U.S. Office of Personnel Management

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	%

(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.


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