BH (GW) Salary Table 2026-BH (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 18.24% For the Locality Pay Area of Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 37918 18.17 27.26 false 1 39189 18.78 28.17 false 2 40451 19.38 29.07 false 3 41707 19.98 29.97 false 4 42964 20.59 30.89 false 5 43702 20.94 31.41 false 6 44949 21.54 32.31 false 7 46205 22.14 33.21 false 8 46257 22.16 33.24 false 9 47428 22.73 34.10 false 10 1 41734 20.00 30.00 false 1 42727 20.47 30.71 false 2 44111 21.14 31.71 false 3 45280 21.70 32.55 false 4 45786 21.94 32.91 false 5 47132 22.58 33.87 false 6 48477 23.23 34.85 false 7 49824 23.87 35.81 false 8 51170 24.52 36.78 false 9 52516 25.16 37.74 false 10 2 44556 21.35 32.03 false 1 46043 22.06 33.09 false 2 47528 22.77 34.16 false 3 49014 23.49 35.24 false 4 50499 24.20 36.30 false 5 51985 24.91 37.37 false 6 53472 25.62 38.43 false 7 54957 26.33 39.50 false 8 56443 27.05 40.58 false 9 57929 27.76 41.64 false 10 3 48912 23.44 35.16 false 1 50543 24.22 36.33 false 2 52173 25.00 37.50 false 3 53805 25.78 38.67 false 4 55436 26.56 39.84 false 5 57066 27.34 41.01 false 6 58697 28.13 42.20 false 7 60327 28.91 43.37 false 8 61959 29.69 44.54 false 9 63589 30.47 45.71 false 10 4 53491 25.63 38.45 false 1 55274 26.48 39.72 false 2 57057 27.34 41.01 false 3 58840 28.19 42.29 false 4 60623 29.05 43.58 false 5 62406 29.90 44.85 false 6 64189 30.76 46.14 false 7 65972 31.61 47.42 false 8 67755 32.47 48.71 false 9 69538 33.32 49.98 false 10 5 58251 27.91 41.87 false 1 60192 28.84 43.26 false 2 62134 29.77 44.66 false 3 64075 30.70 46.05 false 4 66017 31.63 47.45 false 5 67958 32.56 48.84 false 6 69900 33.49 50.24 false 7 71841 34.42 51.63 false 8 73783 35.35 53.03 false 9 75726 36.28 54.42 false 10 6 63200 30.28 45.42 false 1 65307 31.29 46.94 false 2 67415 32.30 48.45 false 3 69522 33.31 49.97 false 4 71629 34.32 51.48 false 5 73736 35.33 53.00 false 6 75843 36.34 54.51 false 7 77950 37.35 56.03 false 8 80056 38.36 56.75 false 9 82163 39.37 56.75 false 10 7 68299 32.73 49.10 false 1 70575 33.82 50.73 false 2 72851 34.91 52.37 false 3 75127 36.00 54.00 false 4 77403 37.09 55.64 false 5 79681 38.18 56.75 false 6 81957 39.27 56.75 false 7 84233 40.36 56.75 false 8 86509 41.45 56.75 false 9 88785 42.54 56.75 false 10 8 73567 35.25 52.88 false 1 76019 36.43 54.65 false 2 78472 37.60 56.40 false 3 80925 38.78 56.75 false 4 83378 39.95 56.75 false 5 85830 41.13 56.75 false 6 88284 42.30 56.75 false 7 90736 43.48 56.75 false 8 93188 44.65 56.75 false 9 95642 45.83 56.75 false 10 9 78954 37.83 56.75 false 1 81584 39.09 56.75 false 2 84215 40.35 56.75 false 3 86846 41.61 56.75 false 4 89478 42.87 56.75 false 5 92109 44.13 56.75 false 6 94740 45.40 56.75 false 7 97371 46.66 56.75 false 8 100003 47.92 56.75 false 9 102634 49.18 56.75 false 10 10 84482 40.48 56.75 false 1 87300 41.83 56.75 false 2 90117 43.18 56.75 false 3 92933 44.53 56.75 false 4 95750 45.88 56.75 false 5 98567 47.23 56.75 false 6 101384 48.58 56.75 false 7 104200 49.93 56.75 false 8 107017 51.28 56.75 false 9 109834 52.63 56.75 false 10 11 98547 47.22 56.75 false 1 101832 48.79 56.75 false 2 105117 50.37 56.75 false 3 108402 51.94 56.75 false 4 111687 53.52 56.75 false 5 114973 55.09 56.75 false 6 118258 56.66 56.75 false 7 121544 58.24 58.24 false 8 124828 59.81 59.81 false 9 128113 61.39 61.39 false 10 12 113961 54.61 56.75 false 1 117759 56.43 56.75 false 2 121558 58.25 58.25 false 3 125357 60.07 60.07 false 4 129156 61.89 61.89 false 5 132955 63.71 63.71 false 6 136754 65.53 65.53 false 7 140553 67.35 67.35 false 8 144351 69.17 69.17 false 9 148150 70.99 70.99 false 10 13 130855 62.70 62.70 false 1 135218 64.79 64.79 false 2 139580 66.88 66.88 false 3 143943 68.97 68.97 false 4 148305 71.06 71.06 false 5 152668 73.15 73.15 false 6 157030 75.24 75.24 false 7 161393 77.33 77.33 false 8 165755 79.42 79.42 false 9 170118 81.51 81.51 false 10 14 151678 72.68 72.68 false 1 156734 75.10 75.10 false 2 161790 77.52 77.52 false 3 166846 79.95 79.95 false 4 171903 82.37 82.37 false 5 176959 84.79 84.79 false 6 182015 87.21 87.21 false 7 187071 89.64 89.64 false 8 192127 92.06 92.06 false 9 197184 94.48 94.48 false 10 15 Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL * 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