1. Regulations
  2. title 5
  3. chapter I
  4. part 532
  5. subpart B
  6. appendix AppendixD

Appendix D - Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532—Nonappropriated Fund Wage and Survey Areas

Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 93147, Nov. 26, 2024. Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 100721, Dec. 13, 2024.

This appendix lists the wage area definitions for NAF employees. With a few exceptions, each area is defined in terms of county units or independent cities. Each wage area definition consists of:

(1) Wage area title. Wage areas usually carry the title of the county or counties surveyed.

(2) Survey area definition. Lists each county or independent city in the survey area.

(3) Area of application definition. Lists each county or independent city which, in addition to the survey area, is in the area of application.

Definitions of Wage Areas and Wage Area Survey Areas
ALABAMACalhounSurvey AreaAlabama: Calhoun Area of Application. Survey area plus:Alabama: Jefferson MadisonSurvey AreaAlabama: Madison Area of Application. Survey area plus:Tennessee: Coffee Davidson Hamilton Rutherford MontgomerySurvey AreaAlabama: Montgomery Area of Application. Survey area plus:Alabama: Dale Dallas Macon ALASKAAnchorageSurvey AreaAlaska: (borough) Anchorage Area of Application. Survey area plus:Alaska: (boroughs and census areas) Fairbanks North Star Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Gateway Kodiak Island Sitka Southeast Fairbanks Valdez-Cordova Yukon-Koyukuk ARIZONAMaricopaSurvey AreaArizona: Maricopa Area of Application. Survey area plus:Arizona: Coconino Yavapai PimaSurvey AreaArizona: Pima Area of Application. Survey area plus:Arizona: Cochise YumaSurvey AreaArizona: Yuma Area of Application. Survey area plus:California: Imperial ARKANSASPulaskiSurvey AreaArkansas: Pulaski Area of Application. Survey area plus:Arkansas: Jefferson Sebastian Washington CALIFORNIAKernSurvey AreaCalifornia: Kern Area of Application. Survey area plus:California: Fresno Kings Los AngelesSurvey AreaCalifornia: Los Angeles Area of Application. Survey area.MontereySurvey AreaCalifornia: Monterey Area of Application. Survey area plus:California: San Mateo Santa Clara OrangeSurvey AreaCalifornia: Orange Area of Application. Survey area.RiversideSurvey AreaCalifornia: Riverside Area of Application. Survey area.SacramentoSurvey AreaCalifornia: Sacramento Area of Application. Survey area plus:California: Yuba Oregon: Jackson Klamath San BernardinoSurvey AreaCalifornia: San Bernardino Area of Application. Survey area.San DiegoSurvey AreaCalifornia: San Diego Area of Application. Survey area.San JoaquinSurvey AreaCalifornia: San Joaquin Area of Application. Survey area.Santa BarbaraSurvey AreaCalifornia: Santa Barbara Area of Application. Survey area plus:California: San Luis Obispo SolanoSurvey AreaCalifornia: Solano Area of Application. Survey area plus:California: Alameda Contra Costa Marin Napa San Francisco Sonoma VenturaSurvey AreaCalifornia: Ventura Area of Application. Survey area.COLORADOArapahoeSurvey AreaColorado: Arapahoe Area of Application. Survey area plus:Colorado: Mesa El PasoSurvey AreaColorado: El Paso Area of Application. Survey area plus:Colorado: Bent Otero Pueblo CONNECTICUTNew LondonSurvey AreaConnecticut: New London Area of Application. Survey area plus:Connecticut: New Haven DELAWAREKentSurvey AreaDelaware: Kent Area of Application. Survey area plus:Delaware: Sussex Maryland: Kent DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAWashington, DCSurvey AreaDistrict of Columbia: Washington, DC Area of Application. Survey Area Plus:West Virginia: Berkeley FLORIDABaySurvey AreaFlorida: Bay Area of Application. Survey area.BrevardSurvey AreaFlorida: Brevard Area of Application. Survey area.DuvalSurvey AreaFlorida: Duval Area of Application. Survey area plus:Florida: