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OPM RIN: 3206-AO69 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Prevailing Rate Systems: Change in Criteria for Defining Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas 
Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management finalized a rule to change the regulatory criteria used to define and maintain Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area boundaries. The purpose of this change is to make the FWS wage area criteria more similar to the General Schedule locality pay area criteria.

 
Agency: Office of Personnel Management(OPM)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt 
CFR Citation: 5 CFR 532   
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/11/2024  89 FR 82874   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/10/2024 
Final Action  01/21/2025  90 FR 7428   
Final Action Effective  10/01/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Ana Paunoiu
Workforce Policy and Innovation
Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street NW,
Washington, DC 20415
Phone:202 606-4858
Email: paypolicy@opm.gov