This appendix lists the wage area definitions for NAF employees. With a few exceptions, each area is defined in terms of county units or independent cities. Each wage area definition consists of:
(1) Wage area title. Wage areas usually carry the title of the county or counties surveyed.
(2) Survey area definition. Lists each county or independent city in the survey area.
(3) Area of application definition. Lists each county or independent city which, in addition to the survey area, is in the area of application.
Definitions of Wage Areas and Wage Area Survey Areas
ALABAMA |
Calhoun |
Survey Area |
Alabama: |
Calhoun |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Alabama: |
Jefferson |
Madison |
Survey Area |
Alabama: |
Madison |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Tennessee: |
Coffee |
Davidson |
Hamilton |
Rutherford |
Montgomery |
Survey Area |
Alabama: |
Montgomery |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Alabama: |
Dale |
Dallas |
Macon |
ALASKA |
Anchorage |
Survey Area |
Alaska: (borough) |
Anchorage |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Alaska: (boroughs and census areas) |
Fairbanks North Star |
Juneau |
Kenai Peninsula |
Ketchikan Gateway |
Kodiak Island |
Sitka |
Southeast Fairbanks |
Valdez-Cordova |
Yukon-Koyukuk |
ARIZONA |
Maricopa |
Survey Area |
Arizona: |
Maricopa |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Arizona: |
Coconino |
Yavapai |
Pima |
Survey Area |
Arizona: |
Pima |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Arizona: |
Cochise |
Yuma |
Survey Area |
Arizona: |
Yuma |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
California: |
Imperial |
ARKANSAS |
Pulaski |
Survey Area |
Arkansas: |
Pulaski |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Arkansas: |
Jefferson |
Sebastian |
Washington |
CALIFORNIA |
Kern |
Survey Area |
California: |
Kern |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
California: |
Fresno |
Kings |
Los Angeles |
Survey Area |
California: |
Los Angeles |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Monterey |
Survey Area |
California: |
Monterey |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
California: |
Santa Clara |
Orange |
Survey Area |
California: |
Orange |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Riverside |
Survey Area |
California: |
Riverside |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Sacramento |
Survey Area |
California: |
Sacramento |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
California: |
Yuba |
Oregon: |
Jackson |
Klamath |
San Bernardino |
Survey Area |
California: |
San Bernardino |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
San Diego |
Survey Area |
California: |
San Diego |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
San Joaquin |
Survey Area |
California: |
San Joaquin |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Santa Barbara |
Survey Area |
California: |
Santa Barbara |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
California: |
San Luis Obispo |
Solano |
Survey Area |
California: |
Solano |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
California: |
Alameda |
Contra Costa |
Marin |
Napa |
San Francisco |
Sonoma |
Ventura |
Survey Area |
California: |
Ventura |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
COLORADO |
Arapahoe-Denver |
Survey Area |
Colorado: |
Arapahoe |
Denver |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Colorado: |
Mesa |
El Paso |
Survey Area |
Colorado: |
El Paso |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Colorado: |
Bent |
Otero |
Pueblo |
CONNECTICUT |
New London |
Survey Area |
Connecticut: |
New London |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Connecticut: |
New Haven |
DELAWARE |
Kent |
Survey Area |
Delaware: |
Kent |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Delaware: |
Sussex |
Maryland: |
Kent |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
Washington, DC |
Survey Area |
District of Columbia: |
Washington, DC |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
FLORIDA |
Bay |
Survey Area |
Florida: |
Bay |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Brevard |
Survey Area |
Florida: |
Brevard |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Duval |
Survey Area |
Florida: |
Duval |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Florida: |
Alachua |
Clay |
Columbia |
Georgia: |
Camden |
Escambia |
Survey Area |
Florida: |
Escambia |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Florida: |
Santa Rosa |
Hillsborough |
Survey Area |
Florida: |
Hillsborough |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Florida: |
Lee |
Pinellas |
Polk |
Miami-Dade |
Survey Area |
Florida: |
Miami-Dade |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Florida: |
Broward |
Palm Beach |
Monroe |
Survey Area |
Florida: |
