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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-HNT (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 21.91%

For the Locality Pay Area of Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN

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

38708

40006

41292

42575

43860

44611

45886

47168

47219

48419

2

42604

43618

45029

46222

46740

48115

49489

50863

52238

53612

3

45485

47000

48515

50031

51546

53061

54577

56093

57609

59124

4

49931

51596

53261

54927

56592

58257

59922

61588

63253

64918

5

54603

56424

58243

60061

61882

63700

65521

67339

69158

70978

6

59464

61445

63427

65410

67391

69373

71354

73336

75318

77299

7

64517

66668

68819

70971

73122

75273

77424

79576

81726

83878

8

69722

72046

74371

76696

79020

81344

83669

85994

88319

90644

9

75099

77602

80105

82609

85111

87614

90117

92620

95124

97627

10

80597

83284

85970

88657

91342

94028

96715

99401

102087

104773

11

86243

89116

91991

94864

97739

100614

103487

106362

109235

112110

12

100600

103954

107308

110661

114015

117369

120724

124078

127431

130785

13

116335

120213

124091

127969

131847

135725

139603

143481

147359

151237

14

133580

138034

142486

146939

151391

155844

160297

164749

169203

173655

15

154838

160000

165160

170322

175482

180644

185804

190966

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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