DM (GW) Salary Table 2026-DM (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 18.01% For the Locality Pay Area of Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 37845 18.13 27.20 false 1 39113 18.74 28.11 false 2 40372 19.34 29.01 false 3 41626 19.95 29.93 false 4 42880 20.55 30.83 false 5 43616 20.90 31.35 false 6 44862 21.50 32.25 false 7 46115 22.10 33.15 false 8 46167 22.12 33.18 false 9 47336 22.68 34.02 false 10 1 41653 19.96 29.94 false 1 42644 20.43 30.65 false 2 44025 21.09 31.64 false 3 45192 21.65 32.48 false 4 45697 21.90 32.85 false 5 47040 22.54 33.81 false 6 48383 23.18 34.77 false 7 49727 23.83 35.75 false 8 51070 24.47 36.71 false 9 52414 25.11 37.67 false 10 2 44470 21.31 31.97 false 1 45953 22.02 33.03 false 2 47435 22.73 34.10 false 3 48919 23.44 35.16 false 4 50401 24.15 36.23 false 5 51884 24.86 37.29 false 6 53368 25.57 38.36 false 7 54850 26.28 39.42 false 8 56333 26.99 40.49 false 9 57817 27.70 41.55 false 10 3 48817 23.39 35.09 false 1 50445 24.17 36.26 false 2 52072 24.95 37.43 false 3 53700 25.73 38.60 false 4 55328 26.51 39.77 false 5 56955 27.29 40.94 false 6 58583 28.07 42.11 false 7 60210 28.85 43.28 false 8 61838 29.63 44.45 false 9 63466 30.41 45.62 false 10 4 53387 25.58 38.37 false 1 55166 26.43 39.65 false 2 56946 27.29 40.94 false 3 58725 28.14 42.21 false 4 60505 28.99 43.49 false 5 62284 29.84 44.76 false 6 64064 30.70 46.05 false 7 65844 31.55 47.33 false 8 67623 32.40 48.60 false 9 69403 33.25 49.88 false 10 5 58138 27.86 41.79 false 1 60075 28.79 43.19 false 2 62013 29.71 44.57 false 3 63951 30.64 45.96 false 4 65889 31.57 47.36 false 5 67826 32.50 48.75 false 6 69764 33.43 50.15 false 7 71702 34.36 51.54 false 8 73639 35.28 52.92 false 9 75578 36.21 54.32 false 10 6 63078 30.22 45.33 false 1 65180 31.23 46.85 false 2 67283 32.24 48.36 false 3 69386 33.25 49.88 false 4 71489 34.25 51.38 false 5 73592 35.26 52.89 false 6 75695 36.27 54.41 false 7 77798 37.28 55.92 false 8 79900 38.28 56.64 false 9 82003 39.29 56.64 false 10 7 68166 32.66 48.99 false 1 70438 33.75 50.63 false 2 72710 34.84 52.26 false 3 74981 35.93 53.90 false 4 77253 37.02 55.53 false 5 79526 38.11 56.64 false 6 81797 39.19 56.64 false 7 84069 40.28 56.64 false 8 86341 41.37 56.64 false 9 88613 42.46 56.64 false 10 8 73423 35.18 52.77 false 1 75871 36.35 54.53 false 2 78320 37.53 56.30 false 3 80767 38.70 56.64 false 4 83216 39.87 56.64 false 5 85663 41.05 56.64 false 6 88112 42.22 56.64 false 7 90560 43.39 56.64 false 8 93007 44.56 56.64 false 9 95456 45.74 56.64 false 10 9 78800 37.76 56.64 false 1 81426 39.02 56.64 false 2 84051 40.27 56.64 false 3 86677 41.53 56.64 false 4 89304 42.79 56.64 false 5 91930 44.05 56.64 false 6 94556 45.31 56.64 false 7 97181 46.56 56.64 false 8 99808 47.82 56.64 false 9 102434 49.08 56.64 false 10 10 84318 40.40 56.64 false 1 87130 41.75 56.64 false 2 89941 43.10 56.64 false 3 92752 44.44 56.64 false 4 95563 45.79 56.64 false 5 98375 47.14 56.64 false 6 101186 48.48 56.64 false 7 103997 49.83 56.64 false 8 106808 51.18 56.64 false 9 109621 52.53 56.64 false 10 11 98355 47.13 56.64 false 1 101634 48.70 56.64 false 2 104912 50.27 56.64 false 3 108192 51.84 56.64 false 4 111470 53.41 56.64 false 5 114749 54.98 56.64 false 6 118028 56.55 56.64 false 7 121307 58.13 58.13 false 8 124586 59.70 59.70 false 9 127864 61.27 61.27 false 10 12 113739 54.50 56.64 false 1 117530 56.32 56.64 false 2 121321 58.13 58.13 false 3 125113 59.95 59.95 false 4 128905 61.77 61.77 false 5 132696 63.58 63.58 false 6 136488 65.40 65.40 false 7 140280 67.22 67.22 false 8 144070 69.03 69.03 false 9 147862 70.85 70.85 false 10 13 130600 62.58 62.58 false 1 134955 64.66 64.66 false 2 139308 66.75 66.75 false 3 143663 68.84 68.84 false 4 148016 70.92 70.92 false 5 152371 73.01 73.01 false 6 156724 75.10 75.10 false 7 161079 77.18 77.18 false 8 165432 79.27 79.27 false 9 169787 81.35 81.35 false 10 14 151383 72.54 72.54 false 1 156429 74.95 74.95 false 2 161475 77.37 77.37 false 3 166522 79.79 79.79 false 4 171569 82.21 82.21 false 5 176615 84.63 84.63 false 6 181661 87.04 87.04 false 7 186707 89.46 89.46 false 8 191753 91.88 91.88 false 9 196801 94.30 94.30 false 10 15 Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA 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