AQ (GW) Salary Table 2026-AQ (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 18.33% For the Locality Pay Area of Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 37947 18.18 27.27 false 1 39219 18.79 28.19 false 2 40482 19.40 29.10 false 3 41739 20.00 30.00 false 4 42996 20.60 30.90 false 5 43735 20.96 31.44 false 6 44983 21.55 32.33 false 7 46240 22.16 33.24 false 8 46292 22.18 33.27 false 9 47465 22.74 34.11 false 10 1 41766 20.01 30.02 false 1 42760 20.49 30.74 false 2 44144 21.15 31.73 false 3 45314 21.71 32.57 false 4 45821 21.96 32.94 false 5 47168 22.60 33.90 false 6 48514 23.25 34.88 false 7 49862 23.89 35.84 false 8 51208 24.54 36.81 false 9 52556 25.18 37.77 false 10 2 44590 21.37 32.06 false 1 46078 22.08 33.12 false 2 47564 22.79 34.19 false 3 49051 23.50 35.25 false 4 50538 24.22 36.33 false 5 52025 24.93 37.40 false 6 53512 25.64 38.46 false 7 54999 26.35 39.53 false 8 56486 27.07 40.61 false 9 57973 27.78 41.67 false 10 3 48950 23.45 35.18 false 1 50581 24.24 36.36 false 2 52213 25.02 37.53 false 3 53846 25.80 38.70 false 4 55478 26.58 39.87 false 5 57110 27.36 41.04 false 6 58741 28.15 42.23 false 7 60373 28.93 43.40 false 8 62006 29.71 44.57 false 9 63638 30.49 45.74 false 10 4 53531 25.65 38.48 false 1 55316 26.51 39.77 false 2 57100 27.36 41.04 false 3 58885 28.22 42.33 false 4 60669 29.07 43.61 false 5 62453 29.92 44.88 false 6 64238 30.78 46.17 false 7 66022 31.63 47.45 false 8 67807 32.49 48.74 false 9 69591 33.34 50.01 false 10 5 58295 27.93 41.90 false 1 60238 28.86 43.29 false 2 62181 29.79 44.69 false 3 64124 30.73 46.10 false 4 66067 31.66 47.49 false 5 68010 32.59 48.89 false 6 69953 33.52 50.28 false 7 71896 34.45 51.68 false 8 73839 35.38 53.07 false 9 75783 36.31 54.47 false 10 6 63249 30.31 45.47 false 1 65357 31.32 46.98 false 2 67466 32.33 48.50 false 3 69574 33.34 50.01 false 4 71683 34.35 51.53 false 5 73792 35.36 53.04 false 6 75900 36.37 54.56 false 7 78009 37.38 56.07 false 8 80117 38.39 56.79 false 9 82225 39.40 56.79 false 10 7 68351 32.75 49.13 false 1 70629 33.84 50.76 false 2 72907 34.93 52.40 false 3 75185 36.03 54.05 false 4 77462 37.12 55.68 false 5 79741 38.21 56.79 false 6 82019 39.30 56.79 false 7 84297 40.39 56.79 false 8 86575 41.48 56.79 false 9 88853 42.57 56.79 false 10 8 73623 35.28 52.92 false 1 76077 36.45 54.68 false 2 78532 37.63 56.45 false 3 80986 38.80 56.79 false 4 83442 39.98 56.79 false 5 85896 41.16 56.79 false 6 88351 42.33 56.79 false 7 90805 43.51 56.79 false 8 93259 44.69 56.79 false 9 95715 45.86 56.79 false 10 9 79014 37.86 56.79 false 1 81647 39.12 56.79 false 2 84279 40.38 56.79 false 3 86912 41.64 56.79 false 4 89546 42.91 56.79 false 5 92179 44.17 56.79 false 6 94812 45.43 56.79 false 7 97445 46.69 56.79 false 8 100079 47.95 56.79 false 9 102712 49.22 56.79 false 10 10 84547 40.51 56.79 false 1 87367 41.86 56.79 false 2 90185 43.21 56.79 false 3 93004 44.56 56.79 false 4 95822 45.91 56.79 false 5 98642 47.26 56.79 false 6 101461 48.62 56.79 false 7 104279 49.97 56.79 false 8 107098 51.32 56.79 false 9 109918 52.67 56.79 false 10 11 98622 47.26 56.79 false 1 101909 48.83 56.79 false 2 105197 50.41 56.79 false 3 108485 51.98 56.79 false 4 111772 53.56 56.79 false 5 115061 55.13 56.79 false 6 118348 56.71 56.79 false 7 121636 58.28 58.28 false 8 124923 59.86 59.86 false 9 128211 61.43 61.43 false 10 12 114048 54.65 56.79 false 1 117848 56.47 56.79 false 2 121650 58.29 58.29 false 3 125452 60.11 60.11 false 4 129254 61.93 61.93 false 5 133056 63.75 63.75 false 6 136858 65.58 65.58 false 7 140660 67.40 67.40 false 8 144461 69.22 69.22 false 9 148263 71.04 71.04 false 10 13 130955 62.75 62.75 false 1 135321 64.84 64.84 false 2 139686 66.93 66.93 false 3 144053 69.02 69.02 false 4 148418 71.12 71.12 false 5 152784 73.21 73.21 false 6 157149 75.30 75.30 false 7 161516 77.39 77.39 false 8 165881 79.48 79.48 false 9 170247 81.57 81.57 false 10 14 151794 72.73 72.73 false 1 156854 75.16 75.16 false 2 161913 77.58 77.58 false 3 166973 80.01 80.01 false 4 172034 82.43 82.43 false 5 177094 84.86 84.86 false 6 182154 87.28 87.28 false 7 187213 89.70 89.70 false 8 192273 92.13 92.13 false 9 197200 94.49 94.49 true 10 15 Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM * 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. 197200 GW