Since they are apparently not using warrant grades, I wonder how they'll handle Army WOs who transfer in? A W-1 will become an O-1, a W-2 will become an O-2 etc. would be my guess.
That's likely to be complicated...
Nothing's been announced yet AFAIK, so this is speculation, but federalpay.org does offer a couple of possibilities where it compares military paygrades to civilian GS paygrades:
Based on the tables
directly, it may shake out as:
All ranks deemed equivalent to GS-7, that is WO1, CWO2 and 2d LT will be billeted as 2d LTs;
All ranks deemed equivalent to GS-8, that is CWO3, CWO4 and CWO5 and 1st LT will be billeted as 1st LTs;
However, this "bunches" things up rather, and arguably doesn't reflect the experience, seniority or actual pay of military personnel, so theoritically it could go something like:
1. Warrant Officer ($38,556 - $66,625 per year, basic) billets with E7s ($37,372 - $67,169 per year, basic) or with 2d LTs ($39,445 - $49,637 per year), while experienced WOs could
theoretically billet as 1st LTs ($45,450 - $62,896 per year, basic) under this proposal, as WO1s do not hold a
commission this seems unlikely.
2. Chief Warrant Officer 2 ($43,927 - $73,318 per year, basic),
does hold a commission, and their payband lines up reasonable well with 1st LTs and there's an outside chance that a few might get the bump to Capt ($52,600 - $85,576 per year, basic).
3. Chief Warrant Officer 3 ($49,644 - $87,080 per year, basic) could split the difference between Capt and Major ($59,825 - $99,889 per year, basic) depending on billet and experience.
4. Chief Warrant Officer 4 ($54,360 - $101,254 per year, basic) probably slot in as Majors, but there might be a few Lt Cols ($69,336 - $117,799 per year, basic) depending on how specific equivalences pan out.
5. Chief Warrant Officer 5 ($96,656 - $126,482 per year, basic) roughly equates to a Col ($83,174 - $147,244 per year).