Alachua Clay Columbia Georgia: Camden EscambiaSurvey AreaFlorida: Escambia Area of Application. Survey area plus:Florida: Santa Rosa HillsboroughSurvey AreaFlorida: Hillsborough Area of Application. Survey area plus:Florida: Lee Pinellas Polk Miami-DadeSurvey AreaFlorida: Miami-Dade Area of Application. Survey area plus:Florida: Broward Palm Beach MonroeSurvey AreaFlorida: Monroe Area of Application. Survey area.OkaloosaSurvey AreaFlorida: Okaloosa Area of Application. Survey area plus:Florida: Walton OrangeSurvey AreaFlorida: Orange Area of Application. Survey area.GEORGIAChathamSurvey AreaGeorgia: Chatham Area of Application. Survey area plus:Georgia: Glynn Liberty South Carolina: Beaufort CobbSurvey AreaGeorgia: Cobb Area of Application. Survey area plus:Georgia: Bartow De Kalb Fulton ColumbusSurvey AreaGeorgia: Columbus Area of Application. Survey area plus:Georgia: Chattahoochee DoughertySurvey AreaGeorgia: Dougherty Area of Application. Survey area.HoustonSurvey AreaGeorgia: Houston Area of Application. Survey area plus:Georgia: Laurens LowndesSurvey AreaGeorgia: Lowndes Area of Application. Survey area plus.Florida: Leon RichmondSurvey AreaGeorgia: Richmond Area of Application. Survey area plus:South Carolina: Aiken GUAMGuamSurvey AreaGuam Area of Application. Survey area.HAWAIIHonoluluSurvey AreaHawaii: Honolulu Area of Application. Survey area plus:Hawaii (counties): Hawaii Kauai Maui Pacific Islands: Midway Islands Johnston Atoll American Samoa IDAHOAda-ElmoreSurvey AreaIdaho: Ada Elmore Area of Application. Survey area.ILLINOISLAKESurvey AreaIllinois: Lake Area of Application. Survey area.Illinois: Cook Rock Island Vermilion Indiana: St. Joseph Iowa: Johnson Michigan: Dickinson Marquette Wisconsin: Brown Dane Milwaukee St. ClairSurvey AreaIllinois: St. Clair Area of Application. Survey area plus:Illinois: Madison Williamson Indiana: Vanderburgh Missouri: (city) St. Louis Missouri: (counties) Jefferson Pulaski KANSASLeaven-Worth-Jackson-JohnsonSurvey AreaKansas: Leavenworth Missouri: Jackson Johnson Area of Application. Survey area.Kansas: Shawnee Missouri: Boone Camden Cass Greene SedgwickSurvey AreaKansas: Sedgwick Area of Application. Survey area.Kansas: Geary Saline KENTUCKYChristian-MontgomerySurvey AreaKentucky: Christian Tennessee: Montgomery Area of Application. Survey area.Hardin-JeffersonKentucky: Hardin Jefferson Area of Application. Survey area plus:Indiana: Jefferson Johnson Martin Kentucky: Fayette Madison Warren LOUISIANABossier-CaddoSurvey AreaLouisiana: (parishes) Bossier Caddo Area of Application. Survey area plus:Texas: Bowie OrleansSurvey AreaLouisiana: (parish) Orleans Area of Application. Survey area plus:Louisiana: (parish) Plaquemines RapidesSurvey AreaLouisiana: (parish) Rapides Area of Application. Survey area plus:Louisiana: (parish) Vernon MAINEYorkSurvey AreaMaine: York Area of Application. Survey area plus:Maine: Cumberland Kennebec Penobscot New Hampshire: Rockingham Vermont: Windsor MARYLANDAnne ArundelSurvey AreaMaryland: Anne Arundel Area of Application. Survey area plus:Maryland: (city) Baltimore Maryland: (counties) Baltimore Frederick Charles-St. Mary'sSurvey AreaMaryland: Charles St. Mary's Area of Application. Survey area plus:Maryland: Calvert Virginia: King George Harford Survey AreaMaryland: Harford Area of Application. Survey area plus:West Virginia: Berkeley HarfordSurvey AreaMaryland: Harford Area of Application. Survey area plus:Maryland: Cecil Montgomery-Prince George'sSurvey AreaMaryland: Montgomery Prince George's Area of Application. Survey area.MASSACHUSETTSHampdenSurvey AreaMassachusetts: Hampden Area of Application. Survey area plus:Connecticut: Hartford Massachusetts: Hampshire MiddlesexSurvey AreaMassachusetts: Middlesex Area of Application. Survey area plus:Massachusetts: Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk New Hampshire: Hillsborough