Report To Congress
Cost of Administering the Federal Wage System

March 2002

Contents

A Message from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management

I. Introduction

II. Background

III. Cost of Conducting Wage Surveys and Establishing Wage Schedules

IV. Cost of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee

V. Federal Wage System Employment

VI. Conclusion

Attachment 1: Cost of Conducting Wage Surveys and Establishing Wage Schedules

Attachment 2: OPM Operating Manual Federal Wage System, Subchapter S5, "Prevailing Rate Determination" [261 KB]

Attachment 3: Federal Wage System Employment by Agency (September 2001)

Federal Wage System