Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington Federal Wage System Wage Area
Key claim: OPM is redefining the Raven Rock Mountain Complex’s Adams County portion from the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon wage area to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage area to eliminate pay disparities among Federal Wage System employees at that installation.
Abstract
(Rule · Personnel Management Office) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule 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 will 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 will continue to be defined to the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA, wage area. This change will align wage area coverage for installations within the Pentagon Reservation and prevent pay disparities among FWS employees working at the RRMC.
Why this matters
OPM is redefining the Raven Rock Mountain Complex’s Adams County portion from the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon wage area to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington wage area to eliminate pay disparities among Federal Wage System employees at that installation.