[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9170-9176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03801]
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Proposed Rules
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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 37 / Wednesday, February 25, 2026 /
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
[Docket ID: OPM-2026-0133]
RIN 3206-AP11
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Raven Rock Mountain
Complex to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington Federal Wage System Wage
Area
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to
redefine the Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area coverage of the Raven
Rock Mountain Complex (RRMC), which spans small portions of Washington
County, Maryland, which is in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage
area, and Adams County, Pennsylvania, which is in the Harrisburg-York-
Lebanon, PA wage area. OPM proposes to redefine the RRMC portion of
Adams County from the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA wage area to the
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage area so that all of the RRMC is in
the same wage area. Portions of Adams County outside of RRMC would
continue to be defined to the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA, wage area.
This change would align wage area coverage for installations within the
Pentagon Reservation and prevent pay disparities among FWS employees
working at the RRMC.
DATES: Send comments on or before April 27, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the Federal Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting
comments.
All comments received must include the agency name and docket
number or RIN for this document. The general policy for comments from
members of the public is to make them available for public viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov without change, including any personal
identifiers or contact information. However, OPM retains discretion to
redact personal or sensitive information from comments before they are
posted. As required by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4), a summary of this rule may
be found in the docket for this rulemaking at www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana Paunoiu by telephone at (202) 606-
2858 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM is proposing to redefine the FWS wage
area coverage of the RRMC. Under 10 U.S.C. 2674, the land and
facilities at RRMC are included within the definition of the Pentagon
Reservation. Under 10 U.S.C. 2674(f)(1), the Pentagon Reservation
consists of the Pentagon, the Mark Center Campus, and RRMC. RRMC is
defined in 10 U.S.C. 2674(f)(5) as ``that area of land (consisting of
approximately 720 acres) and improvements thereon, including parking
areas, at the Raven Rock Mountain Complex and its supporting facilities
located in Maryland and Pennsylvania.''
On January 21, 2025, OPM issued a final rule expanding the coverage
of the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington FWS wage area, effective October
1, 2025. The expanded wage area covers the Pentagon Reservation, except
for the Adams County portion of the RRMC. On July 30, 2025, the
Department of Defense (DOD) requested that OPM amend the FWS
regulations in Appendix C of 5 CFR part 532, subpart B, to provide that
all of the RRMC be defined to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage
area so that the entirety of the Pentagon Reservation is defined to the
same wage area.
Under 5 CFR 532.211, criteria such as employment interchange
measures and distance, population and employment similarities, and
other relevant factors are considered when defining FWS wage area
boundaries. Adams County is appropriately defined to the Harrisburg-
York-Lebanon, PA, wage area under these criteria. This proposed rule
would make an exception to the standard regulatory requirements only
for the RRMC portion of Adams County based on the other relevant
factors criterion in the regulations cited by DOD.
Employment interchange and distance. Employment interchange means
the movement of workers (in-commuting and out-commuting) within a large
metropolitan area. The employment interchange is calculated using
commuting patterns data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau as part of
the American Community Survey. The employment interchange data reported
by the Census Bureau reflects social and economic integration in a
region.
Measured to nearby survey areas, Adams County shows a higher
employment interchange measures percentage with the Harrisburg-York-
Lebanon, PA, wage area (46.12 percent) than with Washington-Baltimore-
Arlington (28.95 percent). Road distances from RRMC also favor
Harrisburg-York-Lebanon (e.g., ~55.3 miles to Harrisburg vs. ~70.2
miles to Washington, DC; similar comparisons hold when measuring to
host installations \1\).
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\1\ Under 5 CFR 532.201, the host installation is a local
installation, designated by the lead agency to conduct wage survey
activities and provide support facilities and clerical assistance
for the local wage survey committee. DOD is the lead agency for the
FWS.
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Transportation and geography. Major highways connect RRMC to both
the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA, and Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
survey areas; geographic features do not materially distinguish travel
to one survey area over the other.
Population and employment similarities. OPM uses data from the U.S.
