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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-SL (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 20.03%

For the Locality Pay Area of St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL

Total Increase: 2.04%

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

38111

39389

40655

41918

43183

43923

45178

46441

46491

47672

2

41947

42946

44334

45509

46020

47373

48726

50079

51433

52786

3

44783

46275

47767

49259

50751

52243

53735

55228

56720

58212

4

49161

50800

52440

54080

55719

57359

58998

60638

62278

63917

5

53761

55553

57344

59135

60927

62718

64510

66301

68092

69884

6

58547

60498

62449

64401

66351

68303

70254

72205

74157

76107

7

63522

65640

67758

69877

71994

74113

76230

78348

80466

82584

8

68646

70935

73224

75513

77801

80090

82379

84668

86957

89246

9

73941

76405

78869

81335

83799

86263

88727

91192

93657

96121

10

79354

82000

84644

87289

89934

92578

95223

97868

100513

103157

11

84913

87742

90572

93401

96232

99062

101891

104721

107550

110381

12

99049

102351

105653

108955

112257

115559

118862

122164

125466

128768

13

114541

118359

122177

125995

129814

133632

137450

141268

145086

148904

14

131520

135905

140289

144673

149057

153440

157825

162209

166593

170977

15

152450

157532

162613

167695

172776

177858

182939

188021

193103

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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