---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptIII/sptD/ch55"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 55"
heading: "Pay Administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55"
sections_count: 74
---

# Chapter 55 — Pay Administration

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

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Withholding Pay](/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Advancement, Allotment, and Assignment of Pay](/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Dual Pay and Dual Employment](/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Premium Pay](/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Payment for Accumulated and Accrued Leave](/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Payments to Missing Employees](/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Settlement of Accounts](/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Severance Pay and Back Pay](/usc/5/ptIII-sptD-ch55-schIX.md)