Census Bureau to compare the overall population, employment, and kinds
and sizes of private industrial establishments of a county to the
nearby survey areas. Comparative metrics for Adams County versus the
Harrisburg-York-Lebanon and Washington-Baltimore-Arlington survey areas
are mixed and do not clearly favor either wage area when considered as
a whole.
Other relevant factors. OPM issued a final rule (90 FR 7428) on
January 21, 2025, amending the regulatory criteria in 5 CFR 532.211,
pursuant to its authority to issue regulations governing the FWS in 5
U.S.C. chapter 53, subchapter IV. The amendments to the criteria used
to define and maintain FWS wage areas led to several changes in wage
area boundaries. One of these changes was the redefinition of
Washington County, MD, from the Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg,
MD, wage area which was abolished and its constituent counties defined
to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage area. The final rule did not
change the
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designation of Adams County, which remains in the Harrisburg-York-
Lebanon, PA, wage area.
Based on information received from DOD, RRMC is located in two
different counties: Washington County, MD, and Adams County, PA. As a
result of moving Washington County to the Washington-Baltimore-
Arlington wage area, RRMC FWS employees located in Washington County
receive a higher rate of pay than RRMC FWS employees located in Adams
County, PA. To support pay parity, DOD requested that OPM define the
RRMC portion of Adams County to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage
area.
Analysis
Washington County, MD, is part of the Washington-Baltimore-
Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA).\2\ Adams
County, PA, is part of the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA CSA. Under OPM
regulations at 5 CFR 532.211(b), it is permissible for CSAs to be split
between FWS wage areas only in very unusual circumstances, such as
federal installations overlapping two or more CSAs and wage areas.
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\2\ The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines,
maintains, and periodically updates the definitions of CSA
boundaries. The most recent OMB definitions of CSAs are in OMB
Bulletin No. 23-01 (available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf), which was issued on
July 21, 2023.
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OPM recognizes that application of the employment interchange,
distance, transportation, and population and employment similarity
criteria in 5 CFR 532.211(d)(1) and (2) does not support redefining
Adams County, Pennsylvania, as a whole to the Washington-Baltimore-
Arlington FWS wage area. As discussed above, those criteria generally
favor the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA, wage area for Adams County when
considered at the county level.
However, under 5 CFR 532.211(d)(1), OPM may consider other factors
relevant to the process of determining and establishing rates of pay
for wage employees at prevailing wage levels. OPM is exercising that
discretion in this case for the limited portion of Adams County
comprising RRMC.
RRMC is uniquely situated as part of the Pentagon Reservation, as
defined in 10 U.S.C. 2674(f). Congress has statutorily designated RRMC,
together with the Pentagon and the Mark Center Campus, as a single
Federal reservation. RRMC is operated as an integrated component of the
Pentagon Reservation, with centralized management, shared mission
functions, and unified personnel administration.
As a result of OPM's January 21, 2025, final rule redefining
Washington County, Maryland, to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage
area, the Pentagon Reservation is currently divided between two FWS
wage areas solely due to the county boundary that bisects RRMC. OPM
routinely treats federal installations overlapping two or more CSAs and
wage areas as an unusual circumstance warranting redefinition of a
portion of a CSA in another wage area only as necessary to place a
complete Federal installation in a single wage area. For example, the
Shenandoah National Park (approximately 105 miles long) overlaps the
following counties: Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Page,
Rappahannock, Rockingham, and Warren Counties, VA. Albemarle and Greene
Counties are part of the Charlottesville, VA CSA which is included in
its entirety in the Richmond, VA, wage area. Augusta and Rockingham
Counties, VA, are part of the Harrisonburg-Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
CSA, which is included in its entirety in the Washington-Baltimore-
Arlington wage area. Rappahannock and Warren Counties are part of the
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington CSA, which is included in its entirety
in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage area. Madison County, VA, is
not part of a CSA or MSA, but it is part of the Washington-Baltimore-
Arlington wage area. To avoid paying FWS employees at the Shenandoah
National Park from different wage schedules, OPM defined this
installation in its entirety to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage
area. Augusta and Rockingham Counties, not including the Shenandoah
National Park portions, continue to be defined to the Richmond wage
area to avoid splitting the Charlottesville, VA CSA, appropriately
included in the Richmond wage area.
