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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-SD (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 33.72%

For the Locality Pay Area of San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Total Increase: 2.21%

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

42457

43882

45292

46699

48108

48932

50331

51738

51794

53110

2

46731

47844

49391

50700

51268

52777

54284

55791

57299

58806

3

49891

51553

53215

54877

56539

58202

59864

61527

63189

64852

4

54768

56594

58421

60248

62074

63901

65727

67554

69381

71207

5

59893

61890

63885

65880

67876

69871

71868

73863

75858

77854

6

65225

67398

69572

71746

73919

76093

78266

80441

82615

84788

7

70767

73126

75486

77846

80205

82565

84924

87284

89643

92003

8

76476

79026

81576

84126

86675

89225

91775

94325

96875

99425

9

82374

85119

87865

90611

93357

96102

98847

101592

104339

107084

10

88405

91352

94298

97245

100191

103137

106084

109030

111977

114923

11

94598

97749

100902

104054

107207

110360

113512

116665

119817

122970

12

110346

114024

117703

121382

125060

128739

132419

136098

139776

143455

13

127605

131859

136112

140366

144620

148873

153127

157380

161634

165888

14

146521

151406

156289

161174

166058

170941

175826

180709

185594

190477

15

169838

175499

181160

186822

192482

195200 *

195200 *

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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