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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-MIL (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 22.42%

For the Locality Pay Area of Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI

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

38870

40173

41465

42753

44043

44797

46078

47366

47417

48622

2

42782

43801

45217

46416

46936

48317

49696

51076

52457

53837

3

45675

47197

48718

50240

51762

53283

54805

56328

57850

59371

4

50140

51812

53484

55156

56829

58501

60173

61845

63518

65190

5

54832

56660

58486

60313

62140

63967

65795

67621

69448

71275

6

59713

61702

63693

65683

67673

69663

71652

73643

75634

77623

7

64787

66947

69107

71268

73428

75588

77748

79908

82068

84229

8

70013

72348

74682

77017

79350

81685

84019

86354

88688

91023

9

75413

77926

80440

82954

85468

87981

90494

93007

95522

98035

10

80934

83632

86329

89027

91724

94421

97119

99816

102515

105211

11

86604

89489

92376

95261

98148

101034

103920

106807

109692

112579

12

101021

104389

107757

111124

114492

117860

121229

124597

127964

131332

13

116822

120716

124610

128504

132398

136293

140187

144081

147975

151869

14

134139

138611

143082

147554

152025

156496

160968

165438

169910

174381

15

155486

160669

165851

171034

176216

181400

186582

191765

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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