Splitting Federal installations has the effect of applying
different prevailing wage schedules to employees working at the same
integrated Federal installation based solely on the side of the county
boundary on which their duty station is located. In this case, the pay
disparity referenced by DOD adversely affects attracting and retaining
qualified prevailing rate employees on the Pennsylvania side of the
installation. This proposal would correct a wage-area boundary that
inadvertently split RRMC, a single, integrated Federal installation.
OPM finds that maintaining different FWS wage area definitions
within a single, statutorily defined Federal reservation undermines the
accuracy and integrity of prevailing rate determinations for that
installation. In this circumstance, the application of county-level
labor market criteria to RRMC does not adequately reflect the relevant
labor market for purposes of establishing prevailing wage rates for
RRMC employees, whose employment conditions are determined by the
Pentagon Reservation as a whole rather than by the surrounding county.
Accordingly, OPM has tentatively determined that redefining the
RRMC portion of Adams County to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage
area is warranted under 5 CFR 532.211(d)(1) as a narrowly tailored
exception. Adams County, PA, except for the RRMC portion, would
continue to be defined to the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon wage area.
Washington County, MD, would continue to be defined to the Washington-
Baltimore-Arlington wage area.
Miscellaneous Corrections and Revisions
On January 21, 2025, OPM published a final rule (90 FR 7428)
changing the criteria used to define FWS wage area boundaries and
making changes to certain wage areas. The final rule contained a few
typographical errors and inadvertent omissions.
This proposed rule would make several corrections and revisions to
Appendix A to subpart B of part 532--Nationwide Schedule of
Appropriated Fund Regular Wage Surveys and Appendix C to subpart B of
part 532--Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey Areas, concerning
formatting, spelling, typographical errors, inconsistencies, and
omissions made in the final rule, as follows:
This proposed rule would make the following revision to Appendix A:
add the State of Connecticut, and a listing for the New Haven-Hartford
wage area, with ``DOD'' as lead agency; ``April'' as the listing of the
beginning month of survey; and ``Odd'' Fiscal Year of full-scale
survey. The listing for the New Haven-Hartford wage area was
inadvertently omitted in the final rule.
This proposed rule would make the following revisions to Appendix
C:
Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega Wage Area
Add ``until'' between ``effective'' and ``January'' to read
``(effective until January 2028)'' for Talladega County, Alabama, in
the area of application. Talladega County, AL, was moved from the
Anniston-Gadsden survey area to the Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega area
of application, effective October 1, 2025, until January 2028. This
county will subsequently be moved from the
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Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega area of application to the Birmingham-
Cullman-Talladega survey area effective for local wage surveys
beginning in January 2028. The final rule inadvertently omitted the
word ``until.''
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington Wage Area
Revise the name of ``Berkley'' County, West Virginia, to read
``Berkeley.''
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale Wage Area
Add St. Lucie County, Florida, to the area of application of the
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale wage area. Due to a formatting
error, St. Lucie County was listed as a separate wage area, instead of
being part of the Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale wage area.
Delete ``St. Lucie'' as a wage area entry.
Augusta Wage Area
Replace ``:'' with ``.'' after ``Survey area,'' to read ``Area of
Application. Survey area.'' for the Augusta wage area, in the State of
Maine. The Augusta wage area does not have an area of application. As
such, the correct punctuation is a period instead of a colon.
Chicago-Naperville Wage Area
Delete ``IL'' from the title of the ``Chicago-Naperville, IL'' the
wage area to read ``Chicago-Naperville'' to be consistent with how we
list the titles of other wage areas.
Roanoke Wage Area
Delete the Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro, Virginia, which were
incorrectly included and duplicated in the area of application of the
Roanoke wage area. These cities were moved to the Washington-Baltimore-
Arlington wage area and were inadvertently not deleted from the Roanoke
wage area.
Delete Augusta (Does not include the Shenandoah National Park
portion) County, VA, which was incorrectly included and duplicated in
the area of application of the Roanoke wage area. The entire Augusta
County was moved to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage area, and
the Shenandoah National Park portion was inadvertently not deleted from
the Roanoke wage area.
