Personnel Management Office
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to change the regulatory criteria used to define Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area boundaries and make changes in certain wage areas. The purpose of this change, which will affect around ten percent of the FWS workforce, is to make the FWS wage area criteria more similar to the General Schedule (GS) locality pay area criteria. This change is based on a December 2023 majority recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the statutory national-level labor-management committee that advises OPM on the administration of the FWS.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Office of Personnel Management 5 CFR Part 532 [Docket ID: OPM-2024-0016] RIN 3206-AO69 ( printed page 7428) AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to change the regulatory criteria used to define Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area boundaries and make changes in certain wage areas. The purpose of this change, which will affect around ten percent of the FWS workforce, is to make the FWS wage area criteria more similar to the General Schedule (GS) locality pay area criteria. This change is based on a December 2023 majority recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the statutory national-level labor-management committee that advises OPM on the administration of the FWS. DATES: Effective date: This rule is effective October 1, 2025. Applicability date: Changes to wage schedules resulting from the revised wage areas of application in appendix C to subpart B of 5 CFR part 532 apply on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after October 1, 2025. Changes to wage survey areas apply at various times beginning on or after October 1, 2025, based on the annual schedule of wage surveys, as listed in appendix A to subpart B of 5 CFR part 532 , and with the timing of survey area expansions for affected wage areas as noted in the wage area listings in appendix C to subpart B of 5 CFR part 532 . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana Paunoiu, b…
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Citation: 90 FR 7428
