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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-LR (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 21.59%

For the Locality Pay Area of Laredo, TX

Total Increase: 1.92%

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

38606

39901

41184

42463

43744

44493

45765

47044

47095

48292

2

42492

43504

44910

46101

46618

47989

49359

50730

52101

53472

3

45365

46877

48388

49899

51411

52922

54433

55946

57457

58969

4

49800

51461

53121

54782

56443

58104

59765

61426

63087

64748

5

54460

56275

58090

59904

61719

63533

65349

67163

68977

70792

6

59308

61284

63261

65238

67214

69191

71167

73144

75121

77097

7

64348

66493

68639

70785

72930

75076

77221

79367

81512

83658

8

69539

71857

74176

76495

78812

81131

83450

85768

88087

90406

9

74902

77398

79894

82392

84888

87384

89881

92377

94874

97370

10

80386

83065

85744

88424

91103

93781

96461

99140

101819

104498

11

86016

88882

91749

94615

97482

100349

103215

106082

108948

111815

12

100336

103681

107026

110371

113716

117061

120407

123752

127097

130442

13

116030

119897

123765

127633

131501

135369

139236

143104

146972

150840

14

133230

137671

142112

146554

150994

155435

159876

164317

168758

173199

15

154431

159580

164726

169875

175022

180170

185317

190465

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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