Expected Impact of This Rule
Section 5343 of title 5, U.S. Code, provides OPM with the authority
and responsibility to define the boundaries of FWS wage areas. Any
changes in wage area definitions can have the long-term effect of
increasing pay for Federal employees in affected locations. OPM expects
this rulemaking to impact around 50 FWS employees. Considering the
small number of employees affected, OPM does not anticipate that this
proposed rule will substantially impact local economies or have a large
impact in local labor markets. However, OPM is requesting comment in
this rulemaking regarding the impact. As this and future wage area
changes may impact higher volumes of employees in geographical areas
and could rise to the level of impacting local labor markets, OPM will
continue to study the implications of such impacts in this or future
rules as needed.
Regulatory Review
OPM has examined the impact of this rulemaking as required by
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 which direct agencies to assess all
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). This
rulemaking is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive
Order 12866. The rule is not an E.O. 14192 regulatory action because it
is not significant under E.O. 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Director of OPM certifies that this rule would not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Federalism
OPM has examined this rule in accordance with Executive Order
13132, Federalism, and has determined that this rule will not have any
negative impact on the rights, roles and responsibilities of State,
local, or Tribal governments.
Civil Justice Reform
This rulemaking will not result in the expenditure by State, local,
and Tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of
$100 million or more in any year in 1995 dollars, updated annually for
inflation. That threshold is currently approximately $206 million. This
rulemaking will not significantly or uniquely affect small governments.
Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary under the provisions of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rulemaking does not impose any reporting or record-keeping
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532
Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information,
Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.
Signing Statement
The Director of OPM, Scott Kupor, reviewed and approved this
document and has authorized the undersigned to electronically sign and
submit this document to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication.
Office of Personnel Management
Jerson Matias,
Federal Register Liaison.
Accordingly, OPM is proposing to amend 5 CFR part 532 as follows:
PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
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1. The authority citation for part 532 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; Sec. 532.707 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 552.
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2. In Appendix A to subpart B, amend the table by adding in alphabetic
order by state the New Haven-Hartford wage survey listing for the State
of Connecticut.
Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 532--Nationwide Schedule of
Appropriated Fund Regular Wage Surveys
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Connecticut..................... New Haven-Hartford DoD............... April............. Odd.
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3. In Appendix C to subpart B--Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey Areas,
amend the table by revising the wage area listing for the District of
Columbia and for the States of Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Maine,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia to read as follows:
Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532--Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey
Areas
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Definitions of Wage Areas and Wage Area Survey Areas
ALABAMA
Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega
Survey Area
Alabama:
Calhoun (effective for wage surveys beginning in January 2028)
Etowah (effective for wage surveys beginning in January 2028)
Jefferson
St. Clair
Shelby
Talladega (effective for wage surveys beginning in January 2028)
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Alabama:
Bibb
Blount
Calhoun (effective until January 2028)
Chilton
Clay
Coosa
Cullman
Etowah (effective until January 2028)
Fayette
Greene
Hale
Lamar
Marengo
Perry
Pickens
Talladega (effective until January 2028)
Winston
Dothan
Survey Area
Alabama:
Dale
Houston
Georgia:
Early
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Alabama:
Barbour
Coffee
Geneva
Henry
Georgia:
Clay
Miller
Seminole
Huntsville
Survey Area
Alabama:
Limestone
Madison
Marshall
