COL (GW) Salary Table 2026-COL (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 22.15% For the Locality Pay Area of Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 39172 18.77 28.16 false 1 40485 19.40 29.10 false 2 41789 20.02 30.03 false 3 43086 20.64 30.96 false 4 44384 21.27 31.91 false 5 45147 21.63 32.45 false 6 46435 22.25 33.38 false 7 47733 22.87 34.31 false 8 47786 22.90 34.35 false 9 48997 23.48 35.22 false 10 1 43114 20.66 30.99 false 1 44140 21.15 31.73 false 2 45569 21.83 32.75 false 3 46777 22.41 33.62 false 4 47300 22.66 33.99 false 5 48690 23.33 35.00 false 6 50080 24.00 36.00 false 7 51472 24.66 36.99 false 8 52862 25.33 38.00 false 9 54253 26.00 39.00 false 10 2 46030 22.06 33.09 false 1 47565 22.79 34.19 false 2 49099 23.53 35.30 false 3 50635 24.26 36.39 false 4 52169 25.00 37.50 false 5 53704 25.73 38.60 false 6 55240 26.47 39.71 false 7 56774 27.20 40.80 false 8 58310 27.94 41.91 false 9 59845 28.68 43.02 false 10 3 50530 24.21 36.32 false 1 52214 25.02 37.53 false 2 53899 25.83 38.75 false 3 55584 26.63 39.95 false 4 57269 27.44 41.16 false 5 58953 28.25 42.38 false 6 60638 29.06 43.59 false 7 62322 29.86 44.79 false 8 64008 30.67 46.01 false 9 65692 31.48 47.22 false 10 4 55259 26.48 39.72 false 1 57101 27.36 41.04 false 2 58943 28.24 42.36 false 3 60786 29.13 43.70 false 4 62628 30.01 45.02 false 5 64470 30.89 46.34 false 6 66312 31.77 47.66 false 7 68154 32.66 48.99 false 8 69996 33.54 50.31 false 9 71838 34.42 51.63 false 10 5 60177 28.83 43.25 false 1 62183 29.80 44.70 false 2 64189 30.76 46.14 false 3 66194 31.72 47.58 false 4 68200 32.68 49.02 false 5 70206 33.64 50.46 false 6 72211 34.60 51.90 false 7 74217 35.56 53.34 false 8 76223 36.52 54.78 false 9 78230 37.48 56.22 false 10 6 65290 31.28 46.92 false 1 67467 32.33 48.50 false 2 69644 33.37 50.06 false 3 71821 34.41 51.62 false 4 73997 35.46 53.19 false 5 76174 36.50 54.75 false 6 78351 37.54 56.31 false 7 80527 38.59 57.89 false 8 82703 39.63 58.62 false 9 84880 40.67 58.62 false 10 7 70558 33.81 50.72 false 1 72909 34.93 52.40 false 2 75260 36.06 54.09 false 3 77612 37.19 55.79 false 4 79963 38.31 57.47 false 5 82316 39.44 58.62 false 6 84667 40.57 58.62 false 7 87018 41.70 58.62 false 8 89370 42.82 58.62 false 9 91721 43.95 58.62 false 10 8 75999 36.42 54.63 false 1 78533 37.63 56.45 false 2 81067 38.84 58.26 false 3 83601 40.06 58.62 false 4 86135 41.27 58.62 false 5 88669 42.49 58.62 false 6 91203 43.70 58.62 false 7 93737 44.91 58.62 false 8 96270 46.13 58.62 false 9 98805 47.34 58.62 false 10 9 81564 39.08 58.62 false 1 84282 40.38 58.62 false 2 87000 41.69 58.62 false 3 89718 42.99 58.62 false 4 92437 44.29 58.62 false 5 95155 45.59 58.62 false 6 97873 46.90 58.62 false 7 100591 48.20 58.62 false 8 103310 49.50 58.62 false 9 106027 50.80 58.62 false 10 10 87276 41.82 58.62 false 1 90187 43.21 58.62 false 2 93097 44.61 58.62 false 3 96006 46.00 58.62 false 4 98916 47.40 58.62 false 5 101827 48.79 58.62 false 6 104736 50.18 58.62 false 7 107646 51.58 58.62 false 8 110556 52.97 58.62 false 9 113466 54.37 58.62 false 10 11 101806 48.78 58.62 false 1 105199 50.41 58.62 false 2 108593 52.03 58.62 false 3 111987 53.66 58.62 false 4 115380 55.29 58.62 false 5 118775 56.91 58.62 false 6 122168 58.54 58.62 false 7 125563 60.16 60.16 false 8 128956 61.79 61.79 false 9 132350 63.42 63.42 false 10 12 117729 56.41 58.62 false 1 121653 58.29 58.62 false 2 125578 60.17 60.17 false 3 129502 62.05 62.05 false 4 133427 63.93 63.93 false 5 137352 65.81 65.81 false 6 141276 67.69 67.69 false 7 145201 69.57 69.57 false 8 149124 71.45 71.45 false 9 153049 73.33 73.33 false 10 13 135182 64.77 64.77 false 1 139690 66.93 66.93 false 2 144196 69.09 69.09 false 3 148703 71.25 71.25 false 4 153209 73.41 73.41 false 5 157716 75.57 75.57 false 6 162223 77.73 77.73 false 7 166730 79.89 79.89 false 8 171236 82.05 82.05 false 9 175743 84.21 84.21 false 10 14 156694 75.08 75.08 false 1 161917 77.58 77.58 false 2 167140 80.09 80.09 false 3 172363 82.59 82.59 false 4 177588 85.09 85.09 false 5 182811 87.60 87.60 false 6 188034 90.10 90.10 false 7 193257 92.60 92.60 false 8 197200 94.49 94.49 true 9 197200 94.49 94.49 true 10 15 Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH * 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