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Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-PHL (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 28.99%

For the Locality Pay Area of Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Total Increase: 2.05%

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

40956

42329

43690

45047

46407

47201

48551

49908

49962

51231

2

45078

46151

47644

48907

49455

50910

52363

53817

55272

56726

3

48126

49730

51333

52936

54540

56143

57746

59351

60954

62558

4

52830

54592

56354

58116

59878

61640

63402

65164

66926

68688

5

57775

59700

61625

63550

65475

67400

69326

71250

73175

75101

6

62917

65014

67111

69208

71304

73402

75498

77595

79693

81789

7

68264

70539

72816

75093

77368

79645

81920

84197

86472

88749

8

73771

76231

78690

81150

83609

86069

88528

90988

93448

95908

9

79460

82109

84757

87406

90054

92703

95351

97999

100648

103296

10

85278

88121

90962

93805

96647

99489

102332

105173

108016

110858

11

91251

94292

97333

100374

103415

106457

109497

112539

115579

118620

12

106443

109991

113540

117088

120637

124185

127735

131283

134832

138380

13

123091

127194

131298

135401

139504

143607

147710

151813

155917

160020

14

141338

146050

150761

155473

160184

164894

169606

174317

179029

183740

15

163830

169292

174752

180213

185673

191135

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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