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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-POR (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 26.13%

For the Locality Pay Area of Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA

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

40048

41391

42721

44048

45378

46155

47474

48801

48854

50095

2

44079

45128

46587

47822

48358

49781

51202

52624

54047

55468

3

47059

48627

50195

51762

53330

54898

56466

58035

59603

61171

4

51659

53382

55105

56828

58551

60274

61997

63720

65443

67165

5

56494

58377

60259

62140

64024

65905

67789

69670

71552

73435

6

61522

63572

65623

67674

69723

71774

73824

75875

77926

79975

7

66751

68975

71202

73428

75653

77879

80104

82330

84555

86781

8

72135

74540

76946

79351

81755

84160

86566

88971

91376

93781

9

77699

80288

82878

85468

88058

90647

93237

95826

98417

101006

10

83387

86167

88946

91726

94504

97283

100063

102841

105621

108400

11

89228

92201

95175

98148

101122

104096

107069

110043

113016

115990

12

104082

107552

111022

114492

117962

121432

124903

128373

131842

135312

13

120362

124374

128386

132399

136411

140423

144435

148447

152460

156472

14

138204

142812

147418

152026

156632

161238

165846

170452

175060

179666

15

160198

165538

170877

176217

181557

186897

192236

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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