---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Administrative Personnel"
key: "chI/subchB/part535"
level: "part"
label: "Part 535"
heading: "Critical Position Pay Authority"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part535"
sections_count: 7
---

# Part 535 — Critical Position Pay Authority

Title 5 C.F.R. — Administrative Personnel › Chapter I — Office of Personnel Management › Subchapter B — Civil Service Regulations

## Sections

- [§535.101. Purpose.](/cfr/5/535.101.md)
- [§535.102. Definitions.](/cfr/5/535.102.md)
- [§535.103. Authority.](/cfr/5/535.103.md)
- [§535.104. Requests for and granting critical position pay authority.](/cfr/5/535.104.md)
- [§535.105. Setting and adjusting rates of basic pay.](/cfr/5/535.105.md)
- [§535.106. Treatment as rate of basic pay.](/cfr/5/535.106.md)
- [§535.107. Annual reporting requirements.](/cfr/5/535.107.md)