What is a price index?
5 C.F.R. § 591.209
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(a) The price index is the COLA area price divided by the DC area price and multiplied by 100.
(b) Example:
Computation:
(c) In the case of the final index, OPM rounds the index to two decimal places.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-5.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026
