Non-Foreign Area Cost of Living Allowance (COLA ...
Non-Foreign Area Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)
Transformation
July 2009
Non-Foreign Area Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) Transformation July 2009 UNITED STATES OFFICE OF
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
UNITED STATES OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
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How Are COLA & Locality Pay Different?
? Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) compensates Federal employees for differences in prices of goods and services in each COLA area compared to Washington, DC
? Locality pay compensates Federal employees for the differences in the cost of labor in each locality pay area compared to the General Schedule
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COLA Overview
? Enacted in 1948 ? Paid to about 52,000 Federal white-collar and U.S.
Postal Service employees ? More than 14,000 are in Puerto Rico ? Compares living costs between Washington, DC,
and each COLA area ? Can go up, but may not exceed 25 percent ? Can go down, limited to 1 percent per year ? Not subject to Federal income tax ? Not creditable for retirement
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COLA Areas and Rates
Area Anchorage, AK Fairbanks, AK Juneau, AK Rest of Alaska City and County of Honolulu, HI (Proposed) Maui County, HI (Proposed) Kauai County, HI (Proposed) Hawaii County, HI (Proposed) Guam/Northern Mariana Islands (Proposed) U.S. Virgin Islands Puerto Rico
Rate 23% 23% 23% 25% 24% 24% 24% 17% 24% 25% 14%
Index 10% 19% 20% 33% 21% 24% 18% 12% 20% 38% 7%*
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COLA Employment (March 2009)
Agency Army AF Navy Other Defense
Total Defense Agriculture Commerce HHS Homeland Security HUD Interior Justice Labor Transportation Treasury VA Other Civilian Agencies
Total Civilian Total Non-Postal US Postal Service (Estimate)
Grand Total
Alaska 2,320 885 20 229 3,454 874 569 343 985 37 2,178 191 22 1,249 88 588 207 7,331
10,785 2,400
13,185
Hawaii 4,485 1,226 5,668 927
12,306 812 365 155
2,035 30
491 472
25 391 145 719 291 5,931 18,237 2,900 21,137
Guam 16
246 772 540 1,574
90 25
1 388
1 33 76
3 51
0 16 30 714 2,288 160 2,448
Puerto Rico 819 185 82 541
1,627 580 132 173
2,022 73
125 775
32 186 656 3,346 571 8,671 10,298 3,900 14,198
USVI 87 0 0 0 87 10 0 4
421 0
78 81
0 13
6 12 23 648 735 300 1,035
Total 7,727 2,542 6,542 2,237
19,048 2,366 1,091 676 5,851 141 2,905 1,595 82 1,890 895 4,681 1,122
23,295 42,343
9,660 5
52,003
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