Cost-of-Living Allowances

Sections

• 591.206
  § 591.206 How does OPM establish COLA areas?
• 591.207
  § 591.207 Which areas are COLA areas?
• 591.208
  § 591.208 How does OPM establish COLA rates?
• 591.209
  § 591.209 What is a price index?
• 591.210
  § 591.210 What are weights?
• 591.211
  § 591.211 What are the categories of consumer expenditures?
• 591.212
  § 591.212 How does OPM select survey items?
• 591.213
  § 591.213 What prices does OPM collect?
• 591.214
  § 591.214 How does OPM collect prices?
• 591.215
  § 591.215 Where does OPM collect prices in the COLA and DC areas?
• 591.216
  § 591.216 How does OPM combine survey data for the DC area and for COLA areas with multiple survey areas?
• 591.217
  § 591.217 In which outlets does OPM collect prices?
• 591.218
  § 591.218 How does OPM compute price indexes?
• 591.219
  § 591.219 How does OPM compute shelter price indexes?
• 591.220
  § 591.220 How does OPM calculate energy utility cost indexes?
• 591.221
  § 591.221 How does OPM compute the consumer expenditure weights it uses to combine price indexes?
• 591.222
  § 591.222 How does OPM use the expenditure weights to combine price indexes?
• 591.223
  § 591.223 When does OPM conduct COLA surveys?
• 591.224
  § 591.224 How does OPM adjust price indexes between surveys?
• 591.225
  § 591.225 Which CPIs does OPM use?
• 591.226
  § 591.226 How does OPM apply the CPIs?
• 591.227
  § 591.227 What adjustment factors does OPM add to the price indexes?
• 591.228
  § 591.228 How does OPM convert the price index plus adjustment factor to a COLA rate?
• 591.229
  § 591.229 How does OPM inform agencies and employees of COLA rate changes?