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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-PIT (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 21.03%

For the Locality Pay Area of Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV

Total Increase: 1.91%

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

38428

39717

40994

42267

43543

44289

45554

46828

46879

48069

2

42296

43303

44704

45889

46403

47768

49132

50496

51861

53225

3

45156

46661

48165

49670

51174

52678

54183

55688

57193

58697

4

49570

51224

52877

54530

56183

57837

59490

61143

62796

64450

5

54209

56016

57822

59628

61435

63241

65048

66853

68659

70466

6

59035

61002

62969

64937

66904

68872

70839

72807

74775

76741

7

64051

66186

68323

70459

72594

74730

76865

79001

81136

83272

8

69218

71526

73834

76142

78449

80757

83065

85373

87681

89989

9

74557

77042

79526

82012

84497

86982

89467

91951

94437

96922

10

80015

82683

85349

88017

90683

93349

96017

98683

101351

104017

11

85620

88473

91327

94179

97033

99887

102740

105594

108447

111300

12

99874

103203

106533

109863

113192

116522

119852

123182

126511

129841

13

115495

119345

123195

127045

130895

134745

138595

142445

146295

150145

14

132616

137037

141457

145879

150299

154719

159140

163560

167981

172401

15

153720

158845

163968

169092

174215

179340

184463

189587

194712

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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