United States
Office of Personnel Management
Office of Compensation Administration
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United StatesOffice of Personnel Management
Office of Compensation Administration |
2002 BIWEEKLY PAY CAP ON
PREMIUM PAY FOR
REGULAR GS EMPLOYEES*
GS
employees (excluding law enforcement officers) may be paid certain types of
premium pay in a pay period only to the extent that the aggregate of basic pay
and premium pay for the pay period does not exceed the biweekly rate for GS-15,
step 10 (including any applicable special salary rate or locality rate of pay).
(See 5 U.S.C. 5547(a) and 5 CFR 550.105.)
The table below provides the biweekly pay cap amounts applicable to all
GS employees, except those (1) for which there is a higher GS-15, step 10,
special salary rate or (2) who are law enforcement officers under 5 U.S.C. 5541
and 5 CFR 550.103. These rates are
effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or
after January 1, 2002.*
|
Locality
Pay Area** |
Locality
Pay Percentage |
GS 15, Step 10,
Adjusted Rate |
|
|
|
|
Annual |
Biweekly
(Cap) *** |
|
Dallas-Ft.
Worth Minneapolis-St.
Paul Rest
of Outside
Continental |
9.74% 13.57% 14.58% 12.09% 10.33% 10.70% 10.90%
9.62% 13.34% 14.71% 14.11% 18.61%
9.08%
8.85%
9.28% 16.05% 12.45% 10.05% 11.56% 15.23%
8.67% 12.11%
9.52% 11.64%
9.67% 11.99%
8.98% 12.70% 19.04% 11.77% 11.48%
8.64% NA |
$117,814
121,925
123,010
120,336
118,447
118,844
119,059
117,685
121,678
123,149
122,505
127,336
117,105
116,858
117,320
124,588
120,723
118,146
119,767
123,707
116,665
120,358
117,577
119,853
117,738
120,229
116,998
120,991
127,798
119,993
119,682
116,633
107,357 |
$4,516.00 4,673.60 4,715.20 4,612.80 4,540.00 4,555.20 4,564.00 4,511.20 4,664.00 4,720.80 4,696.00 4,880.80 4,488.80 4,479.20 4,496.80 4,776.00 4,628.00 4,528.80 4,591.20 4,742.40 4,472.00 4,613.60 4,507.20 4,594.40 4,512.80 4,608.80 4,484.80 4,637.60 4,899.20 4,600.00 4,588.00 4,471.20 4,115.20 |
* Section 1114 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (enacted on December 28, 2001) amended the premium pay cap provisions that apply to GS employees and law enforcement officers at 5 U.S.C. 5547. This amendment will become effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 27, 2002. The Office of Personnel Management will post information on the new premium pay cap provisions at www.opm.gov/oca prior to this effective date.
**
See Locality Pay Areas for
definitions of the locality pay areas.
*** In certain emergency situations, a special annual premium pay cap may be applied instead of the biweekly cap. (See 5 U.S.C. 5547(b) and 5 CFR 550.106.)
Page created on December 28, 2001