VB (GW) Salary Table 2026-VB (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 18.80% For the Locality Pay Area of Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC Total Increase: 1% Effective January 2026 38098 18.25 27.38 false 1 39375 18.87 28.31 false 2 40643 19.47 29.21 false 3 41904 20.08 30.12 false 4 43167 20.68 31.02 false 5 43908 21.04 31.56 false 6 45162 21.64 32.46 false 7 46423 22.24 33.36 false 8 46476 22.27 33.41 false 9 47653 22.83 34.25 false 10 1 41932 20.09 30.14 false 1 42930 20.57 30.86 false 2 44320 21.24 31.86 false 3 45494 21.80 32.70 false 4 46003 22.04 33.06 false 5 47355 22.69 34.04 false 6 48707 23.34 35.01 false 7 50060 23.99 35.99 false 8 51412 24.63 36.95 false 9 52765 25.28 37.92 false 10 2 44767 21.45 32.18 false 1 46261 22.17 33.26 false 2 47753 22.88 34.32 false 3 49246 23.60 35.40 false 4 50738 24.31 36.47 false 5 52232 25.03 37.55 false 6 53725 25.74 38.61 false 7 55217 26.46 39.69 false 8 56710 27.17 40.76 false 9 58204 27.89 41.84 false 10 3 49144 23.55 35.33 false 1 50782 24.33 36.50 false 2 52421 25.12 37.68 false 3 54060 25.90 38.85 false 4 55698 26.69 40.04 false 5 57336 27.47 41.21 false 6 58975 28.26 42.39 false 7 60613 29.04 43.56 false 8 62252 29.83 44.75 false 9 63891 30.61 45.92 false 10 4 53744 25.75 38.63 false 1 55535 26.61 39.92 false 2 57327 27.47 41.21 false 3 59118 28.33 42.50 false 4 60910 29.19 43.79 false 5 62701 30.04 45.06 false 6 64493 30.90 46.35 false 7 66284 31.76 47.64 false 8 68076 32.62 48.93 false 9 69867 33.48 50.22 false 10 5 58527 28.04 42.06 false 1 60478 28.98 43.47 false 2 62428 29.91 44.87 false 3 64379 30.85 46.28 false 4 66330 31.78 47.67 false 5 68280 32.72 49.08 false 6 70231 33.65 50.48 false 7 72182 34.59 51.89 false 8 74132 35.52 53.28 false 9 76084 36.46 54.69 false 10 6 63500 30.43 45.65 false 1 65617 31.44 47.16 false 2 67734 32.46 48.69 false 3 69851 33.47 50.21 false 4 71968 34.48 51.72 false 5 74085 35.50 53.25 false 6 76202 36.51 54.77 false 7 78319 37.53 56.30 false 8 80435 38.54 57.02 false 9 82552 39.56 57.02 false 10 7 68622 32.88 49.32 false 1 70909 33.98 50.97 false 2 73196 35.07 52.61 false 3 75483 36.17 54.26 false 4 77770 37.26 55.89 false 5 80058 38.36 57.02 false 6 82345 39.46 57.02 false 7 84632 40.55 57.02 false 8 86919 41.65 57.02 false 9 89206 42.74 57.02 false 10 8 73915 35.42 53.13 false 1 76379 36.60 54.90 false 2 78844 37.78 56.67 false 3 81308 38.96 57.02 false 4 83773 40.14 57.02 false 5 86237 41.32 57.02 false 6 88702 42.50 57.02 false 7 91166 43.68 57.02 false 8 93630 44.86 57.02 false 9 96095 46.04 57.02 false 10 9 79328 38.01 57.02 false 1 81971 39.28 57.02 false 2 84614 40.54 57.02 false 3 87257 41.81 57.02 false 4 89902 43.08 57.02 false 5 92545 44.34 57.02 false 6 95189 45.61 57.02 false 7 97832 46.88 57.02 false 8 100476 48.14 57.02 false 9 103120 49.41 57.02 false 10 10 84883 40.67 57.02 false 1 87714 42.03 57.02 false 2 90543 43.38 57.02 false 3 93373 44.74 57.02 false 4 96203 46.10 57.02 false 5 99034 47.45 57.02 false 6 101864 48.81 57.02 false 7 104694 50.16 57.02 false 8 107524 51.52 57.02 false 9 110355 52.88 57.02 false 10 11 99014 47.44 57.02 false 1 102314 49.02 57.02 false 2 105614 50.61 57.02 false 3 108916 52.19 57.02 false 4 112216 53.77 57.02 false 5 115518 55.35 57.02 false 6 118818 56.93 57.02 false 7 122119 58.51 58.51 false 8 125420 60.10 60.10 false 9 128720 61.68 61.68 false 10 12 114501 54.86 57.02 false 1 118316 56.69 57.02 false 2 122134 58.52 58.52 false 3 125951 60.35 60.35 false 4 129768 62.18 62.18 false 5 133585 64.01 64.01 false 6 137402 65.84 65.84 false 7 141219 67.67 67.67 false 8 145035 69.49 69.49 false 9 148852 71.32 71.32 false 10 13 131475 63.00 63.00 false 1 135858 65.10 65.10 false 2 140241 67.20 67.20 false 3 144625 69.30 69.30 false 4 149007 71.40 71.40 false 5 153391 73.50 73.50 false 6 157774 75.60 75.60 false 7 162157 77.70 77.70 false 8 166540 79.80 79.80 false 9 170924 81.90 81.90 false 10 14 152397 73.02 73.02 false 1 157477 75.46 75.46 false 2 162556 77.89 77.89 false 3 167636 80.32 80.32 false 4 172717 82.76 82.76 false 5 177797 85.19 85.19 false 6 182877 87.63 87.63 false 7 187957 90.06 90.06 false 8 193037 92.49 92.49 false 9 197200 94.49 94.49 true 10 15 Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC * 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