---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptIII/sptD/ch53/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "General Schedule Pay Rates"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch53-schIII"
sections_count: 9
---

# Subchapter III — General Schedule Pay Rates

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

## Sections

- [§5331. Definitions; application](/usc/5/5331.md)
- [§5332. The General Schedule](/usc/5/5332.md)
- [§5332a. Special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters](/usc/5/5332a.md)
- [§5333. Minimum rate for new appointments](/usc/5/5333.md)
- [§5334. Rate on change of position or type of appointment; regulations](/usc/5/5334.md)
- [§5335. Periodic step-increases](/usc/5/5335.md)
- [§5336. Additional step-increases](/usc/5/5336.md)
- [§5337. Repealed.](/usc/5/5337.md)
- [§5338. Regulations](/usc/5/5338.md)