That’s the same question I was pondering. What does the scale up look like? Looks like another question for the magic 8 ball. It says specifically in HR5118:
“(A) the minimum rate of basic pay for any
Federal wildland firefighter position shall be not less than the rate of pay for step 3 of GS– 6 of the General Schedule; and
(B) any such position shall receive locality pay under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, at the rate of ‘‘Rest of U.S.’’.”
Key phrase “Rest of US”. $20.58p/hr entry level
The political players have worked out that it would be better to break it up into chunks to not bite off more than can be chewed. Easier to digest in government hearings. Thanks Hurryup and to all else helping keep the tires on the track.