SD (GW) Salary Table 2026-SD (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 33.72% For the Locality Pay Area of San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 42883 20.55 30.83 false 1 44320 21.24 31.86 false 2 45747 21.92 32.88 false 3 47167 22.60 33.90 false 4 48588 23.28 34.92 false 5 49423 23.68 35.52 false 6 50834 24.36 36.54 false 7 52254 25.04 37.56 false 8 52313 25.07 37.61 false 9 53638 25.70 38.55 false 10 1 47198 22.62 33.93 false 1 48321 23.15 34.73 false 2 49886 23.90 35.85 false 3 51208 24.54 36.81 false 4 51780 24.81 37.22 false 5 53302 25.54 38.31 false 6 54824 26.27 39.41 false 7 56347 27.00 40.50 false 8 57869 27.73 41.60 false 9 59392 28.46 42.69 false 10 2 50390 24.14 36.21 false 1 52071 24.95 37.43 false 2 53750 25.75 38.63 false 3 55431 26.56 39.84 false 4 57110 27.36 41.04 false 5 58791 28.17 42.26 false 6 60472 28.98 43.47 false 7 62152 29.78 44.67 false 8 63833 30.59 45.89 false 9 65513 31.39 47.09 false 10 3 55316 26.51 39.77 false 1 57160 27.39 41.09 false 2 59004 28.27 42.41 false 3 60849 29.16 43.74 false 4 62693 30.04 45.06 false 5 64537 30.92 46.38 false 6 66381 31.81 47.72 false 7 68225 32.69 49.04 false 8 70071 33.57 50.36 false 9 71915 34.46 51.69 false 10 4 60494 28.99 43.49 false 1 62510 29.95 44.93 false 2 64527 30.92 46.38 false 3 66543 31.88 47.82 false 4 68560 32.85 49.28 false 5 70576 33.82 50.73 false 6 72593 34.78 52.17 false 7 74609 35.75 53.63 false 8 76626 36.72 55.08 false 9 78642 37.68 56.52 false 10 5 65877 31.57 47.36 false 1 68073 32.62 48.93 false 2 70269 33.67 50.51 false 3 72464 34.72 52.08 false 4 74660 35.77 53.66 false 5 76856 36.83 55.25 false 6 79051 37.88 56.82 false 7 81247 38.93 58.40 false 8 83443 39.98 59.97 false 9 85640 41.03 61.55 false 10 6 71475 34.25 51.38 false 1 73858 35.39 53.09 false 2 76240 36.53 54.80 false 3 78623 37.67 56.51 false 4 81006 38.81 58.22 false 5 83389 39.96 59.94 false 6 85772 41.10 61.65 false 7 88155 42.24 63.36 false 8 90536 43.38 64.17 false 9 92919 44.52 64.17 false 10 7 77241 37.01 55.52 false 1 79815 38.24 57.36 false 2 82389 39.48 59.22 false 3 84963 40.71 61.07 false 4 87537 41.94 62.91 false 5 90113 43.18 64.17 false 6 92687 44.41 64.17 false 7 95261 45.64 64.17 false 8 97835 46.88 64.17 false 9 100409 48.11 64.17 false 10 8 83198 39.86 59.79 false 1 85971 41.19 61.79 false 2 88746 42.52 63.78 false 3 91519 43.85 64.17 false 4 94294 45.18 64.17 false 5 97067 46.51 64.17 false 6 99842 47.84 64.17 false 7 102615 49.17 64.17 false 8 105389 50.50 64.17 false 9 108163 51.83 64.17 false 10 9 89290 42.78 64.17 false 1 92265 44.21 64.17 false 2 95241 45.64 64.17 false 3 98216 47.06 64.17 false 4 101193 48.49 64.17 false 5 104168 49.91 64.17 false 6 107143 51.34 64.17 false 7 110118 52.76 64.17 false 8 113095 54.19 64.17 false 9 116070 55.62 64.17 false 10 10 95543 45.78 64.17 false 1 98729 47.31 64.17 false 2 101915 48.83 64.17 false 3 105100 50.36 64.17 false 4 108285 51.89 64.17 false 5 111472 53.41 64.17 false 6 114657 54.94 64.17 false 7 117842 56.46 64.17 false 8 121027 57.99 64.17 false 9 124214 59.52 64.17 false 10 11 111449 53.40 64.17 false 1 115164 55.18 64.17 false 2 118878 56.96 64.17 false 3 122594 58.74 64.17 false 4 126309 60.52 64.17 false 5 130025 62.30 64.17 false 6 133740 64.08 64.17 false 7 137456 65.86 65.86 false 8 141171 67.64 67.64 false 9 144886 69.42 69.42 false 10 12 128881 61.75 64.17 false 1 133176 63.81 64.17 false 2 137472 65.87 65.87 false 3 141769 67.93 67.93 false 4 146065 69.99 69.99 false 5 150361 72.05 72.05 false 6 154658 74.11 74.11 false 7 158954 76.16 76.16 false 8 163249 78.22 78.22 false 9 167546 80.28 80.28 false 10 13 147987 70.91 70.91 false 1 152921 73.27 73.27 false 2 157854 75.64 75.64 false 3 162788 78.00 78.00 false 4 167721 80.36 80.36 false 5 172655 82.73 82.73 false 6 177588 85.09 85.09 false 7 182522 87.46 87.46 false 8 187455 89.82 89.82 false 9 192390 92.18 92.18 false 10 14 171536 82.19 82.19 false 1 177254 84.93 84.93 false 2 182972 87.67 87.67 false 3 188690 90.41 90.41 false 4 194409 93.15 93.15 false 5 197200 94.49 94.49 true 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA * 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