MICHIGANMacombSurvey AreaMichigan: Macomb Area of Application. Survey area plus:Michigan: Alpena Calhoun Crawford Grand Traverse Huron Iosco Kent Leelanau Ottawa Saginaw Washtenaw Wayne Ohio: Cuyahoga Lucas Ottawa MINNESOTAHennepinSurvey AreaMinnesota: Hennepin Area of Application. Survey area plus:Minnesota: Morrison Murray Ramsey Stearns St. Louis Wisconsin: Juneau Monroe Polk MISSISSIPPIHarrisonSurvey AreaMississippi: Harrison Area of Application. Survey area plus:Alabama: Mobile Mississippi: Forest Hancock Jackson LauderdaleSurvey AreaMississippi: Lauderdale Area of Application. Survey area plus:Mississippi: Hinds Rankin Warren LowndesSurvey AreaMississippi: Lowndes Area of Application. Survey area plus:Alabama: Tuscaloosa MONTANACascadeSurvey AreaMontana: Cascade Area of Application. Survey area plus:Montana: Fergus Flathead Hill Lewis and Clark Valley Yellowstone NEBRASKADouglas-SarpySurvey AreaNebraska: Douglas Sarpy Area of Application. Survey area plus:Iowa: Marion Polk Woodbury Nebraska: Hall Lancaster Saunders South Dakota: Minnehaha NEVADAChurchill-WashoeSurvey AreaNevada: Churchill Washoe Area of Application. Survey area plus:California: Lassen Mono Nevada: Mineral ClarkSurvey AreaNevada: Clark Area of Application. Survey area.NEW JERSEYBurlingtonSurvey AreaNew Jersey: Burlington Area of Application. Survey area plus:Delaware: New Castle New Jersey: Atlantic Cape May Monmouth Ocean Salem Pennsylvania: Chester Montgomery Philadelphia MorrisSurvey AreaNew Jersey: Morris Area of Application. Survey area plus:New Jersey: Somerset Pennsylvania: Luzerne Monroe NEW MEXICOBernalilloSurvey AreaNew Mexico: Bernalillo Area of Application. Survey area plus:New Mexico: McKinley CurrySurvey AreaNew Mexico: Curry Area of Application. Survey area plus:Texas: Lubbock Potter Dona AnaSurvey AreaNew Mexico: Dona Ana Area of Application. Survey area plus:New Mexico: Chaves Otero NEW YORKJeffersonSurvey AreaNew York: Jefferson Area of Application. Survey area plus:New York: Albany Oneida Onondaga Ontario Schenectady Steuben Kings-QueensSurvey AreaNew York: Kings Queens Area of Application. Survey area plus:New Jersey: Essex Hudson New York: Bronx Nassau New York Richmond Suffolk NiagaraSurvey AreaNew York: Niagara Area of Application. Survey area plus:New York: Erie Genesee Ohio: Trumbull Pennsylvania: Erie OrangeSurvey AreaNew York: Orange Area of Application. Survey area plus:New York: Dutchess Westchester NORTH CAROLINACravenSurvey AreaNorth Carolina: Craven Area of Application. Survey area plus:North Carolina: Carteret Dare CumberlandSurvey AreaNorth Carolina: Cumberland Area of Application. Survey area plus:North Carolina: Durham Forsyth Rowan OnslowSurvey areaNorth Carolina: Onslow Area of Application. Survey area plus:North Carolina: New Hanover WayneSurvey areaNorth Carolina: Wayne Area of Application. Survey area plus:North Carolina: Halifax Pitt NORTH DAKOTAGrand ForksSurvey AreaNorth Dakota: Grand Forks Area of Application. Survey area plus:North Dakota: Cass Cavalier Pembina Steele WardSurvey AreaNorth Dakota: Ward Area of Application. Survey area plus:North Dakota: Divide OHIOGreene-MontgomerySurvey AreaOhio: Greene Montgomery Area of Application. Survey area plus:Indiana: Allen Grant Marion Miami Ohio: Clinton Franklin Hamilton Licking Ross West Virginia: Raleigh Wayne OKLAHOMAComancheSurvey AreaOklahoma: Comanche Area of Application. Survey area plus:Oklahoma: Cotton Jackson OklahomaSurvey AreaOklahoma: Oklahoma Area of Application. Survey area plus:Oklahoma: Garfield Muskogee Pittsburg Tulsa PENNSYLVANIACumberlandSurvey AreaPennsylvania: Cumberland Area of Application. Survey area plus:Pennsylvania: Allegheny BlairButler Franklin YorkSurvey AreaPennsylvania: York Area of Application. Survey area plus:Pennsylvania: Lebanon PUERTO RICOGuaynabo-San JuanSurvey AreaPuerto Rico: Guaynabo San Juan Area of Application. Survey