---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 158.620"
title: "6"
number: "158.620"
heading: "Setting salaries."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/158.620"
---

# §158.620. Setting salaries.

- (a) The Department sets the salary for an individual accepting an appointment to a qualified position as part of selection and appointment of the individual, described in [§ 158.522](/cfr/6/158.522.md). The Department sets the individual's salary within a subrange of a salary structure described in [§ 158.611](/cfr/6/158.611.md) based on consideration of:
  - (1) The individual's CTMS qualifications, determined under the assessment program described in [§ 158.520](/cfr/6/158.520.md);
  - (2) Applicable work and career structures, including the individual's initial work level, determined as part of selection and appointment under [§ 158.522](/cfr/6/158.522.md);
  - (3) The individual's anticipated mission impact;
  - (4) Mission-related requirements; and
  - (5) **Strategic talent priorities.**
- (b) In setting the salary for an individual appointed to a qualified position under this part, the Department may set the individual's salary without regard to any prior salary of the individual, including any salary or basic pay while serving in a previous appointment under this part or in another previous Federal appointment made outside the authority of this part.
- (c) In setting the salary for an individual appointed to a qualified position under this part, the Department may provide a local cybersecurity talent market supplement described in [§ 158.612](/cfr/6/158.612.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 658. Subpart H also issued under 5 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 43; 5 CFR parts 410 and 430.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 47893, Aug. 26, 2021, unless otherwise noted.