Monroe |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Okaloosa |
Survey Area |
Florida: |
Okaloosa |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Florida: |
Walton |
Orange |
Survey Area |
Florida: |
Orange |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
GEORGIA |
Chatham |
Survey Area |
Georgia: |
Chatham |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Georgia: |
Glynn |
Liberty |
South Carolina: |
Beaufort |
Cobb |
Survey Area |
Georgia: |
Cobb |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Georgia: |
Bartow |
De Kalb |
Fulton |
Columbus |
Survey Area |
Georgia: |
Columbus |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Georgia: |
Chattahoochee |
Dougherty |
Survey Area |
Georgia: |
Dougherty |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Houston |
Survey Area |
Georgia: |
Houston |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Georgia: |
Laurens |
Lowndes |
Survey Area |
Georgia: |
Lowndes |
Area of Application. Survey area plus. |
Florida: |
Leon |
Richmond |
Survey Area |
Georgia: |
Richmond |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
South Carolina: |
Aiken |
GUAM |
Guam |
Survey Area |
Guam |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
HAWAII |
Honolulu |
Survey Area |
Hawaii: |
Honolulu |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Hawaii (counties): |
Hawaii |
Kauai |
Maui |
Pacific Islands: |
Midway Islands |
Johnston Atoll |
American Samoa |
IDAHO |
Ada-Elmore |
Survey Area |
Idaho: |
Ada |
Elmore |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
ILLINOIS |
LAKE |
Survey Area |
Illinois: |
Lake |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Illinois: |
Cook |
Rock Island |
Vermilion |
Indiana: |
St. Joseph |
Iowa: |
Johnson |
Michigan: |
Dickinson |
Marquette |
Wisconsin: |
Brown |
Dane |
Milwaukee |
St. Clair |
Survey Area |
Illinois: |
St. Clair |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Illinois: |
Madison |
Williamson |
Indiana: |
Vanderburgh |
Missouri: (city) |
St. Louis |
Missouri: (counties) |
Jefferson |
Pulaski |
KANSAS |
Leaven-Worth-Jackson-Johnson |
Survey Area |
Kansas: |
Leavenworth |
Missouri: |
Jackson |
Johnson |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Kansas: |
Shawnee |
Missouri: |
Boone |
Camden |
Cass |
Greene |
Sedgwick |
Survey Area |
Kansas: |
Sedgwick |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Kansas: |
Geary |
Saline |
KENTUCKY |
Christian-Montgomery |
Survey Area |
Kentucky: |
Christian |
Tennessee: |
Montgomery |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Hardin-Jefferson |
Kentucky: |
Hardin |
Jefferson |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Indiana: |
Jefferson |
Johnson |
Martin |
Kentucky: |
Fayette |
Madison |
Warren |
LOUISIANA |
Bossier-Caddo |
Survey Area |
Louisiana: (parishes) |
Bossier |
Caddo |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Texas: |
Bowie |
Orleans |
Survey Area |
Louisiana: (parish) |
Orleans |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Louisiana: (parish) |
Plaquemines |
Rapides |
Survey Area |
Louisiana: (parish) |
Rapides |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Louisiana: (parish) |
Vernon |
MAINE |
York |
Survey Area |
Maine: |
York |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Maine: |
Cumberland |
Kennebec |
Penobscot |
New Hampshire: |
Rockingham |
Vermont: |
Windsor |
MARYLAND |
Anne Arundel |
Survey Area |
Maryland: |
Anne Arundel |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Maryland: (city) |
Baltimore |
Maryland: (county) |
Baltimore |
Charles-St. Mary's |
Survey Area |
Maryland: |
Charles |
St. Mary's |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Maryland: |
Calvert |
Virginia: |
King George |
Frederick |
Survey Area |
Maryland: |
Frederick |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
West Virginia: |
Berkeley |
Harford |
Survey Area |
Maryland: |
Harford |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Maryland: |
Cecil |
Montgomery-Prince George's |
Survey Area |
Maryland: |
Montgomery |
Prince George's |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
MASSACHUSETTS |
Hampden |
Survey Area |
Massachusetts: |
Hampden |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Connecticut: |
Hartford |
Massachusetts: |
Hampshire |
Middlesex |
Survey Area |
Massachusetts: |
Middlesex |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Massachusetts: |
Norfolk |
Plymouth |
Suffolk |
New Hampshire: |
Hillsborough |
MICHIGAN |
Macomb |
Survey Area |
Michigan: |
Macomb |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Michigan: |
Alpena |
Calhoun |
Crawford |
Grand Traverse |
Huron |
Iosco |
Kent |
Leelanau |
Ottawa |
Saginaw |
Washtenaw |
Wayne |
Ohio: |
Lucas |
Ottawa |
MINNESOTA |
Hennepin |
Survey Area |
Minnesota: |
Hennepin |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Minnesota: |
