Forest Service Salaries & Expenses
Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – Wildland Fire Management
Wildfire-Specific Spending: Yes
Wildfire Activities Funded: “Other”
6,536
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2026
Description
This line item covers all salaries and expenses for the Wildland Fire Management (WFM) program, including federal and state firefighters; employee and personnel costs for the first 8 hours incurred when responding to emergencies declared by FEMA; travel and training; and all other firefighter and support staff (e.g. communications staff, WFM leadership) salary and personnel costs.Additional Program Notes & TCS Insights
In FY2021 the USFS created a new budget line item for salaries and expenses across all Forest Service programs – costs that had previously been incorporated into each program’s budget line-item. This re-structuring makes it difficult to compare program spending before and after FY2021.Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2018 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2019 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2020 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2021 | 764,241,000 | — | — | — |
| FY2022 | 822,106,000 | — | 480,000,000 | — |
| FY2023 | 913,956,000 | — | — | |
| FY2024 | 1,109,654,000 | — | — | |
| FY2025 | 1,223,111,000 | — | — | |
| FY2026 | 1,223,111,000 | — |
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: Yes – Existing
Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No
Appropriations Notes
Supplemental appropriations through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) are available for wildland firefighter salaries and expenses.
*In FY2021, the U.S. Forest Service implemented a new budget line item for salaries and expenses across all Forest Service programs – costs that had previously been incorporated into each program’s budget line item. This re-structuring makes it difficult to compare program spending before and after FY2021.