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2004 BIWEEKLY CAPS ON PREMIUM PAY
Under 5 U.S.C. 5547(a) and 5 CFR 550.105, General Schedule (GS) employees and other covered employees may receive certain types of premium pay for a biweekly pay period only to the extent that the sum of basic pay and premium pay for the pay period does not exceed the greater of the biweekly rate for (1) GS-15, step 10 (including any applicable special salary rate or locality rate), or (2) level V of the Executive Schedule. (See NOTE 1.) The biweekly rate is computed by (1) dividing the applicable scheduled annual rate by 2,087 hours, (2) rounding the resulting hourly rate to the nearest cent, and (3) multiplying the hourly rate by 80 hours. For example, in Los Angeles, the GS-15, step 10, scheduled annual locality rate of $136,466 divided by 2,087 hours yields an hourly rate of $65.39 and a biweekly rate of $5,231.20 ($65.39 x 80 hours). Similarly, the Executive Level V annual rate of $128,200 divided by 2,087 hours yields an hourly rate of $61.43 and a biweekly rate of $4,914.40 ($61.43 x 80 hours).
The table below provides the biweekly premium pay caps for 2004 by locality
pay area. These caps are effective as of the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2004.
|
Locality Pay Area |
Locality Pay |
Greater of the GS-15, Step 10, Locality Rate or Level V of the Executive Schedule (see NOTE 3) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Applicable Annual Rate |
Biweekly Cap |
||
|
Atlanta |
12.61%
|
$128,200 |
$4,914.40 |
|
Boston |
16.99%
|
132,987 |
5,097.60 |
|
Chicago |
18.26%
|
134,431 |
5,152.80 |
|
Cincinnati |
15.07%
|
130,805 |
5,014.40 |
|
Cleveland |
13.14%
|
128,611 |
4,929.60 |
|
Columbus, OH |
13.14%
|
128,611 |
4,929.60 |
|
Dallas-Ft. Worth |
13.85%
|
129,418 |
4,960.80 |
|
Dayton |
12.03%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
Denver |
16.66%
|
132,612 |
5,083.20 |
|
Detroit |
18.32%
|
134,499 |
5,156.00 |
|
Hartford |
17.87%
|
133,988 |
5,136.00 |
|
Houston |
23.14%
|
136,900 |
5,248.00 |
|
Huntsville |
11.49%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
Indianapolis |
11.11%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
Kansas City |
11.54%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
Los Angeles |
20.05%
|
136,466 |
5,231.20 |
|
Miami |
15.54%
|
131,339 |
5,034.40 |
|
Milwaukee |
12.64%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
14.75%
|
130,441 |
5,000.00 |
|
New York |
19.29%
|
135,602 |
5,197.60 |
|
Orlando |
10.93%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
Philadelphia |
15.32%
|
131,089 |
5,024.80 |
|
Pittsburgh |
11.92%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
Portland, OR |
14.69%
|
130,373 |
4,997.60 |
|
Richmond |
12.13%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
Sacramento |
15.18%
|
130,930 |
5,019.20 |
|
St. Louis |
11.27%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
San Diego |
16.16%
|
132,044 |
5,061.60 |
|
San Francisco |
24.21%
|
136,900 |
5,248.00 |
|
Seattle |
15.12%
|
130,862 |
5,016.00 |
|
Washington, DC |
14.63%
|
130,305 |
4,995.20 |
|
Rest of United States |
10.90%
|
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
|
Outside Continental U.S. |
NA |
128,200 |
4,914.40 |
NOTES
In certain emergency or mission critical situations, an agency may apply an annual premium pay cap instead of a biweekly premium pay cap, subject to the conditions provided in law and regulation. (See 5 U.S.C. 5547 (b) and 5 CFR 550.106 - 550.107.)
See 5 CFR 531.603(b) for definitions of locality pay areas.
Under current law, special salary rates under both title 5 (established by OPM under 5 U.S.C. 5305) and title 38 (established by the Department of Veterans Affairs under 38 U.S.C. 7455) are capped at the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule. Thus, no GS 15, step 10, special salary rate will produce a cap higher than that shown in the above chart.
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