{"data":{"id":"us/6-cfr-158.620","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"6 CFR 158.620","heading":"Setting salaries.","body":"(a) The Department sets the salary for an individual accepting an appointment to a qualified position as part of selection and appointment of the individual, described in § 158.522. The Department sets the individual's salary within a subrange of a salary structure described in § 158.611 based on consideration of:\n(1) The individual's CTMS qualifications, determined under the assessment program described in § 158.520;\n(2) Applicable work and career structures, including the individual's initial work level, determined as part of selection and appointment under § 158.522;\n(3) The individual's anticipated mission impact;\n(4) Mission-related requirements; and\n(5) Strategic talent priorities.\n(b) In setting the salary for an individual appointed to a qualified position under this part, the Department may set the individual's salary without regard to any prior salary of the individual, including any salary or basic pay while serving in a previous appointment under this part or in another previous Federal appointment made outside the authority of this part.\n(c) In setting the salary for an individual appointed to a qualified position under this part, the Department may provide a local cybersecurity talent market supplement described in § 158.612.","path":["Title 6—Domestic Security","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY","PART 158—CYBERSECURITY TALENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CTMS)","Subpart F—Compensating Talent"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-6.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:54Z","sha256":"5627142a01496d6e16609c50370bd404ac9c23eafb1c93dee660fad12f84d2ae","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/6-cfr-158.614","next":"us/6-cfr-158.621"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}