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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

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 18.17 18.78 19.38 19.99 20.59 20.94 21.54 22.14 22.17 22.73
O 27.26 28.17 29.07 29.99 30.89 31.41 32.31 33.21 33.26 34.10
2 B 20.00 20.47 21.14 21.70 21.94 22.59 23.23 23.88 24.52 25.17
O 30.00 30.71 31.71 32.55 32.91 33.89 34.85 35.82 36.78 37.76
3 B 21.35 22.06 22.77 23.48 24.20 24.91 25.62 26.33 27.04 27.75
O 32.03 33.09 34.16 35.22 36.30 37.37 38.43 39.50 40.56 41.63
4 B 23.44 24.22 25.00 25.78 26.56 27.35 28.13 28.91 29.69 30.47
O 35.16 36.33 37.50 38.67 39.84 41.03 42.20 43.37 44.54 45.71
5 B 25.63 26.49 27.34 28.19 29.05 29.90 30.76 31.61 32.46 33.32
O 38.45 39.74 41.01 42.29 43.58 44.85 46.14 47.42 48.69 49.98
6 B 27.91 28.84 29.77 30.70 31.63 32.56 33.49 34.42 35.36 36.29
O 41.87 43.26 44.66 46.05 47.45 48.84 50.24 51.63 53.04 54.44
7 B 30.29 31.29 32.30 33.31 34.32 35.33 36.34 37.35 38.36 39.37
O 45.44 46.94 48.45 49.97 51.48 53.00 54.51 56.03 56.75 56.75
8 B 32.73 33.82 34.91 36.00 37.09 38.18 39.28 40.37 41.46 42.55
O 49.10 50.73 52.37 54.00 55.64 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75
9 B 35.25 36.43 37.60 38.78 39.95 41.13 42.30 43.48 44.65 45.83
O 52.88 54.65 56.40 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75
10 B 37.83 39.09 40.36 41.62 42.88 44.14 45.40 46.66 47.92 49.18
O 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75
11 B 40.48 41.83 43.18 44.53 45.88 47.23 48.58 49.93 51.28 52.63
O 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75
12 B 47.22 48.80 50.37 51.95 53.52 55.09 56.67 58.24 59.82 61.39
O 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 58.24 59.82 61.39
13 B 54.61 56.43 58.25 60.07 61.89 63.71 65.53 67.35 69.17 70.99
O 56.75 56.75 58.25 60.07 61.89 63.71 65.53 67.35 69.17 70.99
14 B 62.70 64.79 66.88 68.97 71.06 73.15 75.24 77.33 79.43 81.52
O 62.70 64.79 66.88 68.97 71.06 73.15 75.24 77.33 79.43 81.52
15 B 72.68 75.11 77.53 79.95 82.37 84.80 87.22 89.64 92.06 93.53
O 72.68 75.11 77.53 79.95 82.37 84.80 87.22 89.64 92.06 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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