Administering Locality Rates - U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Determining a Locality Rate. To determine an employee's locality rate, increase the employee's "scheduled annual rate of pay" by the locality pay percentage authorized by the President for the locality pay area in which the employee's official worksite is located. Locality pay areas are defined in 5 CFR 531.603. "Scheduled Annual Rate of Pay"
Locality Pay Area Definitions - U.S. Office of Personnel Management
2025 Locality Pay Area Definitions. The President's Pay Agent geographically defines locality pay areas after considering recommendations from the Federal Salary Council.The geographic definitions of locality pay areas for calendar year 2025 are listed below and will be the same as in calendar year 2024.
2025 GS Locality Pay Tables - FEDweek
Special Rates Tables Law Enforcement GS Locality Pay Tables ... Locality raises are determined by comparisons of local private sector salary rates, not by cost of living. An individual’s rate is ...
List of OPM Pay Localities for Federal Employees - General Schedule
This table lists all of the OPM's 2025 locality pay areas, along with the percentage increase in pay associated with each locality. Historical locality data is also available for past years back to 2007. Click on any locality name to view the current locality-adjusted General Schedule payscale for that area.
5 CFR 531.604 -- Determining an employee's locality rate.
§ 531.604 Determining an employee's locality rate. ( a ) An annual locality rate consists of a scheduled annual rate of pay plus an applicable locality payment (representing an annual dollar amount), as determined under paragraph (b) of this section.
Locality Pay Areas in 2025 - FedSmith
Since 2015, the federal government’s locality pay areas (LPA) have increased from 34 to 58, or about 71%.This increase includes the four new areas designated as LPAs in 2024. Locality pay areas have different pay rates for the federal government’s general schedule employees.
ADMINISTRATION OF LOCALITY PAY INTRODUCTION - DCPAS
locality pay areas listed in 5 CFR 531.603 (b). There are currently multiple locality pay areas which cover the lower 48 States and Washington, DC, plus Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. territories and possessions. Locality Rate - An annual locality rate consists of a scheduled annual rate of pay plus an applicable locality payment.
How does locality pay actually work, and where did it come from?
It all depends on where a federal employee is located. The federal government currently defines 54 different locality pay areas, each with its own independently calculated percentage-based pay raise for civilian federal employees.. How locality pay started. The federal government established locality pay in 1990, as part of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act (FEPCA).
Federal Salary Cap, Pay Scale, & Locality Rates Explained - ExecutiveGov
In fiscal year 2024, the wage ceiling, inclusive of basic pay and locality pay, for most federal personnel is set at $191,900. Conversely, federal pay in 2023 peaked at $183,500.
General Schedule - U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Note: General Schedule law enforcement officers (LEOs) at grades GS-3 through GS-10 are entitled to a higher locality rate. Other General Schedule employees covered by this table whose pay rate at their grade and step on this table is below the rate for the same grade and step on an applicable special rate table under 5 U.S.C. 5305 (or similar special rate under other legal authority) are ...
What is Locality Pay, How Does it Work, and What is its ... - FedSmith
Since 2015, the federal government’s locality pay areas (LPA) have increased from 34 to 58, or about 71%. This increase includes the four new areas designated as LPAs in 2024. Locality pay areas have different pay rates for the federal government’s general schedule employees. The rate of any pay increase frequently varies between the pay areas.
Administering Locality Rates
Determining a Locality Rate. To determine an employee's locality rate, increase the employee's "scheduled annual rate of pay" by the locality pay percentage authorized by the President for the locality pay area in which the employee's official worksite is located. Locality pay areas are defined in 5 CFR 531.603. "Scheduled Annual Rate of Pay"
How Are 2024 GS Pay Scales with Locality Calculated?
This percentage is comprised of a 4.7% across-the-board increase, with an average locality pay increase of 0.5%. This pay raise will take effect on January 1, 2024, unless Congress enacts an alternate plan. ... This factor adjusts the base rate of pay for the cost of living in a geographic area. While each position is assigned to a specific ...
Better understand locality pay: how it works and what it means for your ...
The total should reflect your total salary for the year. Again, that number will reflect the year’s base pay rate increase and the year’s locality pay adjustment. Let’s use an example. Let’s say you’re GS 9, step 1, and you live in the “Rest of U.S.” locality pay area (more on that below). In 2017, your GS base rate equaled $43,251.
How Locality Pay Adjustments Work - FederalPay.org
How Locality Pay Adjustments Work - FederalPay.org Locality Adjustments. Employees paid on the General Schedule (GS) and the Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) Schedule receive a percentage increase to their salary to compensate for the different costs of living Across the U.S. and abroad. Each year the federal government calculates the cost of living in 33 different regions and the Rest of the U.S ...
2023 GS Locality Pay Tables Published: Here are Localities ... - FedSmith
Based on legal requirements, BLS conducts locality pay surveys in geographic areas designated by the President’s Pay Agent as locality pay areas, with survey data representing non-Federal salaries (including State and local) at distinct levels of work. Since a distinct work-level to work-level pay comparison is required, beginning pay rates for GS jobs must be compared to beginning pay rates ...
Wage Determinations | SAM.gov
A wage determination (WD) is a set of wages, fringe benefits, and work rules that the U.S. Department of Labor has ruled to be prevailing for a given labor category in a given locality.
Locality Pay Area Definitions - U.S. Office of Personnel Management
2024 Locality Pay Area Definitions. On November 16, 2023, OPM issued final regulations on behalf of the President's Pay Agent making changes to the definitions of the geographic boundaries of General Schedule locality pay areas. ... Locality pay rates for these four areas have been set by the President. The President's Pay Agent geographically ...
Federal Workforce: Current and Potential Alternatives for Locality Pay ...
To help align federal workers' salaries with their local areas, Congress authorized an annual "locality pay adjustment" starting in 1994. In 2023, 60% of federal employees received a locality pay increase. Even with adjustments over the years, a pay gap persists. Changing how the gap is calculated could make it more credible.