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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-HB (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 19.43%

For the Locality Pay Area of Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA

Total Increase: 1.98%

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

37920

39192

40452

41709

42967

43703

44952

46209

46259

47434

2

41737

42731

44113

45282

45789

47137

48483

49829

51176

52522

3

44559

46044

47528

49013

50497

51982

53466

54952

56437

57921

4

48915

50546

52178

53809

55441

57072

58703

60335

61966

63598

5

53493

55276

57058

58840

60623

62405

64188

65970

67751

69535

6

58254

60195

62137

64079

66020

67962

69902

71844

73786

75727

7

63205

65311

67419

69527

71634

73742

75849

77957

80063

82171

8

68303

70581

72858

75136

77412

79690

81967

84245

86522

88800

9

73571

76023

78475

80928

83380

85832

88284

90736

93189

95641

10

78958

81590

84221

86853

89484

92115

94747

97378

100011

102642

11

84488

87303

90119

92934

95751

98567

101382

104198

107013

109829

12

98554

101839

105125

108410

111696

114981

118268

121553

124839

128125

13

113968

117768

121567

125366

129165

132964

136763

140562

144361

148160

14

130863

135226

139587

143950

148312

152673

157036

161398

165760

170122

15

151688

156745

161800

166857

171912

176969

182024

187081

192138

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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