---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 531.607"
title: "5"
number: "531.607"
heading: "Computing hourly, daily, weekly, and biweekly locality rates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/531.607"
---

# §531.607. Computing hourly, daily, weekly, and biweekly locality rates.

- (a) Apply the following methods to convert an annual locality rate to an hourly, daily, weekly, or biweekly rate:
  - (1) To derive an hourly rate, divide the annual locality rate by 2,087 and round to the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as the next higher cent.
  - (2) To derive a daily rate, multiply the hourly rate by the number of daily hours of service required by the employee's basic daily tour of duty.
  - (3) **To derive a weekly or biweekly rate, multiply the hourly rate by 40 or 80, as applicable.**
- (b) Notwithstanding [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, for a firefighter whose pay is computed under [5 U.S.C. 5545b](/usc/5/5545b.md), a firefighter hourly locality rate is computed using a divisor of 2,756 hours instead of 2,087, as prescribed in [5 CFR part 550](/cfr/5/part550.md), subpart M. Also, such a firefighter's weekly and biweekly locality rates must be based on the firefighter's extended tour of duty as prescribed in that subpart.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 31304, May 31, 2005]

### Source

Source: 58 FR 69174, Dec. 30, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5115, 5307, and 5338; sec. 4 of Public Law 103-89, 107 Stat. 981; and E.O. 12748, 56 FR 4521, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 316; Subpart B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5303(g), 5305, 5333, 5334(a) and (b), and 7701(b)(2); Subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5335 and 7701(b)(2); Subpart E also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5336; Subpart F also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5304, 5305, and 5941(a); E.O. 12883, 58 FR 63281, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 682; and E.O. 13106, 63 FR 68151, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 224.

### Amendments

[70 FR 31304, May 31, 2005]