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ATTACHMENT 2
Locality-Based Comparability Payments and Pay Increases in 2004 for General Schedule Employees
Locality Pay Area [1] |
New Locality Rate [2] |
Increase Attributable to New Locality Rate [3] |
Total Increase Over 2003 Pay [4] |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Atlanta |
12.61% |
1.59% |
4.33% |
|
Boston |
16.99% |
1.73% |
4.48% |
|
Chicago |
18.26% |
1.82% |
4.57% |
|
Cincinnati |
15.07% |
1.44% |
4.18% |
|
Cleveland |
13.14% |
1.47% |
4.21% |
|
Columbus |
13.14% |
1.22% |
3.95% |
|
Dallas |
13.85% |
1.56% |
4.30% |
|
Dayton |
12.03% |
1.23% |
3.96% |
|
Denver |
16.66% |
1.65% |
4.39% |
|
Detroit |
18.32% |
1.76% |
4.51% |
|
Hartford |
17.87% |
2.00% |
4.75% |
|
Houston |
23.14% |
2.17% |
4.92% |
|
Huntsville |
11.49% |
1.30% |
4.03% |
|
Indianapolis |
11.11% |
1.17% |
3.90% |
|
Kansas City |
11.54% |
1.16% |
3.89% |
|
Los Angeles |
20.05% |
1.99% |
4.74% |
|
Miami |
15.54% |
1.52% |
4.26% |
|
Milwaukee |
12.64% |
1.29% |
4.03% |
|
Minneapolis |
14.75% |
1.69% |
4.44% |
|
New York |
19.29% |
2.11% |
4.86% |
|
Orlando |
10.93% |
1.17% |
3.90% |
|
Philadelphia |
15.32% |
1.67% |
4.41% |
|
Pittsburgh |
11.92% |
1.27% |
4.00% |
|
Portland |
14.69% |
1.52% |
4.26% |
|
Richmond |
12.13% |
1.25% |
3.98% |
|
Sacramento |
15.18% |
1.67% |
4.41% |
|
St. Louis |
11.27% |
1.16% |
3.90% |
|
San Diego |
16.16% |
1.83% |
4.58% |
|
San Francisco |
24.21% |
2.59% |
5.35% |
|
Seattle |
15.12% |
1.78% |
4.53% |
|
Washington, DC |
14.63% |
1.68% |
4.42% |
|
Rest of U.S. |
10.90% |
1.17% |
3.90% |
[1] Locality pay areas are defined in 5 CFR 531.603(b) and are available at http://www.opm.gov/oca/04tables/locdef.asp.
[2] The 2004 locality rate replaces the 2003 rate. It is not paid in addition to or on top of the 2003 locality rate.
[3] This column shows the increase in total pay attributable to the new locality rates, rounded to two decimal places.
[4] The total increase includes the retroactive locality pay increase and the 2.7 percent across-the-board increase that became effective in January 2004 and is rounded to two decimal places.
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