AC-0900R                DoD Civilian Personnel Management Service (AW)                                                              
                                Arlington, Virginia 22209-5144       Issue Date: 31 December 1996                                   
                                                                                                                                    
SUBJECT:  Federal Wage System Regular and Special Production Facilitating Wage Rate Schedules                                       
          for U.S. Citizen Wage Employees in Foreign Areas (Appropriated Fund)                                                      
                                                                                                                                    
     TO:  Commanding Officers of Military Departments and DoD Component Installations in the Area                                   
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
The schedules shown below have been established under authority of DoD Directive 5120.39, dated                                     
April 24, 1980, subject to the limitations contained in OPM Notice No. 61, dated 25 November 1996,                                  
and are to be applied in accordance with the provisions of 5 CFR Part 532.                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
 WG                                                                                             WD-WN                               
WL-WS          WG-Rates                       WL-Rates                    WS-WD-WN Rates         Pay                                
Grade  1     2     3     4     5      1     2     3     4     5      1     2     3     4     5  Level                               
                                                                                                                                    
  1  8.31  8.66  9.01  9.35  9.70   9.15  9.53  9.91 10.29 10.67  12.61 13.14 13.67 14.19 14.72                                     
  2  9.04  9.42  9.80 10.17 10.55   9.95 10.36 10.77 11.19 11.60  13.34 13.90 14.46 15.01 15.57                                     
  3  9.76 10.17 10.58 10.98 11.39  10.74 11.19 11.64 12.09 12.53  14.06 14.65 15.24 15.82 16.41   1                                 
  4 10.46 10.90 11.34 11.77 12.21  11.51 11.99 12.47 12.95 13.43  14.76 15.38 16.00 16.61 17.23   2                                 
  5 11.15 11.61 12.07 12.54 13.00  12.26 12.77 13.28 13.79 14.30  15.45 16.09 16.73 17.38 18.02   3                                 
                                                                                                                                    
  6 11.81 12.30 12.79 13.28 13.78  12.99 13.53 14.07 14.61 15.15  16.11 16.78 17.45 18.12 18.79   4                                 
  7 12.45 12.97 13.49 14.01 14.53  13.70 14.27 14.84 15.41 15.98  16.75 17.45 18.15 18.85 19.54   5 1                               
  8 13.08 13.62 14.16 14.71 15.25  14.38 14.98 15.58 16.18 16.78  17.38 18.10 18.82 19.55 20.27   6 2                               
  9 13.71 14.28 14.85 15.42 15.99  15.08 15.71 16.33 16.97 17.59  18.01 18.76 19.51 20.26 21.01   7 3                               
 10 14.32 14.92 15.52 16.11 16.71  15.75 16.41 17.07 17.72 18.38  18.62 19.40 20.18 20.95 21.73   8 4                               
                                                                                                                                    
 11 14.94 15.56 16.18 16.80 17.43  16.44 17.12 17.80 18.49 19.17  19.17 19.97 20.77 21.57 22.37   9 5                               
 12 15.54 16.19 16.84 17.49 18.13  17.10 17.81 18.52 19.23 19.95  19.88 20.71 21.54 22.37 23.20  10 6                               
 13 16.15 16.82 17.49 18.17 18.84  17.76 18.50 19.24 19.98 20.72  20.76 21.63 22.50 23.36 24.23  11 7                               
 14 16.74 17.44 18.14 18.84 19.53  18.41 19.18 19.95 20.71 21.48  21.82 22.73 23.64 24.55 25.46     8                               
 15 17.35 18.07 18.79 19.52 20.24  19.08 19.88 20.68 21.47 22.27  23.03 23.99 24.95 25.91 26.87     9                               
                                                                                                                                    
                                                            WS-16 24.41 25.43 26.45 27.46 28.48                                     
                                                            WS-17 25.97 27.05 28.13 29.21 30.30                                     
                                                            WS-18 27.69 28.84 29.99 31.15 32.30                                     
                                                            WS-19 29.57 30.80 32.03 33.26 34.50                                     
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
              BARBARA L. KELLY                  Effective Date: The first day of the first pay period                               
              Chief                               beginning on or after 1 January 1997                                              
              Wage and Salary Division             Supersedes Schedule Issued 18 January 1996