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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-MSP (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 27.62%

For the Locality Pay Area of Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

Total Increase: 2.08%

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

40521

41880

43226

44569

45914

46700

48035

49377

49431

50687

2

44599

45661

47138

48387

48930

50369

51807

53246

54685

56123

3

47615

49201

50788

52374

53960

55547

57133

58721

60307

61893

4

52269

54013

55756

57499

59242

60986

62729

64472

66216

67959

5

57161

59066

60970

62875

64780

66684

68589

70493

72398

74303

6

62249

64323

66398

68473

70547

72622

74696

76771

78846

80920

7

67539

69790

72043

74295

76546

78799

81050

83303

85554

87806

8

72987

75421

77855

80288

82721

85154

87588

90022

92456

94889

9

78616

81237

83857

86478

89098

91718

94338

96958

99579

102199

10

84372

87185

89996

92809

95621

98432

101245

104056

106869

109680

11

90282

93290

96299

99308

102317

105326

108334

111343

114351

117361

12

105312

108823

112334

115845

119355

122866

126378

129889

133400

136911

13

121784

125844

129903

133963

138022

142082

146141

150201

154261

158320

14

139837

144499

149160

153822

158482

163143

167805

172466

177128

181788

15

162090

167494

172896

178299

183701

189105

194507

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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