---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 532.207"
title: "5"
number: "532.207"
heading: "Time schedule for wage surveys."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/532.207"
---

# §532.207. Time schedule for wage surveys.

- (a) Wage surveys shall be conducted on a 2-year cycle at annual intervals.
- (b) A full-scale survey shall be made in the first year of the 2-year cycle and shall include development of a current sample of establishments and the collection of wage data by visits to establishments. With the unanimous consent of the members of a Local Wage Survey Committee, data may also be obtained from a private sector establishment or establishments during a full-scale wage survey by telephone, mail, or electronic means.
- (c) A wage-change survey shall be made every other year using only the same employers, occupations, survey jobs, and establishment weights used in the preceding full-scale survey. Data may be collected by telephone, mail, electronic means, or personal contact.
- (d) Scheduling of surveys shall take into consideration the following criteria:
  - (1) The best timing in relation to wage adjustments in the principal local private enterprise establishments;
  - (2) Reasonable distribution of workload of the lead agency;
  - (3) The timing of surveys for nearby or selected wage areas; and
  - (4) **Scheduling relationships with other pay surveys.**
- (e) The Office of Personnel Management may authorize adjustments in the normal cycle as requested by the lead agency and based on the criteria in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section or to accommodate special studies or adjustments consistent with determining local prevailing rates.
- (f) The beginning month of appropriated and nonappropriated fund wage surveys and the fiscal year during which full-scale surveys will be conducted are set out as appendices A and B to this subpart and are incorporated in and made part of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 46141, Nov. 1, 1990, as amended at 86 FR 11859, Mar. 1, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346. Sec. 532.707 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552.

### Source

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

### Amendments

[55 FR 46141, Nov. 1, 1990, as amended at 86 FR 11859, Mar. 1, 2021]