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5 CFR 591.207: Which areas are COLA areas?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5—Administrative Personnel
- CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS
- PART 591—ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS
- Subpart B—Cost-of-Living Allowance and Post Differential—Nonforeign Areas
OPM has established the following COLA areas:
(a) City of Anchorage, AK, and 80-kilometer (50-mile) radius by shortest route using paved roads when available, as measured from the Federal courthouse to the official duty station;
(b) City of Fairbanks, AK, and 80-kilometer (50-mile) radius by shortest route using paved roads when available, as measured from the Federal courthouse to the official duty station;
(c) City of Juneau, AK, and 80-kilometer (50-mile) radius by shortest route using paved roads when available, as measured from the Federal courthouse to the official duty station;
(d) Rest of the State of Alaska;
(e) City and County of Honolulu, HI;
(f) County of Hawaii, HI;
(g) County of Kauai, HI;
(h) County of Maui (including Kalawao County), HI;
(i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(j) Territory of Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and
(k) U.S. Virgin Islands.
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