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

Pay & Leave Salaries & Wages

Salary Table 2025-VB (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 18.80%

For the Locality Pay Area of Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC

Total Increase: 1.99%

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

37720

38985

40239

41489

42741

43472

44715

45965

46015

47184

2

41517

42505

43880

45043

45548

46888

48227

49566

50906

52245

3

44324

45801

47278

48754

50231

51708

53184

54662

56139

57616

4

48657

50280

51903

53525

55148

56771

58394

60017

61639

63262

5

53211

54984

56757

58529

60303

62075

63849

65622

67394

69168

6

57947

59878

61809

63741

65671

67603

69534

71465

73397

75328

7

62871

64967

67064

69161

71256

73353

75449

77546

79641

81738

8

67943

70208

72474

74739

77004

79269

81535

83800

86066

88331

9

73183

75622

78061

80501

82940

85379

87818

90257

92697

95136

10

78541

81159

83777

86395

89012

91629

94248

96865

99483

102100

11

84043

86843

89644

92444

95246

98047

100847

103648

106448

109250

12

98034

101302

104570

107838

111107

114375

117644

120912

124180

127449

13

113367

117146

120925

124704

128483

132262

136041

139820

143600

147379

14

130173

134512

138851

143191

147529

151868

156208

160546

164886

169225

15

150888

155918

160947

165977

171005

176035

181064

186094

191124

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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