---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptIII/sptD/ch51"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 51"
heading: "Classification"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch51"
sections_count: 15
---

# Chapter 51 — Classification

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees › Part III — Employees › Subpart D — Pay and Allowances

## Sections

- [§5101. Purpose](/usc/5/5101.md)
- [§5102. Definitions; application](/usc/5/5102.md)
- [§5103. Determination of applicability](/usc/5/5103.md)
- [§5104. Basis for grading positions](/usc/5/5104.md)
- [§5105. Standards for classification of positions](/usc/5/5105.md)
- [§5106. Basis for classifying positions](/usc/5/5106.md)
- [§5107. Classification of positions](/usc/5/5107.md)
- [§5108. Classification of positions above GS–15](/usc/5/5108.md)
- [§5109. Positions classified by statute](/usc/5/5109.md)
- [§5110. Review of classification of positions](/usc/5/5110.md)
- [§5111. Revocation and restoration of authority to classify positions](/usc/5/5111.md)
- [§5112. General authority of the Office of Personnel Management](/usc/5/5112.md)
- [§5113. Classification records](/usc/5/5113.md)
- [§5114. Repealed.](/usc/5/5114.md)
- [§5115. Regulations](/usc/5/5115.md)