Hawaii COLA and Locality pay rates in non foreign areas.
White-collar civilian Federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are paid cost-of-living allowances.Title 5, United States Code, and Executive Order 10000 authorize the payment of COLAs in non foreign areas.
The Office of Personnel Management surveyed the prices of over 300 items to set the COLA rates.In the Washington, DC, area, OPM conducted these surveys.
The Nonforeign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act is contained in the title XIX of the National Defense Authorization Act.locality pay authorized under 5 U.S.C.The non foreign areas are listed in 5 CFR 591.205.The Act extends locality pay to American Samoa and other non foreign territories and possessions of the United States.See the Memorandum for more information.
COLA Rates from 2020 to 2016 and from 2009 to 2015.
The General Schedule locality rates affect certain employees in Alaska in 2021.The full locality pay percentage of 29.67 is not payable in 2021.For those at GS-15, step 8, the actual locality pay percentage is 26.62%, compared to 29.67 for those in step 9.
The General Schedule locality rates affect certain employees in Alaska in 2020.The locality pay percentage for GS-15 employees is not payable in 2020 because of the cap.For those at GS-15, step 8, the actual locality pay percentage is 26.62 instead of 29.67, and for those in step 9 it is 23.19 percent.
Certain employees in Alaska are affected by the Ex-IV cap on General Schedule locality rates.The full locality pay percentage of 28.89% is not payable in 2019.The actual locality pay percentage for those at GS-15 is 26.65%, instead of 28.89%.
Certain employees in Alaska are affected by the Ex-IV cap on General Schedule locality rates.Because of the cap, the locality pay percentage is not payable for GS-15 employees at steps 9-11.For those at GS-15, step 8, the actual locality pay percentage is 26.65%, instead of 28.05%, and for those in step 9, it is 23.31%.
Certain employees in Alaska are affected by the Ex-IV cap on locality rates.The locality pay percentage for GS-15 employees at steps 9 and 10 is not payable in 2017: because of the cap.The locality pay percentage for those at GS-15 was 23.29% instead of 27.13%.The locality pay percentage is 20.13% for those at GS-15.
Certain employees in Alaska in 2016 will be affected by the Ex-IV cap on General Schedule locality rates.The locality pay percentage for GS-15 employees at steps 9 and 10 is not payable in 2016 because of the cap.The locality pay percentage for those at GS-15 was 23.29% in 2016 instead of 25.16%.The locality pay percentage is 20.13% for those at GS-15.
The phased-in Payable Locality Rates are calculated using a 1/3rd factor in 2010 and 3rd factors in 2011.For employees whose locality pay was limited by a cap, the Full Locality Rates were used to calculate retirement-creditable basic pay and retirement contribution deposits.See note 2.
The General Schedule locality rates affected/affects certain employees in Alaska in 2011.The full 24.6% as the Payable Locality Rate was/is not payable in 2012-2015 is for GS-15 employees at steps 9 and 10.The locality pay percentage for those at GS-15 was 23.26% instead of 24.6%.The locality pay percentage was 20.10% for those at GS-15.In 2015, the locality pay percentage for those at GS-15 was 24.3% instead of 24.6%.The locality pay percentage is 20.12% for those at GS-15.
The locality pay phase-in percentage was unaffected by the locality rate cap.The percentage was based on 1/3rds of the full locality percentage in 2010 and 2011.The employee couldn't get the full amount of pay.The computation of the COLA reduction for certain grandfathered employees was affected by this.
The Federal Government pays post differentials to eligible white collar employees in non foreign areas.The differential is based on the post.