§591.216. How does OPM combine survey data for the DC area and for COLA areas with multiple survey areas? — Inbound Citations

(2) The employment weight is the relative employment population of the survey area compared with the employment population of the COLA area as a whole. OPM uses the number of General Schedule employees in the survey area to compute employment weights. OPM uses these employment weights as described in § 591.216(b).