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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-SF (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 46.34%

For the Locality Pay Area of San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA

Total Increase: 2.35%

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

46464

48023

49567

51106

52649

53550

55081

56620

56682

58122

2

51141

52359

54052

55485

56107

57757

59407

61056

62707

64356

3

54599

56418

58237

60056

61875

63694

65513

67334

69153

70972

4

59936

61935

63934

65933

67932

69931

71931

73930

75929

77928

5

65546

67731

69914

72097

74282

76466

78650

80834

83017

85202

6

71380

73758

76138

78517

80895

83275

85653

88032

90412

92790

7

77446

80027

82610

85193

87775

90358

92939

95522

98103

100686

8

83693

86484

89275

92065

94855

97645

100436

103227

106017

108808

9

90148

93153

96157

99163

102167

105172

108176

111180

114186

117191

10

96748

99974

103198

106423

109647

112871

116096

119320

122545

125769

11

103525

106975

110425

113874

117325

120776

124225

127676

131125

134576

12

120760

124786

128811

132837

136863

140889

144916

148942

152968

156994

13

139648

144303

148958

153613

158268

162923

167578

172233

176888

181544

14

160349

165695

171039

176385

181729

187074

192420

195200 *

195200 *

195200 *

15

185866

192062

195200 *

195200 *

195200 *

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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