Attachment to Compensation Policy Memorandum on January 2000 Pay Adjustment

Locality-Based Comparability Rates and Net Pay Increases in 2000
for General Schedule Employees

Locality Pay Area 2000 Locality
Rate
(2)
Net Increases
in 2000
(3)
Atlanta MSA
Boston CMSA
Chicago CMSA
Cincinnati CMSA
Cleveland CMSA
Columbus, OH, MSA
Dallas CMSA
Dayton MSA
Denver CMSA
Detroit CMSA
Hartford MSA (1)
Houston CMSA
Huntsville MSA
Indianapolis MSA
Kansas City MSA
Los Angeles CMSA (1)
Miami CMSA
Milwaukee CMSA
Minneapolis MSA
New York CMSA
Orlando MSA
Philadelphia CMSA
Pittsburgh MSA
Portland, OR, CMSA
Richmond MSA
Sacramento CMSA
St. Louis MSA
San Diego MSA
San Francisco CMSA
Seattle CMSA
Washington, DC, CMSA (1)
Rest of United States
7.66
10.72
11.49
9.52
8.05
8.55
8.59
7.63
10.54
11.64
11.25
14.79
7.22
6.99
7.42
12.76
9.80
7.83
9.11
12.09
6.79
9.55
7.61
9.06
7.60
9.50
7.08
9.97
15.01
9.20
9.05
6.78
% 4.76
5.13
5.23
4.96
4.90
4.85
4.88
4.73
5.11
5.22
5.12
5.52
4.69
4.69
4.69
5.31
5.03
4.86
4.94
5.25
4.70
5.00
4.70
5.01
4.76
4.98
4.69
5.09
5.59
4.99
4.94
4.69
%

Notes:

(1) The Los Angeles locality pay area includes Santa Barbara County and Edwards Air Force Base, CA. The Hartford locality pay area includes that portion of New London County, CT, not located within the Hartford, CT MSA. The Washington-Baltimore locality pay area includes St. Marys County, MD.

(2) The 2000 locality rate replaces the 1999 rate. It is not paid in addition to or on top of the 1999 locality rate.

(3) The net increase includes the increase in locality pay and the 3.8 percent across-the-board increase.

CMSA means Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area, and MSA means Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in OMB Bulletin 99-04, June 30, 1999.