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 …

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.

For example, in the case of special rate table 001M covering employees at grades GS-1 through GS-4 stationed in the United States, a table 001M special rate applies in place of any corresponding locality rate or other applicable special rate that is …

Below is a list of the GS locality pay areas applicable in January 2021 and the locations composing them. Most of the locations listed are counties. The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) geographic codes consist of a two-digit State and three-digit county identifier.

Jan 5, 2023 · The federal government established locality pay in 1990, as part of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act (FEPCA). FEPCA was initially meant to counter the growing …

The December executive order sets the exact figures by locality, based on findings of pay gaps in more than four dozen areas with their own rates.

For federal employees who work in an area not within one of the 57 specific locality pay areas, the catch-all pay locality Rest of United States applies. This table lists all of the OPM's 2025 locality pay areas, along with the percentage increase in pay associated with each locality.

Jan 31, 2025 · This act aimed to make federal salaries more competitive with those in the private sector by implementing locality-based comparability payments for General Schedule (GS) …

Jan 5, 2018 · Locality pay is a crucial factor, however, because it means that some federal employees will earn more than the announced average, while others will earn slightly less. …

Apr 25, 2016 · Q: Are all federal employees entitled to locality pay? A: Under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5304 and the regulations at 5 C.F.R. 531.601 through 531.611, locality rates are authorized for General Schedule positions.