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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-HAR (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 32.08%

For the Locality Pay Area of Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA

Total Increase: 2.06%

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

41937

43343

44737

46126

47518

48332

49714

51103

51159

52458

2

46158

47257

48785

50078

50639

52129

53618

55106

56596

58085

3

49279

50921

52563

54204

55846

57488

59130

60773

62414

64056

4

54096

55900

57704

59509

61313

63117

64921

66725

68530

70334

5

59159

61131

63101

65072

67044

69014

70986

72957

74928

76900

6

64425

66571

68719

70866

73013

75160

77306

79454

81602

83748

7

69899

72229

74560

76892

79222

81553

83883

86214

88544

90875

8

75538

78057

80575

83094

85612

88130

90649

93168

95687

98205

9

81364

84076

86787

89500

92212

94923

97635

100346

103059

105771

10

87321

90232

93141

96053

98962

101872

104783

107693

110604

113514

11

93437

96550

99665

102778

105892

109007

112120

115235

118348

121462

12

108992

112626

116259

119893

123526

127160

130795

134428

138062

141695

13

126040

130241

134443

138644

142846

147047

151249

155450

159652

163853

14

144724

149549

154372

159197

164021

168844

173669

178493

183318

188141

15

167755

173347

178938

184530

190121

195200 *

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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