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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-RUS (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 17.06%

For the Locality Pay Area of Rest of U.S.

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

37168

38414

39649

40881

42115

42836

44060

45292

45341

46493

2

40909

41883

43237

44383

44881

46201

47521

48840

50160

51479

3

43675

45130

46585

48040

49495

50950

52405

53862

55317

56772

4

47944

49543

51142

52741

54340

55939

57539

59138

60737

62336

5

52431

54179

55925

57672

59420

61166

62914

64660

66407

68155

6

57098

59001

60904

62807

64710

66613

68515

70419

72322

74224

7

61950

64015

66082

68148

70213

72279

74344

76410

78475

80541

8

66948

69180

71412

73645

75876

78108

80341

82573

84805

87038

9

72111

74515

76918

79322

81725

84129

86532

88935

91340

93743

10

77391

79971

82550

85130

87708

90287

92867

95446

98026

100605

11

82812

85571

88331

91090

93851

96611

99370

102130

104889

107650

12

96598

99818

103039

106259

109479

112700

115921

119141

122362

125582

13

111707

115431

119154

122878

126602

130325

134049

137773

141496

145220

14

128266

132542

136817

141094

145369

149644

153920

158195

162471

166746

15

148678

153634

158589

163546

168501

173457

178412

183369

188325

193280

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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