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Locality pay areas are defined in 5 CFR 531.603. "Scheduled Annual Rate of Pay" An employee's "scheduled annual rate of pay" consists of - The General Schedule (GS or GM) base rate for the employee's grade and step (or relative position in the rate range), excluding additional pay of any kind such as locality payments or special rate supplements;

Geographic Boundaries of Locality Pay Areas. Locality pay areas consist of (1) a main metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and forming the basic locality pay area and, where criteria recommended by the Federal Salary Council and approved by the President’s Pay Agent are met, (2) areas of application.Areas of application are locations that are adjacent to the ...

The employee would receive the locality pay at the TCS duty station - as this location would become his/her "official worksite". (5 CFR 531.605(b)) REFERENCES 5 U.S.C. 5304 through 5306 5 CFR part 531, subpart F 5 CFR part 536 OPM Fact Sheet: Administering Locality Rates

Office of Personnel Management. Part 531. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5115, 5307, ... Determining the locality pay area in which the employee's official worksite is located, consistent with the locality pay areas established in § 531.603; (3) ...

Location: Rest of U.S. locality pay area. Reference: 5 CFR 536.305(a). (See 5 CFR 536.305(b) for cases where a retained rate falls below the range maximum after applying the pay adjustment.) Step 1: Subtract the GS-11, step 10, locality rate in 2024 from the GS-11, step 10, locality rate in 2025. 2025 locality rate: $96,116 (GS-11, step 10).

We have updated the fact sheet on . Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas (DETO) – Locality Pay to include 2025 DETO locality rates. Questions Agency headquarters-level human resources offices may contact OPM at . paypolicy@opm.gov. Employees should contact their agency human resources offices for assistance.

The interviewee stated that federal employees receive locality pay according to the location of the office to which they report. This is basically true, as stated by OPM: “Certain location-based pay entitlements (such as locality payments, special rate supplements, and nonforeign area cost-of-living allowances) are based on the location of the employee’s official worksite associated with ...

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has prepared guidance to assist ... For an employee covered by OPM’s locality pay regulations, see the twice-a-pay-period rule (including specified exceptions) in 5 CFR 531.605(d); ... See OPM Fact Sheet: Official Worksite for Location-Based Pay Purposes. • See OPM memorandum of July 23, 2021 ...

There are a total of 53 General Schedule Locality Areas, which were established by the GSA's Office of Personnel Management to allow the General Schedule Payscale (and the LEO Payscale, which also uses these localities) to be adjusted for the varying cost-of-living across different parts of the United States.. Each Locality Area has a Locality Pay Adjustment percentage, updated yearly, which ...

Welcome to opm.gov. 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.

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. 2025; 2024; 2023; 2022; 2021; 2020 ...

GS rate plus locality pay EX-IV 5 U.S.C. 5304(g)(1) 5 CFR 531.606(a) Pay fixed by administrative action EX-IV 5 U.S.C. 5373 Special salary rates (GS rate plus special rate ... Aggregate Limitation on Pay OPM Fact Sheet: Biweekly Caps on Premium Pay OPM Fact Sheet: Maximum GS Pay Limitations Department of Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service ...

It said that for the 11,000 or so employees converting in the first phase of the roll-out as of April 30, spiral 1.1, the standard LMS will be the same as GS locality-pay for each area. The fact ...

In 2025, the highest locality pay area for federal employees is San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland, California, with a raise of 2.35%. This is followed by Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, at 2.29% and New ...

The council and Pay Agent use data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and OPM to determine the gap between federal and nonfederal pay. Since 2019, the council and Pay Agent have considered, but not agreed upon, ways to enhance the credibility of the methodology used to calculate locality pay. For example:

Locality Pay Area (see Note 2) Locality Pay Percentage Greater of the GS-15, Step 10, Locality Rate or Level V of the Executive Schedule (see Note 3) Biweekly Cap Applicable Annual Cap Assuming 26 Biweekly Salary Payments (see Notes 1 and 4) Alaska: 24.69%: $5,960.80: $154,980.80: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL: 19.29%: 5,922.40 ...

Managed by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), it includes 15 grades (GS-1 to GS-15) based on job complexity and qualifications, with each grade containing 10 steps offering pay increases. ... You can find your locality pay area and rate on the OPM locality pay tables published annually. K. L.

OPM.gov / Policy / Pay & Leave / Pay Administration FACT SHEET: SEVERANCE PAY Description Severance pay is authorized for full-time and part-time employees who are involuntarily separated from Federal ... locality payments, and special rate supplements. Rate of basic pay does not include additional pay of any other

2021 Locality Pay Area Definitions. On October 15, 2020, final regulations to define General Schedule (GS) locality pay areas were published on behalf of the President's Pay Agent in the Federal Register. The final regulations, which are applicable the first day of the first pay period in January 2021, establish a new Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA, locality pay area and include Imperial ...