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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

Hourly Basic (B) Rates by Grade and Step

Hourly Title 5 Overtime (O) Rates for FLSA-Exempt Employees by Grade and Step

Grade B/O Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
1 B 22.26 23.01 23.75 24.49 25.23 25.66 26.39 27.13 27.16 27.85
O 33.39 34.52 35.63 36.74 37.85 38.49 39.59 40.70 40.74 41.78
2 B 24.50 25.09 25.90 26.59 26.88 27.67 28.47 29.26 30.05 30.84
O 36.75 37.64 38.85 39.89 40.32 41.51 42.71 43.89 45.08 46.26
3 B 26.16 27.03 27.90 28.78 29.65 30.52 31.39 32.26 33.14 34.01
O 39.24 40.55 41.85 43.17 44.48 45.78 47.09 48.39 49.71 51.02
4 B 28.72 29.68 30.63 31.59 32.55 33.51 34.47 35.42 36.38 37.34
O 43.08 44.52 45.95 47.39 48.83 50.27 51.71 53.13 54.57 56.01
5 B 31.41 32.45 33.50 34.55 35.59 36.64 37.69 38.73 39.78 40.83
O 47.12 48.68 50.25 51.83 53.39 54.96 56.54 58.10 59.67 61.25
6 B 34.20 35.34 36.48 37.62 38.76 39.90 41.04 42.18 43.32 44.46
O 51.30 53.01 54.72 56.43 58.14 59.85 61.56 63.27 64.98 66.69
7 B 37.11 38.35 39.58 40.82 42.06 43.30 44.53 45.77 47.01 48.24
O 55.67 57.53 59.37 61.23 63.09 64.95 66.80 68.66 69.54 69.54
8 B 40.10 41.44 42.78 44.11 45.45 46.79 48.12 49.46 50.80 52.14
O 60.15 62.16 64.17 66.17 68.18 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54
9 B 43.20 44.63 46.07 47.51 48.95 50.39 51.83 53.27 54.71 56.15
O 64.80 66.95 69.11 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54
10 B 46.36 47.90 49.45 50.99 52.54 54.08 55.63 57.17 58.72 60.26
O 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54
11 B 49.60 51.26 52.91 54.56 56.22 57.87 59.52 61.18 62.83 64.48
O 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54
12 B 57.86 59.79 61.72 63.65 65.58 67.51 69.44 71.37 73.30 75.22
O 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 69.54 71.37 73.30 75.22
13 B 66.91 69.14 71.37 73.60 75.84 78.07 80.30 82.53 84.76 86.99
O 69.54 69.54 71.37 73.60 75.84 78.07 80.30 82.53 84.76 86.99
14 B 76.83 79.39 81.95 84.52 87.08 89.64 92.20 93.53 93.53 93.53
O 76.83 79.39 81.95 84.52 87.08 89.64 92.20 93.53 93.53 93.53
15 B 89.06 92.03 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53
O 89.06 92.03 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53 93.53

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

Note: These hourly 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. Also, the wildland firefighter special base rate for GS-10, step 1, is used in computing the applicable title 5 overtime hourly rate cap under 5 U.S.C. 5542 and 5 CFR 550.113 for all FLSA-exempt wildland firefighters.

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