TITLE 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

CHAPTER I - OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER B - CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS

PART 531 - PAY UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE

subpart f - LOCALITY - BASED COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS

531.603 - Locality pay areas.

  (a) Locality rates of pay under this subpart shall be payable to employees whose official worksites are located in the locality pay areas listed in paragraph (b) of this section.

  (b) The following are locality pay areas for purposes of this subpart: (1) Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-ALconsisting of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA; (2) Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH-ME-RIconsisting of the Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MANH CSA, plus the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA, Barnstable County, MA, and Berwick, Eliot, Kittery, South Berwick, and York towns in York County, ME; (3) Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NYconsisting of the Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA; (4) Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WIconsisting of the Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA; (5) Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-INconsisting of the Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA; (6) Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OHconsisting of the Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH CSA; (7) Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OHconsisting of the Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH CSA; (8) Dallas-Fort Worth, TXconsisting of the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA; (9) Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OHconsisting of the Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH CSA; (10) Denver-Aurora-Boulder, COconsisting of the Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, plus the Ft. Collins-Loveland, CO MSA and Weld County, CO; (11) Detroit-Warren-Flint, MIconsisting of the Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA, plus Lenawee County, MI; (12) Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT-MAconsisting of the Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT CSA, plus the Springfield, MA MSA and New London County, CT; (13) Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TXconsisting of the Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA; (14) Huntsville-Decatur, ALconsisting of the Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA; (15) Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, INconsisting of the Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN CSA, plus Grant County, IN; (16) Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CAconsisting of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, plus the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA MSA and Edwards Air Force Base, CA; (17) Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FLconsisting of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL MSA, plus Monroe County, FL; (18) Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WIconsisting of the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI CSA; (19) Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WIconsisting of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA; (20) New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PAconsisting of the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA, plus Monroe County, PA, and Warren County, NJ; (21) Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MDconsisting of the Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, plus Kent County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, and Cape May County, NJ; (22) Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZconsisting of the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA; (23) Pittsburgh-New Castle, PAconsisting of the Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA; (24) Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WAconsisting of the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA, plus Marion County, OR, and Polk County, OR; (25) Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NCconsisting of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA, plus the Fayetteville, NC MSA, the Goldsboro, NC MSA, and the Federal Correctional Complex Butner, NC; (26) Richmond, VAconsisting of the Richmond, VA MSA; (27) SacramentoArden-ArcadeTruckee, CA-NVconsisting of the SacramentoArden-ArcadeTruckee, CA-NV CSA, plus Carson City, NV; (28) San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CAconsisting of the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA; (29) San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CAconsisting of the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA, plus the Salinas, CA MSA and San Joaquin County, CA; (30) Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WAconsisting of the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA; (31) Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-PA-VA-WVconsisting of the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, plus the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA, the York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA CSA, and King George County, VA; and (32) Rest of U.S.consisting of those portions of the continental United States not located within another locality pay area.

[58 FR 69174, Dec. 30, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 67605, Dec. 30, 1994; 61 FR 40950, Aug. 7, 1996; 61 FR 42939, Aug. 19, 1996; 62 FR 65312, Dec.

12, 1997; 65 FR 75154, Dec. 1, 2000; 69 FR 75453, Dec. 17, 2004; 70 FR 31302, May 31, 2005; 70 FR 74998, Dec. 19, 2005]