At its highest level, locality pay led to an increase of as much as 34 percent above the base salary in 2009.

The change to this "locality pay" approach would require legislative approval, and the proposal is still months from being ready for submission to Congress.

Members of the SES are not eligible for locality pay.

On January 1, 2010, employees in non-foreign areas began receiving locality pay.

Representative rate does not include locality pay.

A major feature of the Act, locality pay, is discussed below.

Employees receiving special rates for hard-to-fill positions receive the higher of their special salary rate or locality pay.

All ATF duty stations qualify for locality pay.

The current range of locality pay is 14.16% to 35.15%.

Another type of cost-of-living raise, often called "locality pay," takes into account not inflation but local prices.