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Special Rates and Locality
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 4:22 pm
by Guest
Hey all,
I'm wondering if you know if the Special Rates for Electrical/Electronics Engineers (0850/0855) include locality or not. I'm getting mixed messages from the OPM documentation (not surprising) as to if the Special Rates are your base pay that gets locality added on to it or if it's all you get.
Thanks!
Re: Special Rates and Locality
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 9:24 pm
by Guest
You get locality I'd you live in the locality. I'm electronics engineering. Struggling btw.
Re: Special Rates and Locality
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 3:20 pm
by Guest
Guest wrote:You get locality I'd you live in the locality. I'm electronics engineering. Struggling btw.
What do you mean by struggling?
Re: Special Rates and Locality
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:53 pm
by Guest
I meant not making enough money.
Re: Special Rates and Locality
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 5:31 pm
by Guest
Guest wrote:I meant not making enough money.
What branch are you with? Is it specifically being an Electronics engineer that's hurting you?
Re: Special Rates and Locality
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:01 am
by Guest
You get either special rates or locality (I.e., XOR). Basically, you should get the higher rate of the two (make sure the higher is reflected in your offer).
Re: Special Rates and Locality
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:07 pm
by Guest
Guest wrote:You get either special rates or locality (I.e., XOR). Basically, you should get the higher rate of the two (make sure the higher is reflected in your offer).
Ok, so I thought that too, but then on OPM's website it says "Special rate supplements are applied to the base General Schedule." which makes me think that special rates affect the base pay that your locality is then added to.