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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-GW

Wildland Firefighters under Pay Plan GW

Special Base Rates at Grades GS-1 through GS-15

Incorporating the 1.7% General Schedule Increase

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

31751

32816

33871

34923

35977

36593

37639

38691

38733

39717

2

34947

35779

36936

37915

38340

39468

40595

41722

42850

43977

3

37310

38553

39796

41039

42282

43525

44768

46012

47255

48498

4

40957

42323

43689

45055

46421

47787

49153

50519

51885

53251

5

44790

46283

47775

49267

50760

52252

53745

55237

56729

58222

6

48777

50402

52028

53654

55279

56905

58530

60156

61782

63407

7

52922

54686

56451

58216

59980

61745

63509

65274

67038

68803

8

57191

59098

61005

62912

64818

66725

68632

70539

72446

74353

9

61602

63655

65708

67762

69815

71868

73921

75974

78028

80081

10

66112

68316

70519

72723

74926

77129

79333

81536

83740

85943

11

70743

73100

75458

77815

80173

82531

84888

87246

89603

91961

12

82520

85271

88022

90773

93524

96275

99027

101778

104529

107280

13

95427

98608

101789

104970

108151

111332

114513

117694

120875

124056

14

109573

113226

116878

120531

124183

127835

131488

135140

138793

142445

15

127010

131244

135477

139711

143944

148178

152411

156645

160879

165112

Note: These special base 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. By law, these rates must be the basis for computing locality payments.

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