{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-551.207","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 551.207","heading":"Professional exemption criteria.","body":"To qualify for the professional exemption, an employee's primary duty must be the performance of work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction or requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor. Learned professionals, creative professionals, and computer employees are described in §§ 551.208, 551.209, and 551.210, respectively.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 551—PAY ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT","Subpart B—Exemptions and Exclusions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"731b41882ddfa0c29aa9f5c696b48ea71451805d7b9ff1a211a8a0cf9a0eaa3c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-551.206","next":"us/5-cfr-551.208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}