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Salary Table 2026-DET (GW)

Wildland Firefighters under Pay Plan GW

Including Special Base Rates at Grades GS-1 through GS-15 and

Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase and a Locality Payment of 29.12%

For the Locality Pay Area of Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI

Total Increase: 1%

Effective January 2026

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 19.84 20.51 21.17 21.82 22.48 22.87 23.52 24.18 24.20 24.82
O 29.76 30.77 31.76 32.73 33.72 34.31 35.28 36.27 36.30 37.23
2 B 21.84 22.36 23.08 23.69 23.96 24.66 25.37 26.07 26.77 27.48
O 32.76 33.54 34.62 35.54 35.94 36.99 38.06 39.11 40.16 41.22
3 B 23.31 24.09 24.87 25.65 26.42 27.20 27.98 28.76 29.53 30.31
O 34.97 36.14 37.31 38.48 39.63 40.80 41.97 43.14 44.30 45.47
4 B 25.59 26.45 27.30 28.15 29.01 29.86 30.71 31.57 32.42 33.27
O 38.39 39.68 40.95 42.23 43.52 44.79 46.07 47.36 48.63 49.91
5 B 27.99 28.92 29.85 30.79 31.72 32.65 33.59 34.52 35.45 36.39
O 41.99 43.38 44.78 46.19 47.58 48.98 50.39 51.78 53.18 54.59
6 B 30.48 31.50 32.51 33.53 34.54 35.56 36.57 37.59 38.61 39.62
O 45.72 47.25 48.77 50.30 51.81 53.34 54.86 56.39 57.92 59.43
7 B 33.07 34.17 35.27 36.38 37.48 38.58 39.68 40.79 41.89 42.99
O 49.61 51.26 52.91 54.57 56.22 57.87 59.52 61.19 61.97 61.97
8 B 35.74 36.93 38.12 39.31 40.50 41.69 42.88 44.07 45.27 46.46
O 53.61 55.40 57.18 58.97 60.75 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97
9 B 38.49 39.78 41.06 42.34 43.63 44.91 46.19 47.48 48.76 50.04
O 57.74 59.67 61.59 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97
10 B 41.31 42.69 44.07 45.44 46.82 48.20 49.57 50.95 52.33 53.70
O 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97
11 B 44.21 45.68 47.15 48.63 50.10 51.57 53.05 54.52 56.00 57.47
O 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97
12 B 51.56 53.28 55.00 56.72 58.44 60.16 61.88 63.60 65.32 67.03
O 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 61.97 63.60 65.32 67.03
13 B 59.63 61.62 63.60 65.59 67.58 69.57 71.56 73.54 75.53 77.52
O 61.97 61.97 63.60 65.59 67.58 69.57 71.56 73.54 75.53 77.52
14 B 68.47 70.75 73.03 75.32 77.60 79.88 82.17 84.45 86.73 89.01
O 68.47 70.75 73.03 75.32 77.60 79.88 82.17 84.45 86.73 89.01
15 B 79.37 82.01 84.66 87.30 89.95 92.59 94.49 94.49 94.49 94.49
O 79.37 82.01 84.66 87.30 89.95 92.59 94.49 94.49 94.49 94.49

* 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. 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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