---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 591.230"
title: "5"
number: "591.230"
heading: "When does OPM establish post differential areas?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/591.230"
---

# §591.230. When does OPM establish post differential areas?

- (a) **OPM establishes post differential areas in response to agency requests when—**
  - (1) Conditions of environment within the post differential area differ substantially from conditions of environment in the continental United States, and
  - (2) The major Federal employers within the area believe payment of a post differential is warranted as a recruitment incentive to attract candidates from outside the post differential area to work for the Government in the post differential area.
- (b) If a department or agency wants OPM to consider establishing or revising the definition of a post differential area, the head of the department or agency or his or her designee must submit a request in writing to OPM.

## 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.