RUS (GW) Salary Table 2026-RUS (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 17.06% For the Locality Pay Area of Rest of U.S. Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 37540 17.99 26.99 false 1 38798 18.59 27.89 false 2 40047 19.19 28.79 false 3 41291 19.78 29.67 false 4 42535 20.38 30.57 false 5 43265 20.73 31.10 false 6 44500 21.32 31.98 false 7 45744 21.92 32.88 false 8 45795 21.94 32.91 false 9 46955 22.50 33.75 false 10 1 41317 19.80 29.70 false 1 42301 20.27 30.41 false 2 43670 20.92 31.38 false 3 44828 21.48 32.22 false 4 45329 21.72 32.58 false 5 46661 22.36 33.54 false 6 47993 23.00 34.50 false 7 49327 23.64 35.46 false 8 50659 24.27 36.41 false 9 51992 24.91 37.37 false 10 2 44112 21.14 31.71 false 1 45583 21.84 32.76 false 2 47053 22.55 33.83 false 3 48525 23.25 34.88 false 4 49995 23.96 35.94 false 5 51467 24.66 36.99 false 6 52938 25.37 38.06 false 7 54408 26.07 39.11 false 8 55880 26.78 40.17 false 9 57351 27.48 41.22 false 10 3 48424 23.20 34.80 false 1 50038 23.98 35.97 false 2 51653 24.75 37.13 false 3 53268 25.52 38.28 false 4 54882 26.30 39.45 false 5 56497 27.07 40.61 false 6 58111 27.84 41.76 false 7 59725 28.62 42.93 false 8 61341 29.39 44.09 false 9 62955 30.17 45.26 false 10 4 52957 25.37 38.06 false 1 54722 26.22 39.33 false 2 56487 27.07 40.61 false 3 58253 27.91 41.87 false 4 60018 28.76 43.14 false 5 61783 29.60 44.40 false 6 63548 30.45 45.68 false 7 65314 31.30 46.95 false 8 67079 32.14 48.21 false 9 68844 32.99 49.49 false 10 5 57670 27.63 41.45 false 1 59592 28.55 42.83 false 2 61514 29.47 44.21 false 3 63436 30.40 45.60 false 4 65358 31.32 46.98 false 5 67280 32.24 48.36 false 6 69202 33.16 49.74 false 7 71124 34.08 51.12 false 8 73047 35.00 52.50 false 9 74970 35.92 53.88 false 10 6 62570 29.98 44.97 false 1 64656 30.98 46.47 false 2 66742 31.98 47.97 false 3 68828 32.98 49.47 false 4 70914 33.98 50.97 false 5 73000 34.98 52.47 false 6 75086 35.98 53.97 false 7 77172 36.98 55.47 false 8 79257 37.98 56.18 false 9 81343 38.98 56.18 false 10 7 67617 32.40 48.60 false 1 69871 33.48 50.22 false 2 72124 34.56 51.84 false 3 74378 35.64 53.46 false 4 76631 36.72 55.08 false 5 78886 37.80 56.18 false 6 81139 38.88 56.18 false 7 83392 39.96 56.18 false 8 85646 41.04 56.18 false 9 87899 42.12 56.18 false 10 8 72832 34.90 52.35 false 1 75260 36.06 54.09 false 2 77689 37.23 55.85 false 3 80117 38.39 56.18 false 4 82546 39.55 56.18 false 5 84974 40.72 56.18 false 6 87403 41.88 56.18 false 7 89831 43.04 56.18 false 8 92258 44.21 56.18 false 9 94687 45.37 56.18 false 10 9 78166 37.45 56.18 false 1 80770 38.70 56.18 false 2 83375 39.95 56.18 false 3 85979 41.20 56.18 false 4 88585 42.45 56.18 false 5 91190 43.69 56.18 false 6 93794 44.94 56.18 false 7 96399 46.19 56.18 false 8 99005 47.44 56.18 false 9 101609 48.69 56.18 false 10 10 83639 40.08 56.18 false 1 86429 41.41 56.18 false 2 89217 42.75 56.18 false 3 92006 44.09 56.18 false 4 94794 45.42 56.18 false 5 97584 46.76 56.18 false 6 100372 48.09 56.18 false 7 103160 49.43 56.18 false 8 105949 50.77 56.18 false 9 108738 52.10 56.18 false 10 11 97564 46.75 56.18 false 1 100816 48.31 56.18 false 2 104068 49.86 56.18 false 3 107321 51.42 56.18 false 4 110573 52.98 56.18 false 5 113826 54.54 56.18 false 6 117078 56.10 56.18 false 7 120331 57.66 57.66 false 8 123583 59.22 59.22 false 9 126835 60.77 60.77 false 10 12 112824 54.06 56.18 false 1 116584 55.86 56.18 false 2 120345 57.66 57.66 false 3 124106 59.47 59.47 false 4 127867 61.27 61.27 false 5 131628 63.07 63.07 false 6 135389 64.87 64.87 false 7 139150 66.67 66.67 false 8 142910 68.48 68.48 false 9 146671 70.28 70.28 false 10 13 129549 62.07 62.07 false 1 133869 64.14 64.14 false 2 138187 66.21 66.21 false 3 142507 68.28 68.28 false 4 146825 70.35 70.35 false 5 151144 72.42 72.42 false 6 155463 74.49 74.49 false 7 159782 76.56 76.56 false 8 164101 78.63 78.63 false 9 168420 80.70 80.70 false 10 14 150165 71.95 71.95 false 1 155170 74.35 74.35 false 2 160176 76.75 76.75 false 3 165181 79.15 79.15 false 4 170188 81.55 81.55 false 5 175193 83.94 83.94 false 6 180199 86.34 86.34 false 7 185204 88.74 88.74 false 8 190210 91.14 91.14 false 9 195216 93.54 93.54 false 10 15 Rest of U.S. 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