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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

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 18.26 18.87 19.48 20.09 20.69 21.05 21.65 22.25 22.28 22.84
O 27.39 28.31 29.22 30.14 31.04 31.58 32.48 33.38 33.42 34.26
2 B 20.10 20.58 21.24 21.81 22.05 22.70 23.35 24.00 24.64 25.29
O 30.15 30.87 31.86 32.72 33.08 34.05 35.03 36.00 36.96 37.94
3 B 21.46 22.17 22.89 23.60 24.32 25.03 25.75 26.46 27.18 27.89
O 32.19 33.26 34.34 35.40 36.48 37.55 38.63 39.69 40.77 41.84
4 B 23.56 24.34 25.13 25.91 26.70 27.48 28.27 29.06 29.84 30.63
O 35.34 36.51 37.70 38.87 40.05 41.22 42.41 43.59 44.76 45.95
5 B 25.76 26.62 27.48 28.33 29.19 30.05 30.91 31.77 32.63 33.49
O 38.64 39.93 41.22 42.50 43.79 45.08 46.37 47.66 48.95 50.24
6 B 28.05 28.99 29.92 30.86 31.79 32.73 33.66 34.60 35.53 36.47
O 42.08 43.49 44.88 46.29 47.69 49.10 50.49 51.90 53.30 54.71
7 B 30.44 31.45 32.47 33.48 34.50 35.51 36.53 37.54 38.56 39.57
O 45.66 47.18 48.71 50.22 51.75 53.27 54.80 56.31 57.03 57.03
8 B 32.89 33.99 35.09 36.18 37.28 38.38 39.47 40.57 41.67 42.76
O 49.34 50.99 52.64 54.27 55.92 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03
9 B 35.43 36.61 37.79 38.97 40.15 41.33 42.51 43.70 44.88 46.06
O 53.15 54.92 56.69 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03
10 B 38.02 39.29 40.56 41.83 43.09 44.36 45.63 46.89 48.16 49.43
O 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03
11 B 40.69 42.04 43.40 44.75 46.11 47.47 48.82 50.18 51.53 52.89
O 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03
12 B 47.46 49.04 50.62 52.21 53.79 55.37 56.95 58.54 60.12 61.70
O 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 57.03 58.54 60.12 61.70
13 B 54.88 56.71 58.54 60.37 62.20 64.03 65.86 67.69 69.52 71.35
O 57.03 57.03 58.54 60.37 62.20 64.03 65.86 67.69 69.52 71.35
14 B 63.02 65.12 67.22 69.32 71.42 73.52 75.62 77.72 79.82 81.92
O 63.02 65.12 67.22 69.32 71.42 73.52 75.62 77.72 79.82 81.92
15 B 73.05 75.48 77.92 80.35 82.79 85.22 87.66 90.09 92.53 93.53
O 73.05 75.48 77.92 80.35 82.79 85.22 87.66 90.09 92.53 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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