DEN (GW) Salary Table 2026-DEN (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 30.52% For the Locality Pay Area of Denver-Aurora, CO Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 41856 20.06 30.09 false 1 43260 20.73 31.10 false 2 44652 21.40 32.10 false 3 46038 22.06 33.09 false 4 47426 22.72 34.08 false 5 48240 23.11 34.67 false 6 49617 23.77 35.66 false 7 51003 24.44 36.66 false 8 51061 24.47 36.71 false 9 52354 25.09 37.64 false 10 1 46068 22.07 33.11 false 1 47165 22.60 33.90 false 2 48692 23.33 35.00 false 3 49983 23.95 35.93 false 4 50541 24.22 36.33 false 5 52027 24.93 37.40 false 6 53512 25.64 38.46 false 7 54999 26.35 39.53 false 8 56484 27.06 40.59 false 9 57970 27.78 41.67 false 10 2 49184 23.57 35.36 false 1 50824 24.35 36.53 false 2 52464 25.14 37.71 false 3 54104 25.92 38.88 false 4 55744 26.71 40.07 false 5 57384 27.50 41.25 false 6 59025 28.28 42.42 false 7 60664 29.07 43.61 false 8 62305 29.85 44.78 false 9 63946 30.64 45.96 false 10 3 53992 25.87 38.81 false 1 55792 26.73 40.10 false 2 57592 27.60 41.40 false 3 59393 28.46 42.69 false 4 61193 29.32 43.98 false 5 62993 30.18 45.27 false 6 64793 31.05 46.58 false 7 66593 31.91 47.87 false 8 68394 32.77 49.16 false 9 70194 33.63 50.45 false 10 4 59046 28.29 42.44 false 1 61014 29.24 43.86 false 2 62982 30.18 45.27 false 3 64951 31.12 46.68 false 4 66919 32.06 48.09 false 5 68887 33.01 49.52 false 6 70855 33.95 50.93 false 7 72824 34.89 52.34 false 8 74792 35.84 53.76 false 9 76760 36.78 55.17 false 10 5 64301 30.81 46.22 false 1 66444 31.84 47.76 false 2 68587 32.86 49.29 false 3 70730 33.89 50.84 false 4 72873 34.92 52.38 false 5 75016 35.94 53.91 false 6 77160 36.97 55.46 false 7 79303 38.00 57.00 false 8 81446 39.03 58.55 false 9 83590 40.05 60.08 false 10 6 69764 33.43 50.15 false 1 72090 34.54 51.81 false 2 74416 35.66 53.49 false 3 76742 36.77 55.16 false 4 79068 37.89 56.84 false 5 81394 39.00 58.50 false 6 83719 40.11 60.17 false 7 86045 41.23 61.85 false 8 88370 42.34 62.64 false 9 90696 43.46 62.64 false 10 7 75392 36.12 54.18 false 1 77905 37.33 56.00 false 2 80417 38.53 57.80 false 3 82930 39.74 59.61 false 4 85442 40.94 61.41 false 5 87956 42.14 62.64 false 6 90469 43.35 62.64 false 7 92981 44.55 62.64 false 8 95494 45.76 62.64 false 9 98006 46.96 62.64 false 10 8 81207 38.91 58.37 false 1 83914 40.21 60.32 false 2 86622 41.51 62.27 false 3 89329 42.80 62.64 false 4 92037 44.10 62.64 false 5 94744 45.40 62.64 false 6 97453 46.70 62.64 false 7 100160 47.99 62.64 false 8 102867 49.29 62.64 false 9 105575 50.59 62.64 false 10 9 87153 41.76 62.64 false 1 90057 43.15 62.64 false 2 92962 44.54 62.64 false 3 95866 45.93 62.64 false 4 98771 47.33 62.64 false 5 101675 48.72 62.64 false 6 104579 50.11 62.64 false 7 107483 51.50 62.64 false 8 110389 52.89 62.64 false 9 113293 54.29 62.64 false 10 10 93257 44.68 62.64 false 1 96367 46.17 62.64 false 2 99476 47.66 62.64 false 3 102585 49.15 62.64 false 4 105694 50.64 62.64 false 5 108804 52.13 62.64 false 6 111913 53.62 62.64 false 7 115022 55.11 62.64 false 8 118131 56.60 62.64 false 9 121241 58.09 62.64 false 10 11 108782 52.12 62.64 false 1 112408 53.86 62.64 false 2 116034 55.60 62.64 false 3 119661 57.34 62.64 false 4 123287 59.07 62.64 false 5 126914 60.81 62.64 false 6 130540 62.55 62.64 false 7 134167 64.29 64.29 false 8 137793 66.02 66.02 false 9 141418 67.76 67.76 false 10 12 125796 60.28 62.64 false 1 129989 62.29 62.64 false 2 134182 64.29 64.29 false 3 138376 66.30 66.30 false 4 142570 68.31 68.31 false 5 146763 70.32 70.32 false 6 150957 72.33 72.33 false 7 155150 74.34 74.34 false 8 159343 76.35 76.35 false 9 163536 78.36 78.36 false 10 13 144445 69.21 69.21 false 1 149261 71.52 71.52 false 2 154076 73.83 73.83 false 3 158892 76.13 76.13 false 4 163707 78.44 78.44 false 5 168524 80.75 80.75 false 6 173338 83.06 83.06 false 7 178155 85.36 85.36 false 8 182969 87.67 87.67 false 9 187786 89.98 89.98 false 10 14 167431 80.23 80.23 false 1 173012 82.90 82.90 false 2 178593 85.57 85.57 false 3 184174 88.25 88.25 false 4 189757 90.92 90.92 false 5 195338 93.60 93.60 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 Denver-Aurora, CO * 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