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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-RA (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 22.24%

For the Locality Pay Area of Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC

Total Increase: 1.98%

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

38812

40114

41404

42690

43978

44731

46010

47296

47347

48550

2

42719

43736

45151

46347

46867

48246

49623

51001

52380

53757

3

45608

47127

48647

50166

51686

53205

54724

56245

57765

59284

4

50066

51736

53405

55075

56745

58415

60085

61754

63424

65094

5

54751

56576

58400

60224

62049

63873

65698

67522

69346

71171

6

59625

61611

63599

65587

67573

69561

71547

73535

75522

77509

7

64692

66848

69006

71163

73320

75477

77633

79791

81947

84105

8

69910

72241

74573

76904

79234

81565

83896

86227

88558

90889

9

75302

77812

80321

82832

85342

87851

90361

92871

95381

97891

10

80815

83509

86202

88897

91590

94282

96977

99670

102364

105057

11

86476

89357

92240

95121

98003

100886

103767

106650

109531

112413

12

100872

104235

107598

110961

114324

117687

121051

124413

127776

131139

13

116650

120538

124427

128315

132204

136092

139981

143869

147758

151646

14

133942

138407

142872

147337

151801

156266

160731

165195

169661

174125

15

155257

160433

165607

170783

175957

181133

186307

191483

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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