area.Puerto Rico: Aguadilla Bayamon Mayaguez Ponce Salinas RHODE ISLANDNewportSurvey AreaRhode Island: Newport Area of Application. Survey area plus:Massachusetts: Barnstable Nantucket Rhode Island: Providence Washington SOUTH CAROLINACharlestonSurvey AreaSouth Carolina: Charleston Area of Application. Survey area plus:South Carolina: Berkeley Horry RichlandSurvey AreaSouth Carolina: Richland Area of Application. Survey area plus:North Carolina: Buncombe Mecklenburg South Carolina: Sumpter Tennessee: Washington SOUTH DAKOTAPenningtonSurvey AreaSouth Dakota: Pennington Area of Application. Survey area plus:Montana: Custer South Dakota: Fall River Meade Wyoming: Sheridan TENNESSEEShelbySurvey AreaTennessee: Shelby Area of Application. Survey area plus:Missouri: Butler TEXASBellSurvey AreaTexas: Bell Area of Application. Survey area plus:Texas: Burnet Coryell Falls BexarSurvey AreaTexas: Bexar Area of Application. Survey area plus:Texas: Comal Kerr Travis Val Verde DallasSurvey AreaTexas: Dallas Area of Application. Survey area plus:Texas: Angelina Fannin Galveston Harris El PasoSurvey AreaTexas: El Paso Area of Application. Survey area.McLennanSurvey AreaTexas: McLennan Area of Application. Survey area.NuecesSurvey AreaTexas: Nueces Area of Application. Survey area plus:Texas: Bee Calhoun Cameron Kleberg San Patricio Webb TarrantSurvey AreaTexas: Tarrant Area of Application. Survey area plus:Texas: Cooke Palo Pinto TaylorSurvey AreaTexas: Taylor Area of Application. Survey area.Tom GreenSurvey AreaTexas: Tom Green Area of Application. Survey area plus:Texas: Howard WichitaSurvey AreaTexas: Wichita Area of Application. Survey area.UTAHDavis-Salt Lake-WeberSurvey AreaUtah: Davis Salt Lake Weber Area of Application. Survey area plus:Utah: Box Elder Tooele Uintah VIRGINIAAlexandria-Arlington-FairfaxSurvey AreaVirginia (city): Alexandria Virginia (counties): Arlington Fairfax Area of Application. Survey area.Chesterfield-RichmondSurvey AreaVirginia: (city) Richmond Virginia: (county) Chesterfield Area of Application. Survey area plus:Virginia: (cities) Bedford Charlottesville Salem Virginia: (counties) Caroline Nottoway Prince George West Virginia: Pendleton Hampton-Newport NewsSurvey AreaVirginia: (cities) Hampton Newport News Area of Application. Survey area plus:Virginia: (city) Williamsburg Virginia: (county) York Norfolk-Portsmouth-Virginia BeachSurvey AreaVirginia: (cities) Norfolk Portsmouth Virginia Beach Area of Application. Survey area plus:North Carolina: Pasquotank Virginia: (cities) Chesapeake Suffolk Virginia: (counties) Accomack Northampton Prince WilliamSurvey AreaVirginia: Prince William Area of Application. Survey area plus:Virginia: Fauquier West Virginia: Harrison WASHINGTONKitsapSurvey AreaWashington: Kitsap Area of Application. Survey area plus:Washington: Clallam Jefferson PierceSurvey AreaWashington: Pierce Area of Application. Survey area plus:Oregon: Clatsop Coos Douglas Lane Multnomah Tillamook Washington: Clark Grays Harbor SnohomishSurvey AreaWashington: Snohomish Area of Application. Survey area plus:Washington: Island King Yakima SpokaneSurvey AreaWashington: Spokane Area of Application. Survey area plus:Washington: Adams Walla Walla WYOMINGLaramieSurvey AreaWyoming: Laramie Area of Application. Survey area.
[75 FR 49351, Aug. 13, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 9640, Feb. 22, 2011; 76 FR 31786, June 2, 2011; 76 FR 53046, Aug. 25, 2011; 77 FR 28472, May 15, 2012; 78 FR 29612, May 21, 2013; 78 FR 60181, 60182, Oct. 1, 2013; 82 FR 40669, Aug. 28, 2017; 82 FR 41321, Aug. 31, 2017; 84 FR 49942, Sept. 24, 2019; 85 FR 19377, Apr. 7, 2020; 89 FR 67519, Aug. 21, 2024; 89 FR 67829, Aug. 22, 2024]

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; § 532.707 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552.

SOURCE: 46 FR 21344, Apr. 10, 1981, unless otherwise noted.