Why does the Government pay COLAs?

5 C.F.R. § 591.202
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01
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The Government pays COLAs as additional compensation to certain civilian Federal employees in specified nonforeign areas in consideration of higher living costs in the local area compared with living costs in the Washington, DC, area.

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