Morgan
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Alabama:
Colbert
DeKalb
Franklin
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Marion
Tennessee:
Giles
Lincoln
Wayne
Montgomery-Selma
Survey Area
Alabama:
Autauga
Elmore
Montgomery
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Alabama:
Bullock
Butler
Crenshaw
Dallas
Lowndes
Pike
Wilcox
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
Survey Area
District of Columbia:
Washington, DC
Maryland (city):
Baltimore (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Maryland (counties):
Anne Arundel (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Baltimore (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Carroll (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Charles
Frederick
Harford (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Howard (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Montgomery
Prince George's
Washington (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Pennsylvania:
Franklin (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Virginia (cities):
Alexandria
Fairfax
Falls Church
Manassas
Manassas Park
Virginia (counties):
Arlington
Fairfax
King George (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Loudoun
Prince William
West Virginia:
Berkeley (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Maryland (city):
Baltimore (effective until July 2027)
Maryland (counties):
Allegany
Anne Arundel (effective until July 2027)
Baltimore (effective until July 2027)
Calvert
Caroline
Carroll (effective until July 2027)
Dorchester
Garrett
Harford (effective until July 2027)
Howard (effective until July 2027)
Kent
Queen Anne's
St. Mary's
Talbot
Washington (effective until July 2027)
Pennsylvania:
Adams (Only includes the Raven Rock Mountain Complex)
Franklin (effective until July 2027)
Fulton
Virginia (cities):
Fredericksburg
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Waynesboro
Winchester
Virginia (counties):
Albemarle (Only includes the Shenandoah National Park portion)
Augusta
Caroline
Clarke
Culpeper
Fauquier
Frederick
Greene (Only includes the Shenandoah National Park portion)
King George (effective until July 2027)
Madison
Orange
Page
Rappahannock
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Spotsylvania
Stafford
Warren
Westmoreland
West Virginia:
Berkeley (effective until July 2027)
Hampshire
Hardy
Jefferson
Mineral
Morgan
FLORIDA
Cocoa-Beach
Survey Area
Florida:
Brevard
Area of Application. Survey area.
Jacksonville
Survey Area
Florida:
Alachua
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Baker
Clay
Columbia (effective for wage surveys beginning in January 2027)
Duval
Nassau
Orange (effective for wage surveys beginning in January 2027)
St. Johns
Sumter (effective for wage surveys beginning in January 2027)
Georgia:
Camden
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Florida:
Bradford
Citrus
Columbia (effective until January 2027)
Dixie
Flagler
Gilchrist
Hamilton
Lafayette
Lake
Levy
Madison
Marion
Orange (effective until January 2027)
Osceola
Polk
Putnam
Seminole
Sumter (effective until January 2027)
Suwannee
Taylor
Union
Volusia
Georgia:
Charlton
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
Survey Area
Florida:
Miami-Dade
Palm Beach (effective for wage surveys beginning in May 2027)
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Florida:
Broward
Collier
Glades
Hendry
Highlands
Indian River
Lee
Martin
Monroe
Okeechobee
Palm Beach (effective until May 2027)
St. Lucie
Panama City
Survey Area
Florida:
Bay
Gulf
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Florida:
Calhoun
Franklin
Gadsden
Holmes
Jackson
Jefferson
Leon
Liberty
Wakulla
Washington
Georgia:
Decatur
Pensacola
Survey Area
Florida:
Escambia
Santa Rosa
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Alabama:
Baldwin
Clarke
Conecuh
Covington
Escambia
Mobile
Monroe
Washington
Florida:
Okaloosa
Walton
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Survey Area
Florida:
Hillsborough
Pasco
Pinellas
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Florida:
Charlotte
De Soto
Hardee
Hernando
Manatee
Sarasota
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ILLINOIS
Bloomington-Pontiac
Survey Area
Illinois:
Champaign
Menard
Sangamon
Vermilion
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Illinois:
Christian
Clark
Coles
Crawford
Cumberland
De Witt
Douglas
Edgar
Ford
Jasper
Livingston
Logan
McLean
Macon
Morgan
Moultrie
Piatt
Scott
Shelby
Chicago-Naperville
Survey Area
Illinois:
Cook
Du Page
Kane
Lake
McHenry
Will
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Illinois:
Boone
Bureau
De Kalb
Grundy
Iroquois
Kankakee
Kendall
La Salle
Ogle
Putnam
Stephenson
Winnebago
Indiana:
Jasper
Lake
La Porte
Newton
Porter
Pulaski
Starke
Wisconsin:
Kenosha
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MAINE
Augusta
Survey Area
Maine:
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Area of Application. Survey area.
