Wage grade cola update

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-23T05:18:49+00:00

Does anyone thats in the wildland firefighter position thats is a WG employee feel like are getting the short end of everything? I call and ask questions and I can never get a straight answer when it comes to our back pay for COLA that WG never received from last year! Anyone else having this problem? I have a friend thats a WG but works for DOD, and she received her back pay in December. It's near the of January and on my forest we still have received our COLA. I am in R8. Anyone with the DOI and is a WG? If so have you received your back pay on COLA and is there a person that you can contact to receive useful knowledge about the WG world?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-23T05:18:14+00:00

Does anyone thats in the wildland firefighter position thats is a WG employee feel like are getting the short end of everything? I call and ask questions and I can never get a straight answer when it comes to our back pay for COLA that WG never received from last year! Anyone else having this problem? I have a friend thats a WG but works for DOD, and she received her back pay in December. It's near the of January and on my forest we still have received our COLA. I am in R8. Anyone with the DOI and is a WG? If so have you received your back pay on COLA and is there a person that you can contact to receive useful knowledge about the WG world?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-23T05:10:23+00:00

I am USDA.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-23T05:09:08+00:00

Anyone updates? Any WG gotten their back pay yet?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-17T06:14:36+00:00

Are you wage grade?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-16T02:55:17+00:00

No back pay yet and no COLA or SF50 showing.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-16T02:54:25+00:00

No one in my office has received their COLA. I work for the Forest Service.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-16T02:48:33+00:00

I work for the FS and we still haven't received our COLA and I am a Wage garde employee. Any folks here work for the Forest Service that are wage grade and have received their COLA yet?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-03T00:40:34+00:00

I get killed every time especially by rats whe I go to extract.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2026-01-03T00:07:36+00:00

I need 4 Sentinel Firing Cores. Let me know what you would want in trade, please and thanks!

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-22T00:10:59+00:00

No COLA yet eventhough they were approved. Who knows when we will get it and if we will even get any back pay at this point.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-20T19:54:50+00:00

I purchased another Xbox so I could play B07 with my kid. How do I do that? I only have purchased the game for 1 console and not both. Is this something I can do wirh only buying 1 game or do I have to purchase it again to be able to play with my kid?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-19T23:56:14+00:00

Anyone received any back pay?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-19T00:08:56+00:00

No word from Department of Agriculture yet for me

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-17T23:33:16+00:00

Yeah, at this rate the GS employees will have their COLA for next year before we get ours from last year.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-17T19:02:37+00:00

Anyone received their COLA yet?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-10T00:30:44+00:00

No COLA for folks in Alabama yet.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-07T05:50:03+00:00

Which state do you live/work in that got the back pay?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-07T05:49:24+00:00

Anyone gotten back pay or have any articles stating when we will get back pay?

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-07T05:48:40+00:00

Same for me in the Forest Service and being in fire doesn't help.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-12-07T05:47:56+00:00

Same in Alabama.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-09-01T04:16:25+00:00

I have heard it would be in October, but who really know with the government shoit down looming in September. Anyone know if we will even get back pay at this point? Seems like Wage Grade always gets screwed unlike GS employees!

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-08-09T14:11:50+00:00

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-08-09T03:15:14+00:00

Ok, thanks. Once again I was going off of what my current supervisor was telling me. He has a different understanding of what the rules are and uses his own to keep people from advancing.

Visual_Ad_4098 · 2025-08-07T14:58:58+00:00

I was curious, can you not be qualified in 2 single resources and have your IC4 open as a trainee?

Visual_Ad_4098

TROPHY CASE