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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-RCH (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 22.28%

For the Locality Pay Area of Richmond, VA

Total Increase: 2.01%

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

38825

40127

41417

42704

43993

44746

46025

47311

47363

48566

2

42733

43751

45165

46362

46882

48261

49640

51018

52397

53775

3

45623

47143

48663

50182

51702

53222

54742

56263

57783

59303

4

50082

51753

53423

55093

56764

58434

60104

61775

63445

65115

5

54769

56595

58419

60244

62069

63894

65719

67544

69368

71194

6

59645

61632

63620

65608

67595

69583

71570

73559

75547

77534

7

64713

66870

69028

71187

73344

75502

77659

79817

81974

84132

8

69933

72265

74597

76929

79259

81591

83923

86255

88587

90919

9

75327

77837

80348

82859

85370

87880

90391

92901

95413

97923

10

80842

83537

86231

88926

91620

94313

97008

99702

102397

105091

11

86505

89387

92270

95152

98036

100919

103801

106684

109567

112450

12

100905

104269

107633

110997

114361

117725

121090

124454

127818

131182

13

116688

120578

124468

128357

132247

136137

140026

143916

147806

151696

14

133986

138453

142918

147385

151851

156317

160784

165249

169716

174182

15

155308

160485

165661

170839

176015

181192

186368

191546

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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