Central and Northern Maine
Survey Area
Maine:
Aroostook
Penobscot
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Maine:
Hancock
Piscataquis
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
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PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg-York-Lebanon
Survey Area
Pennsylvania:
Cumberland
Dauphin
Lebanon
Union (effective for wage surveys beginning in May 2026)
York
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Pennsylvania:
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Adams (Does not include the Raven Rock Mountain Complex)
Clinton
Juniata
Lancaster
Lycoming
Mifflin
Perry
Snyder
Union (effective until May 2026)
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden
Survey Area
Delaware:
Kent (effective for wage surveys beginning in October 2027)
New Castle (effective for wage surveys beginning in October
2027)
Maryland:
Cecil (effective for wage surveys beginning in October 2027)
New Jersey:
Burlington (Excluding the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
portion)
Camden
Gloucester
Salem (effective for wage surveys beginning in October 2027)
Pennsylvania:
Bucks
Chester
Delaware
Montgomery
Philadelphia
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Delaware:
Kent (effective until October 2027)
New Castle (effective until October 2027)
Sussex
Maryland:
Cecil (effective until October 2027)
Somerset
Wicomico
Worcester (Does not include the Assateague Island portion)
New Jersey:
Atlantic
Cape May
Cumberland
Salem (effective until October 2027)
Pennsylvania:
Berks
Schuylkill
Pittsburgh
Survey Area
Pennsylvania:
Allegheny
Beaver
Butler
Cambria (effective for wage surveys beginning in July 2027)
Washington
Westmoreland
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Ohio:
Belmont
Harrison
Jefferson
Pennsylvania:
Armstrong
Bedford
Blair
Cambria (effective until July 2027)
Cameron
Centre
Clarion
Clearfield
Crawford
Elk (Does not include the Allegheny National Forest portion)
Erie
Fayette
Forest (Does not include the Allegheny National Forest portion)
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Lawrence
Mercer
Potter
Somerset
Venango
West Virginia:
Brooke
Hancock
Marshall
Ohio
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Survey Area
Pennsylvania:
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Pennsylvania:
Bradford
Columbia
Montour
Northumberland
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Wyoming
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VIRGINIA
Richmond
Survey Area
Virginia (cities):
Colonial Heights
Hopewell
Petersburg
Richmond
Virginia (counties):
Charles City
Chesterfield
Dinwiddie
Goochland
Hanover
Henrico
New Kent
Powhatan
Prince George
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Virginia (cities):
Charlottesville
Emporia
Virginia (counties):
Albemarle (Does not include the Shenandoah National Park
portion)
Amelia
Brunswick
Buckingham
Charlotte
Cumberland
Essex
Fluvanna
Greene (Does not include the Shenandoah National Park portion)
Greensville
King and Queen
King William
Lancaster
Louisa
Lunenburg
Mecklenburg
Nelson
Northumberland
Nottoway
Prince Edward
Richmond
Sussex
Roanoke
Survey Area
Virginia (cities):
Radford
Roanoke
Salem
Virginia (counties):
Botetourt
Craig
Montgomery
Roanoke
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Virginia (cities):
Buena Vista
Covington
Danville
Galax
Lexington
Lynchburg
Martinsville
Virginia (counties):
Alleghany
Amherst
Appomattox
Bath
Bedford
Bland
Campbell
Carroll
Floyd
Franklin
Giles
Halifax
Henry
Highland
Patrick
Pittsylvania
Pulaski
Rockbridge
Wythe
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake
Survey Area
North Carolina:
Currituck
Pasquotank (effective for wage surveys beginning in May 2026)
Virginia (cities):
Chesapeake
Hampton
Newport News
Norfolk
Poquoson
Portsmouth
Suffolk
Virginia Beach
Williamsburg
Virginia (counties):
Gloucester
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James City
York
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Maryland:
Worcester (Only includes the Assateague Island portion)
North Carolina:
Camden
Chowan
Dare
Gates
Hertford
Pasquotank (effective until May 2026)
Perquimans
Tyrrell
Virginia (city):
Franklin
Virginia (counties):
Accomack
Isle of Wight
Mathews
Middlesex
Northampton
Southampton
Surry
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