CHI (GW) Salary Table 2026-CHI (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 30.86% For the Locality Pay Area of Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 41965 20.11 30.17 false 1 43372 20.78 31.17 false 2 44769 21.45 32.18 false 3 46158 22.12 33.18 false 4 47549 22.78 34.17 false 5 48366 23.17 34.76 false 6 49746 23.84 35.76 false 7 51136 24.50 36.75 false 8 51194 24.53 36.80 false 9 52491 25.15 37.73 false 10 1 46188 22.13 33.20 false 1 47288 22.66 33.99 false 2 48819 23.39 35.09 false 3 50113 24.01 36.02 false 4 50673 24.28 36.42 false 5 52162 24.99 37.49 false 6 53651 25.71 38.57 false 7 55142 26.42 39.63 false 8 56631 27.14 40.71 false 9 58121 27.85 41.78 false 10 2 49312 23.63 35.45 false 1 50957 24.42 36.63 false 2 52600 25.20 37.80 false 3 54245 25.99 38.99 false 4 55889 26.78 40.17 false 5 57534 27.57 41.36 false 6 59179 28.36 42.54 false 7 60822 29.14 43.71 false 8 62467 29.93 44.90 false 9 64112 30.72 46.08 false 10 3 54133 25.94 38.91 false 1 55937 26.80 40.20 false 2 57742 27.67 41.51 false 3 59548 28.53 42.80 false 4 61352 29.40 44.10 false 5 63157 30.26 45.39 false 6 64962 31.13 46.70 false 7 66766 31.99 47.99 false 8 68572 32.86 49.29 false 9 70377 33.72 50.58 false 10 4 59200 28.37 42.56 false 1 61173 29.31 43.97 false 2 63146 30.26 45.39 false 3 65120 31.20 46.80 false 4 67093 32.15 48.23 false 5 69067 33.09 49.64 false 6 71040 34.04 51.06 false 7 73013 34.98 52.47 false 8 74987 35.93 53.90 false 9 76960 36.88 55.32 false 10 5 64468 30.89 46.34 false 1 66617 31.92 47.88 false 2 68766 32.95 49.43 false 3 70914 33.98 50.97 false 4 73063 35.01 52.52 false 5 75212 36.04 54.06 false 6 77361 37.07 55.61 false 7 79509 38.10 57.15 false 8 81658 39.13 58.70 false 9 83808 40.16 60.24 false 10 6 69946 33.52 50.28 false 1 72278 34.63 51.95 false 2 74610 35.75 53.63 false 3 76942 36.87 55.31 false 4 79274 37.98 56.97 false 5 81606 39.10 58.65 false 6 83938 40.22 60.33 false 7 86269 41.34 62.01 false 8 88600 42.45 62.81 false 9 90932 43.57 62.81 false 10 7 75589 36.22 54.33 false 1 78108 37.43 56.15 false 2 80627 38.63 57.95 false 3 83146 39.84 59.76 false 4 85665 41.05 61.58 false 5 88185 42.25 62.81 false 6 90704 43.46 62.81 false 7 93223 44.67 62.81 false 8 95742 45.88 62.81 false 9 98261 47.08 62.81 false 10 8 81418 39.01 58.52 false 1 84133 40.31 60.47 false 2 86848 41.61 62.42 false 3 89562 42.91 62.81 false 4 92277 44.22 62.81 false 5 94991 45.52 62.81 false 6 97707 46.82 62.81 false 7 100421 48.12 62.81 false 8 103135 49.42 62.81 false 9 105850 50.72 62.81 false 10 9 87380 41.87 62.81 false 1 90292 43.26 62.81 false 2 93204 44.66 62.81 false 3 96115 46.05 62.81 false 4 99028 47.45 62.81 false 5 101940 48.85 62.81 false 6 104852 50.24 62.81 false 7 107763 51.64 62.81 false 8 110676 53.03 62.81 false 9 113588 54.43 62.81 false 10 10 93499 44.80 62.81 false 1 96618 46.30 62.81 false 2 99735 47.79 62.81 false 3 102852 49.28 62.81 false 4 105969 50.78 62.81 false 5 109088 52.27 62.81 false 6 112205 53.76 62.81 false 7 115322 55.26 62.81 false 8 118439 56.75 62.81 false 9 121557 58.24 62.81 false 10 11 109065 52.26 62.81 false 1 112701 54.00 62.81 false 2 116336 55.74 62.81 false 3 119972 57.49 62.81 false 4 123608 59.23 62.81 false 5 127244 60.97 62.81 false 6 130880 62.71 62.81 false 7 134516 64.45 64.45 false 8 138152 66.20 66.20 false 9 141787 67.94 67.94 false 10 12 126124 60.43 62.81 false 1 130327 62.45 62.81 false 2 134532 64.46 64.46 false 3 138736 66.48 66.48 false 4 142941 68.49 68.49 false 5 147146 70.51 70.51 false 6 151350 72.52 72.52 false 7 155555 74.54 74.54 false 8 159758 76.55 76.55 false 9 163962 78.56 78.56 false 10 13 144821 69.39 69.39 false 1 149650 71.71 71.71 false 2 154478 74.02 74.02 false 3 159306 76.33 76.33 false 4 164134 78.65 78.65 false 5 168963 80.96 80.96 false 6 173790 83.27 83.27 false 7 178619 85.59 85.59 false 8 183446 87.90 87.90 false 9 188275 90.21 90.21 false 10 14 167867 80.43 80.43 false 1 173463 83.12 83.12 false 2 179058 85.80 85.80 false 3 184654 88.48 88.48 false 4 190251 91.16 91.16 false 5 195846 93.84 93.84 false 6 197200 94.49 94.49 true 7 197200 94.49 94.49 true 8 197200 94.49 94.49 true 9 197200 94.49 94.49 true 10 15 Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI * 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