---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 532.261"
title: "5"
number: "532.261"
heading: "Special wage schedules for leader and supervisory schedules for leader and supervisory wage employees in the Puerto Rico wage area."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/532.261"
---

# §532.261. Special wage schedules for leader and supervisory schedules for leader and supervisory wage employees in the Puerto Rico wage area.

- (a) The Department of Defense shall establish special wage schedules for leader and supervisory wage employees in the Puerto Rico wage area.
- (b) The step 2 rate for each grade of the leader wage schedule shall be equal to 120 percent of the rate for step 2 of the corresponding grade of the nonsupervisory regular wage schedule for the Puerto Rico wage area.
- (c) The step 2 rate for the supervisory wage schedule shall be:
  - (1) For grades WS-1 through WS-10, equal to the rate for step 2 of the corresponding grade of the nonsupervisory regular wage schedule for the Puerto Rico wage area, plus 60 percent of the rate for step 2 of WG-10;
  - (2) For grades WS-11 through WS-18, the second rate of WS-10 plus 5, 11.5, 19.6, 29.2, 40.3, 52.9, 67.1, and 82.8 percent, respectively, of the difference between the step 2 rates of WS-10 and WS-19; and
  - (3) For grade WS-19, the third rate in effect for General Schedule grade GS-14 at the time of the area wage schedule adjustment. The WS-19 rate shall include any cost of living allowance payable for the area under [5 U.S.C. 5941](/usc/5/5941.md).
- (d) Step rates shall be developed by using the formula established in [§ 532.203](/cfr/5/532.203.md) of this subpart.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 46144, Nov. 1, 1990]

### 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 46144, Nov. 1, 1990]