BU (GW) Salary Table 2026-BU (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 22.41% For the Locality Pay Area of Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 39256 18.81 28.22 false 1 40572 19.44 29.16 false 2 41878 20.07 30.11 false 3 43178 20.69 31.04 false 4 44479 21.31 31.97 false 5 45243 21.68 32.52 false 6 46534 22.30 33.45 false 7 47834 22.92 34.38 false 8 47888 22.95 34.43 false 9 49101 23.53 35.30 false 10 1 43206 20.70 31.05 false 1 44234 21.20 31.80 false 2 45666 21.88 32.82 false 3 46877 22.46 33.69 false 4 47401 22.71 34.07 false 5 48794 23.38 35.07 false 6 50187 24.05 36.08 false 7 51581 24.72 37.08 false 8 52974 25.38 38.07 false 9 54368 26.05 39.08 false 10 2 46128 22.10 33.15 false 1 47666 22.84 34.26 false 2 49204 23.58 35.37 false 3 50743 24.31 36.47 false 4 52280 25.05 37.58 false 5 53819 25.79 38.69 false 6 55357 26.52 39.78 false 7 56895 27.26 40.89 false 8 58434 28.00 42.00 false 9 59972 28.74 43.11 false 10 3 50637 24.26 36.39 false 1 52325 25.07 37.61 false 2 54013 25.88 38.82 false 3 55703 26.69 40.04 false 4 57391 27.50 41.25 false 5 59079 28.31 42.47 false 6 60767 29.12 43.68 false 7 62455 29.93 44.90 false 8 64144 30.74 46.11 false 9 65832 31.54 47.31 false 10 4 55377 26.53 39.80 false 1 57223 27.42 41.13 false 2 59069 28.30 42.45 false 3 60915 29.19 43.79 false 4 62761 30.07 45.11 false 5 64607 30.96 46.44 false 6 66453 31.84 47.76 false 7 68299 32.73 49.10 false 8 70145 33.61 50.42 false 9 71991 34.49 51.74 false 10 5 60305 28.90 43.35 false 1 62315 29.86 44.79 false 2 64325 30.82 46.23 false 3 66335 31.78 47.67 false 4 68345 32.75 49.13 false 5 70355 33.71 50.57 false 6 72365 34.67 52.01 false 7 74375 35.64 53.46 false 8 76385 36.60 54.90 false 9 78396 37.56 56.34 false 10 6 65429 31.35 47.03 false 1 67611 32.40 48.60 false 2 69792 33.44 50.16 false 3 71973 34.49 51.74 false 4 74155 35.53 53.30 false 5 76336 36.58 54.87 false 6 78517 37.62 56.43 false 7 80699 38.67 58.01 false 8 82879 39.71 58.76 false 9 85060 40.76 58.76 false 10 7 70708 33.88 50.82 false 1 73064 35.01 52.52 false 2 75420 36.14 54.21 false 3 77777 37.27 55.91 false 4 80133 38.40 57.60 false 5 82491 39.53 58.76 false 6 84847 40.66 58.76 false 7 87204 41.78 58.76 false 8 89560 42.91 58.76 false 9 91916 44.04 58.76 false 10 8 76161 36.49 54.74 false 1 78700 37.71 56.57 false 2 81240 38.93 58.40 false 3 83779 40.14 58.76 false 4 86319 41.36 58.76 false 5 88857 42.58 58.76 false 6 91397 43.79 58.76 false 7 93936 45.01 58.76 false 8 96475 46.23 58.76 false 9 99015 47.44 58.76 false 10 9 81738 39.17 58.76 false 1 84462 40.47 58.76 false 2 87185 41.78 58.76 false 3 89909 43.08 58.76 false 4 92634 44.39 58.76 false 5 95357 45.69 58.76 false 6 98081 47.00 58.76 false 7 100805 48.30 58.76 false 8 103529 49.61 58.76 false 9 106253 50.91 58.76 false 10 10 87462 41.91 58.76 false 1 90379 43.31 58.76 false 2 93295 44.70 58.76 false 3 96211 46.10 58.76 false 4 99126 47.50 58.76 false 5 102043 48.89 58.76 false 6 104959 50.29 58.76 false 7 107875 51.69 58.76 false 8 110791 53.09 58.76 false 9 113708 54.48 58.76 false 10 11 102023 48.89 58.76 false 1 105423 50.51 58.76 false 2 108824 52.14 58.76 false 3 112225 53.77 58.76 false 4 115626 55.40 58.76 false 5 119028 57.03 58.76 false 6 122428 58.66 58.76 false 7 125830 60.29 60.29 false 8 129231 61.92 61.92 false 9 132631 63.55 63.55 false 10 12 117980 56.53 58.76 false 1 121912 58.41 58.76 false 2 125845 60.30 60.30 false 3 129778 62.18 62.18 false 4 133711 64.07 64.07 false 5 137644 65.95 65.95 false 6 141577 67.84 67.84 false 7 145510 69.72 69.72 false 8 149442 71.61 71.61 false 9 153375 73.49 73.49 false 10 13 135470 64.91 64.91 false 1 139987 67.08 67.08 false 2 144503 69.24 69.24 false 3 149019 71.40 71.40 false 4 153535 73.57 73.57 false 5 158052 75.73 75.73 false 6 162568 77.90 77.90 false 7 167085 80.06 80.06 false 8 171600 82.22 82.22 false 9 176117 84.39 84.39 false 10 14 157028 75.24 75.24 false 1 162262 77.75 77.75 false 2 167496 80.26 80.26 false 3 172730 82.76 82.76 false 4 177966 85.27 85.27 false 5 183200 87.78 87.78 false 6 188434 90.29 90.29 false 7 193669 92.80 92.80 false 8 197200 94.49 94.49 true 9 197200 94.49 94.49 true 10 15 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY * 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