---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 591.227"
title: "5"
number: "591.227"
heading: "What adjustment factors does OPM add to the price indexes?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/591.227"
---

# §591.227. What adjustment factors does OPM add to the price indexes?


OPM adds to the price index an adjustment factor that reflects differences in need, access to and availability of goods and services, and quality of life in the COLA area relative to the DC area. The following table shows the adjustment factor for each area:


## 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.