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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-TU (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 19.28%

For the Locality Pay Area of Tucson-Nogales, AZ

Total Increase: 2.01%

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

37873

39143

40401

41656

42913

43648

44896

46151

46201

47374

2

41685

42677

44057

45225

45732

47077

48422

49766

51111

52456

3

44503

45986

47469

48951

50434

51917

53399

54883

56366

57848

4

48854

50483

52112

53742

55371

57000

58630

60259

61888

63518

5

53426

55206

56986

58766

60547

62326

64107

65887

67666

69447

6

58181

60120

62059

63998

65937

67876

69815

71754

73694

75632

7

63125

65229

67335

69440

71544

73649

75754

77859

79963

82068

8

68217

70492

72767

75041

77315

79590

81864

84139

86414

88688

9

73479

75928

78377

80827

83275

85724

88173

90622

93072

95521

10

78858

81487

84115

86744

89372

91999

94628

97256

99885

102513

11

84382

87194

90006

92818

95630

98443

101254

104067

106878

109691

12

98430

101711

104993

108274

111555

114837

118119

121401

124682

127964

13

113825

117620

121414

125208

129003

132797

136591

140385

144180

147974

14

130699

135056

139412

143769

148125

152482

156839

161195

165552

169908

15

151498

156548

161597

166647

171696

176747

181796

186846

191896

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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