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Special Rates


SPECIAL RATE TABLE
Number 0576

Grade STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP 8 STEP 9 STEP 10 SUPPLEMENT
05 41969 43368 44766 46165 47563 48962 50360 51758 53157 54555 53%
07 51988 53721 55455 57188 58922 60655 62389 64122 65856 67589 53%
09 60682 62704 64726 66748 68770 70792 72815 74837 76859 78881 46%
11 69899 72229 74558 76888 79217 81547 83877 86206 88536 90866 39%
12 80164 82836 85508 88180 90852 93524 96196 98868 101540 104212 33%
13 95326 98504 101681 104859 108036 111213 114391 117568 120745 123923 33%
14 112647 116402 120156 123911 127665 131420 135175 138929 142684 146438 33%
15 132505 136922 141339 145756 150173 154590 155500 155500 155500 155500 33%

EFFECTIVE DATE: FIRST DAY OF FIRST PAY PERIOD BEGINNING ON OR AFTER: 01/01/2012

SERIES OCCUPATION NAME
1220 PATENT ADMINISTRATION
1222 PATENT ATTORNEY
1223 PATENT CLASSIFIER
1224 PATENT EXAMINER
1226 DESIGN PATENT EXAMINER


STATE CODE COUNTY CODE CITY CODE LOCATION
X X X Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL Locality Pay Area
X X X Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH-RI-ME Locality Pay Area
X X X Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY Locality Pay Area
X X X Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI Locality Pay Area
X X X Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN Locality Pay Area
X X X Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH Locality Pay Area
X X X Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH Locality Pay Area
X X X Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Locality Pay Area
X X X Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH Locality Pay Area
X X X Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO Locality Pay Area
X X X Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI Locality Pay Area
X X X Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT-MA Locality Pay Area
X X X Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX Locality Pay Area
X X X Huntsville-Decatur, AL Locality Pay Area
X X X Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN Locality Pay Area
X X X Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA Locality Pay Area
X X X Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Locality Pay Area
X X X Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Locality Pay Area
X X X Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI Locality Pay Area
X X X New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Locality Pay Area
X X X Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD Locality Pay Area
X X X Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Locality Pay Area
X X X Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA Locality Pay Area
X X X Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Locality Pay Area
X X X Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Locality Pay Area
X X X Rest of U.S. - Locality Pay Area
X X X Richmond, VA Locality Pay Area
X X X Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Yuba City, CA-NV Locality Pay Area
X X X San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Locality Pay Area
X X X San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Locality Pay Area
X X X Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA Locality Pay Area
X X X Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Locality Pay Area


AGENCY/SUBELEMENT
CM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
CM56 PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE


NOTES: A PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM DATED DECEMBER 22, 2010, ENTITLED “FREEZING FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY SCHEDULES AND RATES THAT ARE SET BY ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION,” PROVIDES THAT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES SHOULD SUSPEND INCREASES TO PAY SCHEDULES SET BY ADMINISTRATION DISCRETION IN 2011 AND 2012. ALSO, UNDER SECTION 147 OF THE CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2011 (PUB. L. 111-242), AS AMENDED BY SECTION 1(a) OF THE CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EXTENSIONS ACT, 2011 (PUB. L. 111-322), GENERAL SCHEDULE PAY RATES WERE FROZEN IN 2011 AND 2012. (GENERALLY, SPECIAL RATE SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED BY THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE GENERAL SCHEDULE GENERAL INCREASE.) BASED ON THESE ACTIONS, SPECIAL RATE SCHEDULES UNDER 5 U.S.C. 5305 ARE NOT BEING INCREASED IN JANUARY 2012, EXCEPT SPECIAL RATE SCHEDULES IN NONFOREIGN AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIAL ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TO THE NON-FOREIGN AREA RETIREMENT EQUITY ASSURANCE ACT OF 2009 (PUBLIC LAW 111-84, OCTOBER 28, 2009).

THIS SPECIAL RATE TABLE INCLUDES LOCATIONS WHERE APPLICABLE GENERAL SCHEDULE LOCALITY RATES OF PAY EXCEED THE SPECIAL RATES OF PAY AT CERTAIN GRADES AND STEPS. EMPLOYEES WHO ARE COVERED BY A SPECIAL RATE SCHEDULE ARE ENTITLED TO THE APPLICABLE SPECIAL RATE WITHIN THAT SCHEDULE UNLESS THEY ARE ENTITLED TO A HIGHER RATE OF BASIC PAY UNDER OTHER AUTHORITY (E.G., A HIGHER LOCALITY RATE OR A RETAINED RATE).

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