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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-LA (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 36.47%

For the Locality Pay Area of Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

Total Increase: 2.17%

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

43331

44784

46224

47659

49098

49938

51366

52802

52859

54202

2

47692

48828

50407

51743

52323

53862

55400

56938

58477

60015

3

50917

52613

54310

56006

57702

59399

61095

62793

64489

66185

4

55894

57758

59622

61487

63351

65215

67079

68943

70807

72672

5

61125

63162

65199

67235

69272

71308

73346

75382

77418

79456

6

66566

68784

71003

73222

75439

77658

79876

82095

84314

86532

7

72223

74630

77039

79447

81855

84263

86671

89079

91487

93895

8

78049

80651

83254

85856

88457

91060

93662

96265

98867

101470

9

84068

86870

89672

92475

95277

98078

100880

103682

106485

109287

10

90223

93231

96237

99245

102252

105258

108266

111272

114280

117286

11

96543

99760

102978

106194

109412

112630

115847

119065

122281

125499

12

112615

116369

120124

123878

127632

131386

135142

138896

142651

146405

13

130229

134570

138911

143253

147594

151935

156276

160617

164958

169299

14

149534

154520

159503

164489

169473

174456

179442

184426

189411

194395

15

173331

179109

184885

190664

195200 *

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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