---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptIII/sptD/ch53/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Pay Comparability System"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch53-schI"
sections_count: 9
---

# Subchapter I — Pay Comparability System

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees › Part III — Employees › Subpart D — Pay and Allowances › Chapter 53 — Pay Rates and Systems

## Sections

- [§5301. Policy](/usc/5/5301.md)
- [§5302. Definitions](/usc/5/5302.md)
- [§5303. Annual adjustments to pay schedules](/usc/5/5303.md)
- [§5304. Locality-based comparability payments](/usc/5/5304.md)
- [§5304a. Authority to fix an alternative level of comparability payments](/usc/5/5304a.md)
- [§5305. Special pay authority](/usc/5/5305.md)
- [§5306. Pay fixed by administrative action](/usc/5/5306.md)
- [§5307. Limitation on certain payments](/usc/5/5307.md)
- [§5308. Omitted](/usc/5/5308.md)