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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

Hourly Basic (B) Rates by Grade and Step

Hourly Title 5 Overtime (O) Rates for FLSA-Exempt Employees by Grade and Step

Grade B/O Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
1 B 19.62 20.28 20.93 21.58 22.24 22.62 23.26 23.91 23.94 24.55
O 29.43 30.42 31.40 32.37 33.36 33.93 34.89 35.87 35.91 36.83
2 B 21.60 22.11 22.83 23.43 23.70 24.39 25.09 25.79 26.48 27.18
O 32.40 33.17 34.25 35.15 35.55 36.59 37.64 38.69 39.72 40.77
3 B 23.06 23.83 24.60 25.36 26.13 26.90 27.67 28.44 29.21 29.98
O 34.59 35.75 36.90 38.04 39.20 40.35 41.51 42.66 43.82 44.97
4 B 25.31 26.16 27.00 27.85 28.69 29.54 30.38 31.22 32.07 32.91
O 37.97 39.24 40.50 41.78 43.04 44.31 45.57 46.83 48.11 49.37
5 B 27.68 28.61 29.53 30.45 31.37 32.30 33.22 34.14 35.06 35.99
O 41.52 42.92 44.30 45.68 47.06 48.45 49.83 51.21 52.59 53.99
6 B 30.15 31.15 32.16 33.16 34.17 35.17 36.18 37.18 38.19 39.19
O 45.23 46.73 48.24 49.74 51.26 52.76 54.27 55.77 57.29 58.79
7 B 32.71 33.80 34.89 35.98 37.07 38.16 39.25 40.34 41.43 42.52
O 49.07 50.70 52.34 53.97 55.61 57.24 58.88 60.51 61.29 61.29
8 B 35.35 36.53 37.70 38.88 40.06 41.24 42.42 43.60 44.78 45.95
O 53.03 54.80 56.55 58.32 60.09 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29
9 B 38.07 39.34 40.61 41.88 43.15 44.42 45.69 46.96 48.23 49.49
O 57.11 59.01 60.92 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29
10 B 40.86 42.22 43.59 44.95 46.31 47.67 49.03 50.39 51.76 53.12
O 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29
11 B 43.72 45.18 46.64 48.09 49.55 51.01 52.47 53.92 55.38 56.84
O 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29
12 B 51.00 52.70 54.40 56.10 57.80 59.50 61.21 62.91 64.61 66.31
O 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 61.29 62.91 64.61 66.31
13 B 58.98 60.95 62.91 64.88 66.84 68.81 70.78 72.74 74.71 76.67
O 61.29 61.29 62.91 64.88 66.84 68.81 70.78 72.74 74.71 76.67
14 B 67.72 69.98 72.24 74.50 76.75 79.01 81.27 83.53 85.78 88.04
O 67.72 69.98 72.24 74.50 76.75 79.01 81.27 83.53 85.78 88.04
15 B 78.50 81.12 83.73 86.35 88.97 91.58 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53
O 78.50 81.12 83.73 86.35 88.97 91.58 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

Note: These hourly 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. Also, the wildland firefighter special base rate for GS-10, step 1, is used in computing the applicable title 5 overtime hourly rate cap under 5 U.S.C. 5542 and 5 CFR 550.113 for all FLSA-exempt wildland firefighters.

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