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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

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 19.19 19.83 20.47 21.11 21.74 22.12 22.75 23.38 23.41 24.00
O 28.79 29.75 30.71 31.67 32.61 33.18 34.13 35.07 35.12 36.00
2 B 21.12 21.62 22.32 22.91 23.17 23.85 24.53 25.22 25.90 26.58
O 31.68 32.43 33.48 34.37 34.76 35.78 36.80 37.83 38.85 39.87
3 B 22.55 23.30 24.05 24.80 25.55 26.30 27.06 27.81 28.56 29.31
O 33.83 34.95 36.08 37.20 38.33 39.45 40.59 41.72 42.84 43.97
4 B 24.75 25.58 26.40 27.23 28.06 28.88 29.71 30.53 31.36 32.18
O 37.13 38.37 39.60 40.85 42.09 43.32 44.57 45.80 47.04 48.27
5 B 27.07 27.97 28.87 29.77 30.68 31.58 32.48 33.38 34.28 35.19
O 40.61 41.96 43.31 44.66 46.02 47.37 48.72 50.07 51.42 52.79
6 B 29.48 30.46 31.44 32.43 33.41 34.39 35.37 36.36 37.34 38.32
O 44.22 45.69 47.16 48.65 50.12 51.59 53.06 54.54 56.01 57.48
7 B 31.98 33.05 34.12 35.18 36.25 37.32 38.38 39.45 40.52 41.58
O 47.97 49.58 51.18 52.77 54.38 55.98 57.57 59.18 59.94 59.94
8 B 34.56 35.72 36.87 38.02 39.17 40.33 41.48 42.63 43.78 44.94
O 51.84 53.58 55.31 57.03 58.76 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94
9 B 37.23 38.47 39.71 40.95 42.19 43.43 44.68 45.92 47.16 48.40
O 55.85 57.71 59.57 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94
10 B 39.96 41.29 42.62 43.95 45.28 46.61 47.95 49.28 50.61 51.94
O 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94
11 B 42.75 44.18 45.60 47.03 48.45 49.88 51.30 52.73 54.15 55.58
O 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94
12 B 49.87 51.53 53.20 54.86 56.52 58.18 59.85 61.51 63.17 64.84
O 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 59.94 61.51 63.17 64.84
13 B 57.67 59.59 61.52 63.44 65.36 67.28 69.21 71.13 73.05 74.97
O 59.94 59.94 61.52 63.44 65.36 67.28 69.21 71.13 73.05 74.97
14 B 66.22 68.43 70.64 72.84 75.05 77.26 79.47 81.67 83.88 86.09
O 66.22 68.43 70.64 72.84 75.05 77.26 79.47 81.67 83.88 86.09
15 B 76.76 79.32 81.88 84.44 86.99 89.55 92.11 93.53 93.53 93.53
O 76.76 79.32 81.88 84.44 86.99 89.55 92.11 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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