---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 534.304"
title: "5"
number: "534.304"
heading: "Basic pay for staff positions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/534.304"
---

# §534.304. Basic pay for staff positions.

- (a)
  - (1) Rates of basic pay for staff or other non-executive level positions of temporary organizations may not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule under [5 U.S.C. 5332](/usc/5/5332.md), excluding any locality-based comparability payment under [5 U.S.C. 5304](/usc/5/5304.md).
  - (2) In establishing rates of basic pay for staff and other non-executive level positions of temporary organizations, the head of a temporary organization must give consideration to the significance, scope, and technical complexity of the position and the qualifications required for the work involved. The head of a temporary organization must also take into account the rates of pay applicable to Federal employees who have duties that are similar in terms of difficulty and responsibility.
- (b) Employees in staff and other non-executive level positions of temporary organizations must be paid locality payments in addition to basic pay in the same manner as employees covered by [5 U.S.C. 5304](/usc/5/5304.md). Locality-adjusted rates of basic pay may not exceed the locality-adjusted rate of basic pay for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule under [5 U.S.C. 5304](/usc/5/5304.md), for the locality pay area involved (not to exceed the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule).
- (c) Notwithstanding the limitations in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section, the rate of basic pay and locality-adjusted rate of basic pay for a senior staff position of a temporary organization may, in a case determined by the head of a temporary organization to be exceptional, exceed the maximum rates established under those paragraphs. However, the higher payable rates may not exceed the rate for level III of the Executive Schedule.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 3582, Jan. 25, 2002, as amended at 67 FR 63050, Oct. 10, 2002; 69 FR 70362, Dec. 6, 2004]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 3582, Jan. 25, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104, 3161(d), 5307, 5351, 5352, 5353, 5376, 5382, 5383, 5384, 5385, 5541, 5550a, sec. 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2004, Pub. L. 108-136, 117 Stat. 1638 (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5382, 5383, 7302; 18 U.S.C. 207); and sec. 2 of Pub. L. 110-372, 122 Stat. 4043 (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5307, 5376).

### Amendments

[67 FR 3582, Jan. 25, 2002, as amended at 67 FR 63050, Oct. 10, 2002; 69 FR 70362, Dec. 6, 2004]