Title 5
SECTION 531.603
531.603 Locality pay areas.
§ 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 the purposes of this subpart:
(1) Alaska - consisting of the State of Alaska;
(2) Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA - consisting of the Albany-Schenectady, NY CSA and also including Berkshire County, MA;
(3) Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM - consisting of the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM CSA and also including McKinley County, NM;
(4) Atlanta - Athens-Clarke County - Sandy Springs, GA-AL - consisting of the Atlanta - Athens-Clarke County - Sandy Springs, GA CSA and also including Chambers County, AL;
(5) Austin-Round Rock, TX - consisting of the Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA;
(6) Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL - consisting of the Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL CSA and also including Calhoun County, AL;
(7) Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-ME - consisting of the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA, except for Windham County, CT, and also including Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, and York County, ME;
(8) Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY - consisting of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY CSA;
(9) Burlington-South Burlington, VT - consisting of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA;
(10) Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC - consisting of the Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA;
(11) Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI - consisting of the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA;
(12) Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN - consisting of the Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN CSA and also including Franklin County, IN;
(13) Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH - consisting of the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH CSA and also including Harrison County, OH;
(14) Colorado Springs, CO - consisting of the Colorado Springs, CO MSA and also including Fremont County, CO, and Pueblo County, CO;
(15) Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH - consisting of the Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH CSA;
(16) Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX - consisting of the Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX CSA;
(17) Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK - consisting of the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA and also including Delta County, TX;
(18) Davenport-Moline, IA-IL - consisting of the Davenport-Moline, IA-IL CSA;
(19) Dayton-Springfield-Sidney, OH - consisting of the Dayton-Springfield-Sidney, OH CSA and also including Preble County, OH;
(20) Denver-Aurora, CO - consisting of the Denver-Aurora, CO CSA and also including Larimer County, CO;
(21) Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA - consisting of the Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA CSA;
(22) Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI - consisting of the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA;
(23) Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA - consisting of the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA CSA, except for Adams County, PA, and York County, PA, and also including Lancaster County, PA;
(24) Hartford-West Hartford, CT-MA - consisting of the Hartford-West Hartford, CT CSA and also including Windham County, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, and Hampshire County, MA;
(25) Hawaii - consisting of the State of Hawaii;
(26) Houston-The Woodlands, TX - consisting of the Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA and also including San Jacinto County, TX;
(27) Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL - consisting of the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL CSA;
(28) Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN - consisting of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN CSA and also including Grant County, IN;
(29) Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS - consisting of the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS CSA and also including Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, and Wabaunsee County, KS;
(30) Laredo, TX - consisting of the Laredo, TX MSA;
(31) Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ - consisting of the Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ CSA;
(32) Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - consisting of the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA and also including Imperial County, CA, Kern County, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA, and Santa Barbara County, CA;
(33) Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL - consisting of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA and also including Monroe County, FL;
(34) Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI - consisting of the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI CSA;
(35) Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI - consisting of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA;
(36) New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA - consisting of the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA and also including all of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst;
(37) Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA - consisting of the Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA CSA;
(38) Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL - consisting of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA;
(39) Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD - consisting of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, except for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst;
(40) Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ - consisting of the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA;
(41) Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV - consisting of the Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV CSA;
(42) Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA - consisting of the Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA CSA;
(43) Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC - consisting of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC CSA and also including Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, and Wayne County, NC;
(44) Richmond, VA - consisting of the Richmond, VA MSA and also including Cumberland County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, and Louisa County, VA;
(45) Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV - consisting of the Sacramento-Roseville, CA CSA and also including Carson City, NV, and Douglas County, NV;
(46) San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX - consisting of the San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX CSA;
(47) San Diego-Carlsbad, CA - consisting of the San Diego-Carlsbad, CA MSA;
(48) San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA - consisting of the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA and also including Monterey County, CA;
(49) Seattle-Tacoma, WA - consisting of the Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA and also including Whatcom County, WA;
(50) St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL - consisting of the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL CSA;
(51) Tucson-Nogales, AZ - consisting of the Tucson-Nogales, AZ CSA and also including Cochise County, AZ;
(52) Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC - consisting of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC CSA;
(53) Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA - consisting of the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA and also including Kent County, MD, Adams County, PA, York County, PA, King George County, VA, and Morgan County, WV; and
(54) Rest of U.S. - consisting of those portions of the United States and its territories and possessions as listed in 5 CFR 591.205 not located within another locality pay area.
[58 FR 69174, Dec. 30, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 42939, Aug. 19, 1996; 65 FR 75154, Dec. 1, 2000; 70 FR 31302, May 31, 2005; 72 FR 34362, June 22, 2007; 74 FR 49308, Sept. 28, 2009; 75 FR 60286, Sept. 30, 2010; 76 FR 32862, June 7, 2011; 80 FR 65611, Oct. 27, 2015; 83 FR 63045, Dec. 7, 2018; 85 FR 65188, Oct. 15, 2020]