5 C.F.R. § 591.227 What adjustment factors does OPM add to the price indexes?
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
OPM adds to the price index an adjustment factor that reflects differences in need, access to and availability of goods and services, and quality of life in the COLA area relative to the DC area. The following table shows the adjustment factor for each 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
§ 591.227 What adjustment factors does OPM add to the price indexes?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ COLA area Amount------------------------------------------------------------------------Anchorage, AK................................................. 7.0Fairbanks, AK................................................. 9.0Juneau, AK.................................................... 9.0Rest of the State of Alaska................................... 9.0City and County of Honolulu, HI............................... 5.0Hawaii County, HI............................................. 7.0Kauai County, HI.............................................. 7.0Maui County, HI............................................... 7.0Guam and CNMI................................................. 9.0Commonwealth of Puerto Rico................................... 7.0U.S. Virgin Islands........................................... 9.0------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Amount added to the price index.
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