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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-OM (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 18.23%

For the Locality Pay Area of Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA

Total Increase: 1.95%

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

37539

38798

40046

41289

42536

43264

44501

45744

45794

46957

2

41318

42302

43669

44827

45329

46663

47995

49328

50662

51994

3

44112

45581

47051

48520

49990

51460

52929

54400

55870

57339

4

48423

50038

51654

53269

54884

56499

58114

59729

61344

62959

5

52955

54720

56484

58248

60014

61778

63543

65307

67071

68836

6

57669

59590

61513

63435

65356

67279

69200

71122

73045

74966

7

62570

64655

66742

68829

70914

73001

75087

77173

79259

81346

8

67617

69872

72126

74381

76634

78889

81144

83398

85653

87908

9

72832

75259

77687

80115

82542

84970

87397

89824

92253

94680

10

78164

80770

83375

85980

88585

91190

93795

96400

99006

101610

11

83639

86426

89214

92001

94789

97576

100363

103151

105938

108725

12

97563

100816

104068

107321

110573

113826

117080

120332

123585

126837

13

112823

116584

120345

124106

127867

131628

135389

139150

142911

146671

14

129548

133867

138185

142504

146822

151139

155458

159776

164095

168413

15

150164

155170

160174

165180

170185

175191

180196

185201

190207

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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