---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 591.225"
title: "5"
number: "591.225"
heading: "Which CPIs does OPM use?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/591.225"
---

# §591.225. Which CPIs does OPM use?


OPM uses the following CPIs:

- (a) **For the Washington, DC, area—** the BLS Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers (CPI-U);
- (b) **For all COLA areas in the State of Alaska—** the BLS CPI-U for Anchorage, AK;
- (c) **For all COLA areas in the State of Hawaii and for Guam and the CNMI—** the BLS CPI-U for Honolulu, HI; and
- (d) For Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands—the Puerto Rico CPI as produced by the Puerto Rico Department of Work and Human Resources.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5941; E.O. 10000, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 792; and E.O. 12510, 3 CFR, 1985 Comp., p. 338.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 22340, May 3, 2002, unless otherwise noted.