Morrison |
Murray |
Ramsey |
Stearns |
St. Louis |
Wisconsin: |
Juneau |
Monroe |
Polk |
MISSISSIPPI |
Harrison |
Survey Area |
Mississippi: |
Harrison |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Alabama: |
Mobile |
Mississippi: |
Forest |
Hancock |
Jackson |
Lauderdale |
Survey Area |
Mississippi: |
Lauderdale |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Mississippi: |
Hinds |
Rankin |
Warren |
Lowndes |
Survey Area |
Mississippi: |
Lowndes |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Alabama: |
Tuscaloosa |
MONTANA |
Cascade |
Survey Area |
Montana: |
Cascade |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Montana: |
Fergus |
Flathead |
Hill |
Lewis and Clark |
Valley |
Yellowstone |
NEBRASKA |
Douglas-Sarpy |
Survey Area |
Nebraska: |
Douglas |
Sarpy |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Iowa: |
Marion |
Polk |
Woodbury |
Nebraska: |
Hall |
Lancaster |
Saunders |
South Dakota: |
Minnehaha |
NEVADA |
Churchill-Washoe |
Survey Area |
Nevada: |
Churchill |
Washoe |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
California: |
Lassen |
Mono |
Nevada: |
Mineral |
Clark |
Survey Area |
Nevada: |
Clark |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
NEW JERSEY |
Burlington |
Survey Area |
New Jersey: |
Burlington |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Delaware: |
New Castle |
New Jersey: |
Atlantic |
Cape May |
Monmouth |
Ocean |
Salem |
Pennsylvania: |
Chester |
Montgomery |
Philadelphia |
Morris |
Survey Area |
New Jersey: |
Morris |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
New Jersey: |
Somerset |
Pennsylvania: |
Luzerne |
Monroe |
NEW MEXICO |
Bernalillo |
Survey Area |
New Mexico: |
Bernalillo |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
New Mexico: |
McKinley |
Curry |
Survey Area |
New Mexico: |
Curry |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Texas: |
Lubbock |
Potter |
Dona Ana |
Survey Area |
New Mexico: |
Dona Ana |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
New Mexico: |
Chaves |
Otero |
NEW YORK |
Jefferson |
Survey Area |
New York: |
Jefferson |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
New York: |
Albany |
Oneida |
Onondaga |
Ontario |
Schenectady |
Steuben |
Kings-Queens |
Survey Area |
New York: |
Kings |
Queens |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
New Jersey: |
Essex |
Hudson |
New York: |
Bronx |
Nassau |
New York |
Richmond |
Suffolk |
Niagara |
Survey Area |
New York: |
Niagara |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
New York: |
Erie |
Genesee |
Pennsylvania: |
Erie |
Orange |
Survey Area |
New York: |
Orange |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
New York: |
Dutchess |
Westchester |
NORTH CAROLINA |
Craven |
Survey Area |
North Carolina: |
Craven |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
North Carolina: |
Carteret |
Dare |
Cumberland |
Survey Area |
North Carolina: |
Cumberland |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
North Carolina: |
Durham |
Forsyth |
Rowan |
Onslow |
Survey area |
North Carolina: |
Onslow |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
North Carolina: |
New Hanover |
Wayne |
Survey area |
North Carolina: |
Wayne |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
North Carolina: |
Halifax |
Pitt |
NORTH DAKOTA |
Grand Forks |
Survey Area |
North Dakota: |
Grand Forks |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
North Dakota: |
Cass |
Cavalier |
Pembina |
Steele |
Ward |
Survey Area |
North Dakota: |
Ward |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
North Dakota: |
Divide |
OHIO |
Greene-Montgomery |
Survey Area |
Ohio: |
Greene |
Montgomery |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Indiana: |
Allen |
Grant |
Marion |
Miami |
Ohio: |
Clinton |
Franklin |
Hamilton |
Licking |
Ross |
West Virginia: |
Raleigh |
Wayne |
OKLAHOMA |
Comanche |
Survey Area |
Oklahoma: |
Comanche |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Oklahoma: |
Cotton |
Jackson |
Oklahoma |
Survey Area |
Oklahoma: |
Oklahoma |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Oklahoma: |
Garfield |
Muskogee |
Pittsburg |
Tulsa |
PENNSYLVANIA |
Allegheny |
Survey Area |
Pennsylvania: |
Allegheny |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Ohio: |
Cuyahoga |
Trumball |
Pennsylvania: |
Butler |
Westmoreland |
West Virginia: |
Harrison |
Cumberland |
Survey Area |
Pennsylvania: |
Cumberland |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Pennsylvania: |
Blair |
Franklin |
York |
Survey Area |
Pennsylvania: |
York |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Pennsylvania: |
Lebanon |
PUERTO RICO |
Guaynabo-San Juan |
Survey Area |
Puerto Rico: |
Guaynabo |
San Juan |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Puerto Rico: |
Aguadilla |
Bayamon |
