---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 591.232"
title: "5"
number: "591.232"
heading: "How does OPM establish and review post differentials?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/591.232"
---

# §591.232. How does OPM establish and review post differentials?

- (a) OPM establishes a post differential by rulemaking if Government agencies require it for recruitment purposes and if one or more of the following conditions exist:
  - (1) Extraordinarily difficult living conditions,
  - (2) Excessive physical hardship, and/or
  - (3) **Notably unhealthful conditions.**
- (b) OPM periodically reviews with Federal agencies whether conditions of environment have changed in the post differential areas and whether payment of the post differential continues to be warranted as a recruitment incentive.

## 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.