Locality Area AL — Albany-Schenectady, NY-MA AQ — Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM ATL — Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA-AL AU — Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX BH — Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL BOS — Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT BU — Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY BN — Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT CT — Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CHI — Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CIN — Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN CLE — Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH-PA CS — Colorado Springs, CO COL — Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH CC — Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX DFW — Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK DV — Davenport-Moline, IA-IL DAY — Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH DEN — Denver-Aurora, CO DM — Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA DET — Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI FN — Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA HB — Harrisburg-Lebanon, PA HAR — Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA HOU — Houston-The Woodlands, TX HNT — Huntsville-Decatur, AL-TN IND — Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN KC — Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS LR — Laredo, TX LV — Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ LA — Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA MFL — Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL MIL — Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI MSP — Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI NY — New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA GS — No locality pay OM — Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA PB — Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL PHL — Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD PX — Phoenix-Mesa, AZ PIT — Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV POR — Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA RA — Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC RN — Reno-Fernley, NV RUS — Rest of U.S. RCH — Richmond, VA RT — Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY SAC — Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV SO — San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall, TX SD — San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA SF — San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA SEA — Seattle-Tacoma, WA SN — Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID SL — St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL AK — State of Alaska HI — State of Hawaii TU — Tucson-Nogales, AZ VB — Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC DCB — Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
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