5 C.F.R. § 591.203 Why does the Government pay post differentials?
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
The Government pays post differentials to certain civilian Federal employees in specified nonforeign areas as a recruitment incentive based on conditions of environment in the local area compared with conditions in the continental United States. Post differentials are designed to attract persons from outside the area to work for the Federal Government in the post differential area.
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 591—ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS
Subpart B—Cost-of-Living Allowance and Post Differential—Nonforeign Areas
Cost-of-Living Allowances and Post Differentials
§ 591.203 Why does the Government pay post differentials?