Mayaguez |
Ponce |
Salinas |
RHODE ISLAND |
Newport |
Survey Area |
Rhode Island: |
Newport |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Massachusetts: |
Barnstable |
Nantucket |
Rhode Island: |
Providence |
Washington |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
Charleston |
Survey Area |
South Carolina: |
Charleston |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
South Carolina: |
Berkeley |
Horry |
Richland |
Survey Area |
South Carolina: |
Richland |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
North Carolina: |
Buncombe |
Mecklenburg |
South Carolina: |
Sumpter |
Tennessee: |
Washington |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
Pennington |
Survey Area |
South Dakota: |
Pennington |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Montana: |
Custer |
South Dakota: |
Fall River |
Meade |
Wyoming: |
Sheridan |
TENNESSEE |
Shelby |
Survey Area |
Tennessee: |
Shelby |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Missouri: |
Butler |
TEXAS |
Bell |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
Bell |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Texas: |
Burnet |
Coryell |
Falls |
Bexar |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
Bexar |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Texas: |
Comal |
Kerr |
Travis |
Val Verde |
Dallas |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
Dallas |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Texas: |
Angelina |
Fannin |
Galveston |
Harris |
El Paso |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
El Paso |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
McLennan |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
McLennan |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Nueces |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
Nueces |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Texas: |
Bee |
Calhoun |
Cameron |
Kleberg |
San Patricio |
Webb |
Tarrant |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
Tarrant |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Texas: |
Cooke |
Palo Pinto |
Taylor |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
Taylor |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Tom Green |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
Tom Green |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Texas: |
Howard |
Wichita |
Survey Area |
Texas: |
Wichita |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
UTAH |
Davis-Salt Lake-Weber |
Survey Area |
Utah: |
Davis |
Salt Lake |
Weber |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Utah: |
Box Elder |
Tooele |
Uintah |
VIRGINIA |
Alexandria-Arlington-Fairfax |
Survey Area |
Virginia: (city) |
Alexandria |
Virginia: (counties) |
Arlington |
Fairfax |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
Chesterfield-Richmond |
Survey Area |
Virginia: (city) |
Richmond |
Virginia: (county) |
Chesterfield |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Virginia: (cities) |
Bedford |
Charlottesville |
Salem |
Virginia: (counties) |
Caroline |
Nottoway |
Prince George |
West Virginia: |
Pendleton |
Hampton-Newport News |
Survey Area |
Virginia: (cities) |
Hampton |
Newport News |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Virginia: (city) |
Williamsburg |
Virginia: (county) |
York |
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Virginia Beach |
Survey Area |
Virginia: (cities) |
Norfolk |
Portsmouth |
Virginia Beach |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
North Carolina: |
Pasquotank |
Virginia: (cities) |
Chesapeake |
Suffolk |
Virginia: (counties) |
Accomack |
Northampton |
Prince William |
Survey Area |
Virginia: |
Prince William |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Virginia: |
Fauquier |
WASHINGTON |
Kitsap |
Survey Area |
Washington: |
Kitsap |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Washington: |
Clallam |
Jefferson |
Pierce |
Survey Area |
Washington: |
Pierce |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Oregon: |
Clatsop |
Coos |
Douglas |
Lane |
Multnomah |
Tillamook |
Washington: |
Clark |
Grays Harbor |
Snohomish |
Survey Area |
Washington: |
Snohomish |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Washington: |
Island |
King |
Yakima |
Spokane |
Survey Area |
Washington: |
Spokane |
Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
Washington: |
Adams |
Walla Walla |
WYOMING |
Laramie |
Survey Area |
Wyoming: |
Laramie |
Area of Application. Survey area. |
[75 FR 49351, Aug. 13, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 9640, Feb. 22, 2011; 76 FR 31786, June 2, 2011; 76 FR 53046, Aug. 25, 2011; 77 FR 28472, May 15, 2012; 78 FR 29612, May 21, 2013; 78 FR 60181, 60182, Oct. 1, 2013; 82 FR 40669, Aug. 28, 2017; 82 FR 41321, Aug. 31, 2017; 84 FR 49942, Sept. 24, 2019; 85 FR 19377, Apr. 7, 2020]