|
37469 |
38726 |
39971 |
41213 |
42456 |
43183 |
44418 |
45659 |
45709 |
46870 |
|
2
|
41241 |
42223 |
43588 |
44743 |
45245 |
46576 |
47906 |
49236 |
50567 |
51897 |
|
3
|
44030 |
45496 |
46963 |
48430 |
49897 |
51364 |
52831 |
54299 |
55766 |
57232 |
|
4
|
48333 |
49945 |
51557 |
53169 |
54781 |
56393 |
58005 |
59617 |
61229 |
62842 |
|
5
|
52857 |
54619 |
56379 |
58140 |
59902 |
61663 |
63424 |
65185 |
66946 |
68708 |
|
6
|
57562 |
59479 |
61398 |
63317 |
65235 |
67154 |
69071 |
70990 |
72909 |
74827 |
|
7
|
62453 |
64535 |
66618 |
68701 |
70782 |
72865 |
74947 |
77030 |
79112 |
81194 |
|
8
|
67491 |
69742 |
71992 |
74242 |
76492 |
78742 |
80993 |
83243 |
85494 |
87744 |
|
9
|
72697 |
75119 |
77542 |
79966 |
82389 |
84811 |
87234 |
89657 |
92081 |
94504 |
|
10
|
78019 |
80620 |
83219 |
85820 |
88420 |
91020 |
93621 |
96221 |
98822 |
101421 |
|
11
|
83484 |
86265 |
89048 |
91829 |
94612 |
97395 |
100176 |
102959 |
105741 |
108523 |
|
12
|
97382 |
100628 |
103875 |
107121 |
110368 |
113614 |
116862 |
120108 |
123355 |
126601 |
|
13
|
112613 |
116367 |
120121 |
123875 |
127629 |
131383 |
135137 |
138891 |
142645 |
146398 |
|
14
|
129307 |
133618 |
137928 |
142239 |
146548 |
150858 |
155169 |
159479 |
163790 |
168099 |
|
15
|
149885 |
154881 |
159876 |
164873 |
169868 |
174865 |
179860 |
184857 |
189853 |
194849 |
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.
